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Apollo del Tevere
Scultura marmorea romana di età adrianea/antonina, copia di un originale greco in bronzo del 450 a.C. Alta 204 cm, fu trovata nel Tevere e ricomposta da molti frammenti. La sua espressione pensosa ispirò i ritratti adrianei di Antinoo.
(Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo.)
Scultura marmorea romana di età adrianea/antonina, copia di un originale greco in bronzo del 450 a.C. Alta 204 cm, fu trovata nel Tevere e ricomposta da molti frammenti. La sua espressione pensosa ispirò i ritratti adrianei di Antinoo.
(Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo.)
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Apollo del Tevere
Scultura marmorea romana di età adrianea/antonina, copia di un originale greco in bronzo del 450 a.C. Alta 204 cm, fu trovata nel Tevere e ricomposta da molti frammenti. La sua espressione pensosa ispirò i ritratti adrianei di Antinoo.
(Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo.)
Scultura marmorea romana di età adrianea/antonina, copia di un originale greco in bronzo del 450 a.C. Alta 204 cm, fu trovata nel Tevere e ricomposta da molti frammenti. La sua espressione pensosa ispirò i ritratti adrianei di Antinoo.
(Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo.)
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Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
Illustration for The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto 13: "Suicides flee the forest" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
#painting #illustration #engraving #etching #Dante #divinecomedy #GustaveDoré #GustaveDore
Illustration for The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto 13: "Suicides flee the forest" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
#painting #illustration #engraving #etching #Dante #divinecomedy #GustaveDoré #GustaveDore
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Gustave Doré (1832-1883)
Illustration for The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto 13: "Suicides flee the forest" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
#painting #illustration #engraving #etching #Dante #divinecomedy #GustaveDoré #GustaveDore
Illustration for The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto 13: "Suicides flee the forest" by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
#painting #illustration #engraving #etching #Dante #divinecomedy #GustaveDoré #GustaveDore
Double Cherry in Flower ( 1843–47 ).
Woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858).
Woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858).
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Double Cherry in Flower ( 1843–47 ).
Woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858).
Woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858).
Edgar Payne
Trees Along The Foothills
Oil on Canvas
55″ x 55.5″
Trees Along The Foothills
Oil on Canvas
55″ x 55.5″
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Edgar Payne
Trees Along The Foothills
Oil on Canvas
55″ x 55.5″
Trees Along The Foothills
Oil on Canvas
55″ x 55.5″
Woman reading a book (岡田屋内, 宝木) by Kawanabe Kyosai, 1864.
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Woman reading a book (岡田屋内, 宝木) by Kawanabe Kyosai, 1864.
Illustration by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) taken from ‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ (rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald). Published 1909 by Hodder and Stoughton.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Illustration by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) taken from ‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ (rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald). Published 1909 by Hodder and Stoughton.
Greek terracotta - Aphrodite Hellenistic period, circa 3rd cent. BC
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Greek terracotta - Aphrodite Hellenistic period, circa 3rd cent. BC
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Calvin negotiating with monsters under the bed is a whole mood. Some nights your imagination really doesn’t let you clock out.
#CalvinandHobbes #BedtimeBattles
#CalvinandHobbes #BedtimeBattles
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Calvin negotiating with monsters under the bed is a whole mood. Some nights your imagination really doesn’t let you clock out.
#CalvinandHobbes #BedtimeBattles
#CalvinandHobbes #BedtimeBattles
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Jan Mankes (1889-1920)
"Self Portrait with Owl", 1911,
Oil on canvas
#painting #art #oilpainting #owl #drawing #illustration #JanMankes #Mankes
"Self Portrait with Owl", 1911,
Oil on canvas
#painting #art #oilpainting #owl #drawing #illustration #JanMankes #Mankes
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Jan Mankes (1889-1920)
"Self Portrait with Owl", 1911,
Oil on canvas
#painting #art #oilpainting #owl #drawing #illustration #JanMankes #Mankes
"Self Portrait with Owl", 1911,
Oil on canvas
#painting #art #oilpainting #owl #drawing #illustration #JanMankes #Mankes
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The Jacob's Dream, 1963 #surrealism #chagall
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Jacob's Dream, 1963 #surrealism #chagall
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) Black Accompaniment. 1924 (watercolour and India ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount) Christie's.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) Black Accompaniment. 1924 (watercolour and India ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount) Christie's.
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Benson, Utah
20x24" acrylic on canvas
#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #AcrylicPainting #Tonalism
20x24" acrylic on canvas
#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #AcrylicPainting #Tonalism
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Benson, Utah
20x24" acrylic on canvas
#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #AcrylicPainting #Tonalism
20x24" acrylic on canvas
#Art #ArtWork #FineArt #Landscape #Painting #TraditionalArt #OriginalArt #AcrylicPainting #Tonalism
In the Style of Kairouan, 1914, Paul Klee
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
In the Style of Kairouan, 1914, Paul Klee
Snow in Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto, 1953, by Asano Takeji
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Snow in Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto, 1953, by Asano Takeji