15th June 2013

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Diego Velázquez - Mercury and Argus, 1659. Museo Nacional del Prado.Probably my favorite Velázquez painting…

Diego Velázquez - Mercury and Argus, 1659. Museo Nacional del Prado.

Probably my favorite Velázquez painting…

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4th June 2013

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Chaos and Structure by Tatiana Plakhova

Chaos and Structure by Tatiana Plakhova

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4th June 2013

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davidecolapinto:

Diego Velazquez, Las Meniñas. 1656. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

Subsequent tributes by Pablo Picasso circa 1957 and Salvador Dali in 1976.

Basking in the Glory.

Tagged: Spanish ArtSpanish BaroqueSpanish CubismSpanish SurrealismVelazquezDalíPicassoLas Meninas

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23rd May 2013

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Peter Paul Rubens, Ildefonso Altarpiece, c. 1639

Peter Paul Rubens, Ildefonso Altarpiece, c. 1639

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23rd May 2013

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Sandro Botticelli, Madonna of the Magnificat, 1481Favorite Painting # 2

Sandro Botticelli, Madonna of the Magnificat, 1481

Favorite Painting # 2

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22nd May 2013

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Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of the Harpies, 1517The color on this painting is stunning.

Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of the Harpies, 1517

The color on this painting is stunning.

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22nd May 2013

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paradoxs:

Miyazaki would be proud.

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22nd May 2013

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dominusvenustas:

Andrea del SartoVarious studies, c.1520’s

Son of a tailor (sarto). Andrea became one of the best loved artists of Florence. Vasari had good things to say about him.

…Andrea del Sarto, in whose single person Nature and art showed all that painting can achieve by means of drawing, colouring and invention: and indeed if Andrea had possessed a little more boldness and daring of spirit, to match his very profound judgement and talent as a painter, he would, there is no doubt at all, have been without equal. 

Browning wrote poems about him:

Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what’s a heaven for?

His drawings are natural, graceful and sensitive, an excellent draughtsman.

…and he was very much in love with his wife… (something we don’t often hear about Renaissance artists!)

Our curator Julian Brooks is in Florence now researching del Sarto for an exhibition in 2015.

Tagged: Andrea del SartoItalian RenaissanceMannerismDrawingartawesome

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22nd May 2013

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peril:

No. 139 (1961), Mixed media on wood | artwork by Francisco Farreras

peril:

No. 139 (1961), Mixed media on wood | artwork by Francisco Farreras

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18th May 2013

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artarchitecturesculpture:

The Ideal City, By Piero Della Francesca

artarchitecturesculpture:

The Ideal City, By Piero Della Francesca

Tagged: Piero Della FrancescaItalian RenaissanceArchitecturePainting

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