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Such a fun blog!

This art blog on Rousseau’s The Fight of a Tiger and a Buffalo includes:

Bottoms up bananas – reality is overrated

Fight? What Fight?

Rousseau’s self esteem

Flowers and animals paired in The Fight of a Tiger and a Buffalo

Jungle mystery

Henri Rousseau creates a sense of play – not battle – in The Fight of a Tiger and a Buffalo. His singular style suits this particular fancy. That’s because Rousseau brings us into his world without much regard for the “real” one. He paints fantasy. But one that only he could imagine. There’s nobody quite like Rousseau. His vision includes upside down banana bunches. So, we know it’s unlikely he ever saw a banana tree in person. In fact, Rousseau claimed to have visited the jungle. But we now know he’d only ever been to zoos and botanical gardens. Given his bananas, he likely went to the farmer’s market as well.

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If you’re looking for a hot dating profile from the High Renaissance - check out Lorenzo Lotto’s painting Portrait of a Young Man in his study.

Sure, some say he’s morose or sick looking. But I only see pale and serious in that handsome face. Also, Lotto’s details show he’s rich, musical, smart, and romantic. A landowner who likes to hunt, this guy’s almost too perfect. Luckily, Lotto throws in some mystery with a symbolic lizard too.

Learn more about this and other masterpieces with a click to LadyKflo’s Art Blog.

#ladykflo #lorenzolotto #portraitofayoungman #portrait #highrenaissance #renaissance #artblog #artblogger #arthistory #art #painter #galleriedellaccademia #venice #italy

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Quark Bronze 6 Elements - Unlike any coffee table you've ever seen. Truly unique elegance and and class. Find it at Twenty First Gallery in NYC

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Head II, 1958, Francis Bacon

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Malpass was famous for his various sculptural globes. Enormous and powerful, they speak to history and design with great artistry.

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I don't know how to sculpt but I scared my mom and aunt shitless with this so I must be doing SOMETHING right

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A sculpture titled ‘Halo (Big Circular Round Polished stainless Steel sculpture)’ by sculptor Thomas Joynes. In a medium of Mirror polished stainless steel, oak and in an edition of /9.

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Düşüncen konuşmana konuşman hareketine hareketin kaderine yansır..

Güzel düşün Güzel yaşa,,!

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I told you it wouldn’t be easy,

but I was wrong, until I thought gravity didn’t exist in our lawless universe…

And I jumped…

poetry-siir ©

Te dije que no sería fácil,

pero me equivoqué, hasta pensar que la gravedad no existía en nuestro universo creado sin leyes…

y salté…

poetry-siir ©

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My feelings fluttering around like a butterfly coloured Love waiting for your sweet and prosperous arrival.

siir-poesia ©

Mis sentimientos revolotean como un mariposa de color Amor aguardando tu dulce y próspera llegada.

siir-poesia ©

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French elegance in home furniture design. Though I don’t want to look at my naked body while getting dressed and those look like mirrors inside - haha

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Plaque, Mid-16th to 17th century, Smithsonian: National Museum of African Art

Size: H x W x D: 47 x 34.2 x 8.2 cm (18 ½ x 13 7/16 x 3 ¼ in.) Medium: Copper alloy

https://africa.si.edu/collections/view/objects/asitem/items$0040:8957

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Shadow Box with Floral Bouquet, Unidentified, 1880, Smithsonian: American Art Museum

Size: framed: 18 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 4 ¼ in. (46.8 x 39.1 x 10.8 cm.) Medium: fish scales, glitter, wire, and mixed media on velvet

http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=24696

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from December 31, 2016

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In reality Marat was no hero. But his buddy, Jean Louis David, thought differently about him. He elevated Marat with this martyr portrayal in an attempt to alter history. Did it work? Art often wields great power, especially a masterpiece like this.

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Landscape, Hudson Valley, Frederic Edwin Church, July 1870, Smithsonian: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Medium: Brush and oil, graphite on paperboard with orange back

http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23304

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The Block (detail), 1971, Romare Bearden

https://www.wikiart.org/en/romare-bearden/the-block-detail-1971