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the dark vincent
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‘Die Freiheit der Malerei: Goya, Fragonard, Tiepolo’
Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2020


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Danae and Zeus detail from Perseus with the head of Medusa c.1545-1554 by Benvenuto Cellini
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Here they are! The nine paintings that got the most notes in 2019:
Jessica Hayllar (English, 1858 - 1940): Oriental Poppy and Coleus in a Cloisonné vase, with a fan on a faux bamboo table
Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664 - 1750): A swag of grapes, hollyhocks, irises, mallow, African marigolds, clematis, a horse chestnut and blackberries with butterflies and other insects suspended before a stone arch (1681)
Marian Ellis Rowan (Australian, 1848 - 1922): Barringtonia (c. 1891)
Marian Ellis Rowan (Australian, 1848 - 1922): Brunonia australis
Antonietta Brandeis (Czech, 1848 - 1926): Canal in Venice with View of the Back of the Palazzo Rocca
Kathryn E. Bard Cherry (American, 1860 - 1931): Fish, Fruits, and Flowers (c. 1923)
Circle of Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664 - 1750): Roses, marigolds and snap dragons on a ledge with a red admiral butterfly
Johanna Helena Herolt-Graff (German, 1668 - 1723): A poppy in three stages of flowering, with a caterpillar, pupa and a butterfly
Rachel Ruysch (Dutch, 1664 - 1750): Still life with flowers
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Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy,
Photo Credit: Andrea Gigliotti
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Tivoli, Villa d'Este by Iggi Falcon
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Paper Sculpture by artist Felix Semper
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Frida Kahlo
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Big, blond and steel blue eyes
Thanks for all Rutger Hauer (1944-2019)
#rutger hauer#dutch actor#rip#turkish delight#soldier of orange#blade runner#the hitcher#ladyhawke#and many more
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Mosaic of Doves- drinking from a dish from Hadrian’s villa in Tivoli. lt is made from tiny stones in opus vermiculatum technique. Capitoline Museums
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In 29 BC, after conquering Egypt and visiting Alexander the Great’s tomb in Alexandria, Augustus began construction of his own mausoleum (Mausoleum of Augustus) as a great dynastic sepulchre for himself and his descendants.
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Väinö Blomstedt, Francesca, 1897
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Photo by Sukita
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Montecatini Terme, Italy (by Fabrizio Rosticci)
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‘He/She’, 1978
Photo by © Lynn Goldsmith
Source: Twitter, Spaceboy
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