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Van Gogh stressing his own personality in a portrait. "Pale veronese green" background without any shadows. Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin, 1888, Harvard Art Museums. Photo credit: Public domain. #personality #selfportrait #vangogh #veronesegreen #harvardartmuseums #postimpressionism #colorlove

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The pride of a nation. A symbol for Slovenia that sows in order that it could harvest.

The sower, by Ivan Grohar, 1907.

Photo credit: Public domain.

#sower #slovenia #symbol #harvest #painting #grohar #impressionism #colorlove

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Capturing the personality and inner thoughts. The inscription at the top of the frame reads AlC IXH XAN ('Als Ich Can') intended as "I Do as I/Eyck Can". Portrait of a Man in a Red Turban, by Jan van Eyck, 1433, National Gallery. Photo credit: Public domain. #portrait #selfportrait #redturban #vaneyck #janvaneyck #redturban #portraitofaman #personality #innerthoughts #nationalgallery #colorlove

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The red river symbolizes anger and hatred, the black river represents worldly temptations, by walking along the white path one could lead to Amida's Pure Land. White Path to Paradise between Two Rivers of Worldly Vice, 13th century, Komyoji, Nagaokakyo, Kyoto. #whitepath #redriver #blackriver #amida #amitabha #zendo #buddhism #pureland #pathtoparadise #komyoji #nagaokakyo #kyoto #japanart #colorlove

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Half divine, half human. The oldest known icon of Christ Pantocrator, 6th century, Saint Catherine's Monastery. Photo credit: Public domain. #pantocrator #christpantocrator #icon #christicon #divineandhuman #facialexpression #duality #colorlove

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The stronger the characters, the larger the space in between. Wind God and Thunder God, by Tawaraya Sotatsu, 17th century. Kyoto National Museum. Photo credit: Public domain. #windgod #thundergod #blankspace #whitespace #sotatsu #kyoto #kyotonationalmuseum #japanesepainting #japaneseart #goldcolor #colorlove

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'Ma racine est au fond des bois' ('my roots are in the depth of the woods'). - Emile Gallé, glass artist. Vase Bignolia, 1925. Photo credit: Léna #emilegalle #glassart #glassartist #artnouveau #glassblowing #natureinspired #roots #colorlove

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Van Gogh inspired Glass Art. Sunflowers, by Peter Layton, glass artist. Photo credit: Peter Layton. #sunflowers #glass #glassart #glassartist #glassblowing #peterlayton #vangogh #vangoghinspired #colorlove

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🌊 The Great Wave off Kanagawa, by Hokusai, ca. 1829–1833. Photo credit: public domain. #thegreatwave #thewave #kanagawa #fuji #mountfuji #hokusai #japanesepainting #edo #japaneseart #woodblock #emojiart #colorlove

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Who is looking at whom? Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, by Kitagawa Utamaro, 1788. Photo credit: Public domain. #utamaro #shunga #ukiyoe #traditionaljapanese #japaneseart #eroticpaintings #japanesepaintings #woodblock #colorlover

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The value of a painting at auctions it is not necessarily the value of a painting, it is the value of two people beating against each other because they really want the painting. White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose), by Mark Rothko, 1950, sold for 72.84 million (USD) at auction. Photo credit: Fair use. #rothko #whitecenter #painting #abstract #abstractpainting #mostexpensive #auctions #mostexpensivepaintings #colorlove

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The uniqueness of the IKB color does not derive from the ultramarine pigment, but from the synthetic resin binder which allows the pigment to maintain its intensity of color. International Klein Blue (IKB), by Yves Klein, 1960. Photo credits: Public domain. #ikb #yvesklein #internationalkleinblue #klein #kleinblue #colorblue #pigment #ultramarine #syntheticresin #colorlove

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Lapis lazuli, a deep blue rock from Afghanistan, is used to make the natural ultramarine pigment, the most expensive blue pigment during the Renaissance. Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, by Tiziano, 1520. The National Gallery, London. Photo credit: Public domain / Unknown. #lapislazuli #ultramarine #naturalcolor #colorblue #naturalpigments #pigment #afghanistan #renaissance #thenationalgallery #tiziano #titian #titianbacchusandariadne #colorlove

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Color librarian, a dream job. Samples of the Forbes Pigment Collection. Harvard Art Museums. Photo credit: Zak Jensen & Andrea Shea. #pigments #colorcollection #pigmentcollection #colorsamples #artmuseum #forbespigmentcollection #harvardartmuseums #colorlove

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Art & Science. Watercolour study of a Rose by Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist, entymologist and botanical illustrator, Nürnberg 1675 (Bamberg State Library). #watercolor #rosedrawing #mariasibyllamerian #naturalist #entomology #botanicalart #artandscience

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Karl Blossfeldt. Page from Urformen der Kunst (Art forms in nature). Berlin, 1928. MoMA. #blossfeldt #formsinnature #naturephotography #artforms

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A frame from the documentary Making of Japanese ’Urushi’ bowl. Artisan: Ippei Saginoya Production: Mumeikan