#Baroque art

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Right: Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883) • The Tragic Actor (Rouvière as Hamlet) • 1866 •

Left: Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1650) • Portrait of a famous actor at the time of Philip IV (Pablillos Valladolid) • c. 1635

The French painter Édouard Manet, on a trip to Spain in 1865, wrote about the portrait to Henri Fantin-Latour: Perhaps the most astonishing piece of painting that has ever been made is the picture entitled Portrait of a famous actor at the time of Philip IV (Pablillos Valladolid). The background disappears. It is air that surrounds the man, dressed entirely in black and full of life.

Clearly, Manet's painting is a sort of omage to Velázquez. Both are portraits of actors, though Manet's actor looks remarkably like Manet! The interesting twist in the Manet lies in the letter M that is formed by both the shadow and the sword. In the Velázquez portrait, the letter is a V that could represent either the artist's or the subject's initial. Manet's treatment of the letter detail shows not only creative prowess but also a sharp wit. No pun intended.

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By Robin Isely

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Château de Versailles

Versailles, France, 27 VIII 2023

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Serpents in paintings

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The Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica Albertoni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1671-74

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Cupid and Psyche by Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1767)

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Caravaggio, The Sacrifice Of Isaac

The Terror, s1e9, "The C, The C, The Open C"

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Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura), Artemisia Gentileschi, 1638-39

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Hunting portrait of a Hlaalu nobleman. Vicinity of Balmora. Left bank of Odai river. Sometime in 3E 420s.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680); Italian sculptor and architect.

“What Shakespeare is to drama, Bernini is to sculpture[…]” Katherine Eustace, 2011

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soooo i've been real busy this past month and change working on this monster of a painting! it was originally for the GO Ref library study club but clearly took much longer than i anticipated😅

for those of you who don't recognize it, this is based on one of my favorite historical paintings, Judith Beheading Holofernes (1620) by Artemisia Gentileschi. i love the Baroque period and this painting (as well as her other works) makes me insane. here it is Good Omens style so maybe all of you can be insane with me <3

"Aziraphale (and Crowley) Beheading the Metatron"

(non-bloody and non-glowy versions under the cut)

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The Recreation of Caravaggio

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Château de Versailles

Versailles, France, 27 VIII 2023

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divinity by the togfather

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Saint Sebastian, Jusepe de Ribera, 1636

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Naiad by Charles-André van Loo (18th Century)