#Kimbell Art Museum

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Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) "Portrait of Monsieur G. Giving his Daughter a Geography Lesson" (1812) Oil on canvas Located in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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Mercury Confiding the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa, François Boucher, 1769

#art #art history #Francois Boucher #classical mythology #mythological painting #Mercury #God Mercury #Bacchus #Rococo #French art #18th century art #oil on canvas #Kimbell Art Museum

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Portrait of Monsieur G. Giving his Daughter a Geography Lesson, 1812, Napoleonic era

Louis-Léopold Boilly, French

“This portrait was shown in 1812 and in 1814 at the Paris Salon, the highly publicized, state-sponsored exhibition of contemporary art. Boilly titled the painting M[onsieur] G* * * giving his daughter a geography lesson; the sitter, whose identity remains unknown, was likely a Napoleonic administrator. Historical geography was promoted as a field of study for both boys and girls in Napoleonic France, whose maps were subject to frequent revision with each new conquest. Here the sphinx and pyramid in the cartouche of the map no doubt refer to Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition of 1798–1801; the globe shows Europe and Africa. The fine detail of the Geography Lesson is indebted to Dutch domestic genre paintings of the seventeenth century, many incorporating maps and books into middle-class homes. Boilly himself had a notable collection of works by Dutch masters such as Gerard Terborch and Gabriel Metsu.”

Source: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

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Anne Vallayer-Coster (French, 1744–1818) Still Life with Mackrel • 1787 • Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

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#art #painting #fine art #art history #french artist #still life #still life painter #kimbell art museum #anne vallayer coster #18th century painting #18th century art #woman painter

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Standing Figure, c. 900–400 B.C.

Mexico, Olmec culture, Middle Pre-Classic period (900–300 B.C.),

Jadeite, 13.9 x 6.9 x 2.9 cm.

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

#art #history #design #style #archeology #sculpture #antiquity #figure #mexico #olmec culture #pre-classic period #jadeite #kimbell art museum

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#Kimbell Art Museum #Fort Worth #Louis Khan #Texas

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Fort Worth. Museums.

4.2023

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The Kimbell Art Museum / Louis Kahn / Fort Worth, Texas / 1972

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Kimbell Art Museum 📍

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Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art Virtual Opening, December 1, 2022

In Maya art, the gods are depicted at all stages of life: as infants, as adults at the peak of their maturity and influence, and as they age. The gods could die, and some were born anew, serving as models of regeneration and resilience. Join Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art in The Met's Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, alongside Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Yale University, curators of the exhibition along with Laura Filloy Nadal, Associate Curator of Ancient American Art at The Met, to virtually explore Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art.  In this exhibition rarely seen masterpieces and recent discoveries trace the life cycle of the gods, from the moment of their creation in a sacred mountain to their dazzling transformations as blossoming flowers or fearsome creatures of the night. 

Maya artists depicted the gods in imaginative ways from the monumental to the miniature—from exquisitely carved, towering sculptures to jade, shell, and obsidian ornaments that adorned kings and queens, connecting them symbolically to supernatural forces. Finely painted ceramics reveal the eventful lives of the gods in rich detail. Created by master artists of the Classic period (A.D. 250–900) in the royal cities of what is now Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, the landmark works in this exhibition evoke a world in which the divine, human, and natural realms are interconnected and alive. 

Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/gods-divinity-maya-art

The Met

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I "Kahn" See it Now

Sarah, art history, brings us to the Kimbell Art museum to visit the artist Kahn. Specializing in outdoor architecture, he used strategic designs to create a space that converses with art. Learn #MarywoodArt #Architecture #Kahn #KimbellArt

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#architecture #Art #Art History #Illustration #inspiration #kahn #kimbell art museum #louis kahn #Marywood Art #Marywood University #Marywood University Art Department #Modernist #Photography #Where Creativity Works

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Bamboo, Rock, and Narcissus, Chen Jiayen, 1652

#art #art history #Asian art #China #Chinese art #East Asia #East Asian art #Imperial China #Qing Dynasty #Chen Jiayen #drawing #ink on paper #rocks-and-flowers #17th century art #Kimbell Art Museum

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The Weekend Report

Looking for something to do this weekend? I recommend seeing the Murillo exhibition at the Kimball with lunch at Café Modern next door.

TRAVEL HERE – THE SECOND WEEKEND IN OCTOBER A Dancing Lesson Saturday was a day in Fort Worth with my bestie, but we had a stop to make before we got there. Deb, who dances ballroom competitively, had a lesson with her new partner at Dancesport Training Center in Addison. She’s been dancing for many years, so I have gotten to know her teacher and many of her fellow dancers. I knew I’d be…

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#Attraction Review #Café Modern #Dancesport Training Center #Jane Sadek #Kimbell Art Museum #Lifestyle Blog #Murillo - From Heaven to Earth #Restaurant Review #Road Trip Blog #Travel Blog #Travel Here

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#kimbell museum #museum visit #lives of the gods #mayan art

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A Well by Kusakabe Kimbel

#art #photography #A Well #Kusakabe Kimbel #The Getty Museum

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Texas: from "Cowcity" to "Artcity"

There is a truly incomprehensible place in Texas: it is called Fort Worth and for decades it has been a sort of hatchery for the most skilled cowboys in the region, to the point that the town was known in the surrounding area with the unflattering name of "cow city".

There is a truly incomprehensible place in Texas: it is called Fort Worth and for decades it has been a sort of hatchery for the most skilled cowboys in the region, to the point that the town was known in the surrounding area with the unflattering name of “cow city“. (more…)

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#Amon Carter Museum of American Art #Kimbell Art #Modern Art Museum #museum #Museum of Natural Sciences and History #National Cowgirl Museum #Texas