#art facts

[local-seraph]

materials used in art making in history:

squirrels

piss

bones of your enemies

cow gallbladder juice

egg

weed

red bug that really loved poland for some reason?

corrosion

mud

You don't need to buy the most expensive art materials out there to make amazing art. Your pencil is enough.

#art conservation #art #art history #fanart #artists on tumblr #art facts

[pacified-requiem]

The Fallen Angel - Alexandre Cabanel

The painting that got a man in trouble for depicting Lucifer too sexy

#alexandre cabanel #fallen angel #art #painting #paingings #echoed #art fact #art facts #art history

[thinkofmehoney]

I remember that some time ago on twitter there was an artist who made a drawing of cowboy Gojo, and they got so much hate from people because she used a picture for reference…. and I was so confused,, because as artists we NEED references, we need to learn from somewhere, we have to learn how to observe and understand how things are.

Drawing something from memory doesn’t mean that you’re a better artist than someone who uses references😭

In fact, Caravaggio used something called “camera obscura” (cámara oscura en español, no sé si en inglés está correcto), where he basically traced what he was going to paint, there’s a documentary on youtube about it too.

So yeah, even Caravaggio used references and traced, it’s not the end of the world 😭

#jujutsu kaisen #gojo satoru #gojo satoru fanart #gojo satoru cowboy #art university #art student #art history #caravaggio #david hockney #camera obscura #art facts #artists on tumblr

[kirbykendrick]

“The Manneporte (Étretat)” (1883), Claude Monet

Did you know? Claude Monet was famous for destroying his own paintings. He is estimated to have destroyed 500 over the course of his life!

#art #I love art #follow art #artists on tumblr #Tumblr art blogs #color #seascape #painting #monet #Claude monet #art history #art facts #did you know #ocean paintings #French artists #impressionism

[pagansphinx]

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598-1654) • Elizabeth of Aragon • c. 1635

Interesting read: This 650 year old saint's hand has never decomposed

#art #painting #art facts #fine art #art history #saints in art #portrait #de zurbarán #caravaggisti #baroque art #spanish baroque

[artgeek2023]

Art facts day 2-

The Last Day of Pompeii

This painting was made representing the the disaster of Roman city of Pompeii. Specifically, the painting is depicting an event in Pompeii 79 AD when a nearby volcano, called Mount Vesuvius erupted and killed a large number of its inhabitants who had been evacuating. After the event it was discovered that the eruption had actually covered the bodies in a plaster which is still maintained and preserved in modern times. These figures have shown archaeologists the people of Pompeii’s last moments before their unfortunate demise. There’s proof of there being many earthquakes before Mount Vesuvius’ corruption, some of which has already causes the death of inhabitants. This takes us to the artwork, which was painted by Karl Bryullov from 1830-1833. Karl Bryullov was the first Russian painter to have an international reputation and visited Pompeii a few years prior to making his painting. The painting is now held at the State Russian museum in Saint Petersburg. The Last Day of Pompeii is also popular for its sublime illustration of natures power over man.

Sorry I have not been posting as of recently, exam season has come up and my schedule has been full completely

#the last day of pompeii #karl bryullov #art facts #famous paintings

[hunters-wells-virtual-sketchbook]

"Kippe" by Ai Weiwei (2006)

5 Facts About Artist Ai Weiwei and his work "Kippe"(2006)

Ai Weiwei is an activist.

Ai Weiwei was imprisoned for tax evasion. 

Ai Weiwei's father was a renowned poet.

Ai Weiwei stands for human rights.

In German, the word "Kippe" means "the act of mounting the parallel bars."

The way I thought about the artwork changed from the first time I looked at it because I got more insight into who Ai Weiwei is and why he made this piece. Before I saw it as a bunch of wood pieced together tightly with what looks like a few other things as well. Now, understanding he was a gymnast himself and the "few other things" were parallel iron gymnastics bars and the wood being from the Qing Dynasty Temples, the artwork has more meaning to me. After reading this information and analyzing the photo of the art more, I can now see the metal gymnastics bars and the wood piled up, almost in the way, and blocking the bars off from my point of view.

#art #artwork #ai weiwei #chinese culture #art facts #kippe #culture

[lazybtchneedstostudy]

I would say I am a generally speaking very educated person, but sometimes I have moments, where I ask myself if I’m very stupid.

• I constantly confuse Parthenon and Pantheon, even though I’ve been to the Pantheon.

• I somehow thought that Raphael’s school of Athens was in Athens, even though I know Raphael was an Italian painter and it makes no sense for this painting to be in Athens. But since i am stupid, imagine my confusion when I was standing in front of it in Rome.

• I read countless books about the Roman Empire and the Gladiator fights, but had to stand in the Colosseum to find out that it isn’t completely round, but oval.

• I just confused Berlinanle (film festival in Berlin) with Biennale (art festival in Venice).

Why am i like that? T.T

#common knowledge #i feel stupid #art facts #history facts

[rebel-ezra]

last week i went to the vermeer exhibition at rijksmuseum in amsterdam and my mom told me the coolest fun fact ever

alright so first things first we’re dutch so we can cycle underneath the rijksmuseum, there’s a biking lane and it’s also where the entrance to the museum is:

now one of our most famous paintings is the nachtwacht (night watch) by rembrandt and it is… quite big:

it doesn’t fit through regular doors like most of the other paintings at rijksmuseum. so how do you get it out when there’s a fire?

they built a trapdoor in the floor of the room where the painting is (which is also the ceiling above the biking lane) to lower the painting to save it

we went looking for this after my mom told me and we found it and i think it’s the funniest thing ever that it’s just there and not many people know what it is

that black rectangle is the trapdoor it’s so cool its my new favorite fun fact

#sadly i couldn’t find pictures of it working #rijksmuseum #de nachtwacht #the night watch #rembrandt #art #art facts #facts #amsterdam

[rub-the-rest-with-yellow]

Babysitter for 1st child:

Babysitter for third child:

Information 1st painting

Jan van Belcamp 1646

The Great Picture

This is a snippet from a triptych (3 paintings put next to each other that tell a story together) about the life of Lady Anne Clifford who, at the death of her father when she was 15, began decades of battle for her father's title of baron. The king and her husband suggested she yield to her uncle's offer of a payout to allow him the title uncontested. She ignored them and eventually regained the title. She also overruled her husband in insisting their second daughter be allowed to marry who she wanted.

Information 2nd painting

Titian 1576

Boy with dogs in landscape

People argue over what the message is in this painting, i think given how many he painted hes allowed to have some paintings he just did for fun.

#babysitter #dog #titian #jan van Belcamp #lady anne clifford #Feminism #baronet #art facts #art #classical art memes #art memes #rub-the-rest-with-yellow

[voleforge]

Sir Isaac Newton invented the color wheel even before the founding of the United States! If you want to check out work from up and coming Colorado artists, visit www.voleforge.com

#art facts #colorado artist #woman owned business

[urigishi]

Why do I love creating things?

Studies have shown that creating art stimulates the release of dopamine, which allows you to feel pleasure, satisfaction, and motivation.

Writing a simple short story, or even a post like this, can relieve stress, reduce anxiety, and help with depression.

Art can even help with education, as it is a visual representation of information that can be absorbed easily by viewers.

And on top of these, I absolutely love seeing others appreciate my creations. It makes me happy that I'm making others happy.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, I honestly don't have a reason for sharing this, but it is interesting information.

A little motivation for all you creators out there: don't give up! I know you all have some master craftsman inside of you just waiting to summoned! You are all gifted and should let your creativity shine!

#Urigishi #Art speech #Motivational speech #Art facts

[werehoggin]

#submission #art facts #big mood

[catchymemes]

#facts #tweet #twitter #funny #lol #haha #humor #meme #memes #art

[kirbykendrick]

“View of Basel and the Rhine” (ca. 1927), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

German art changed spectacularly after 1920. No longer did artists paint the classical Greek model. The horrors of World War I, the terrible economic depression, prostitution, the chasm between the rich and the poor…all were bitterly protested in art.

#art #I love art #artists on tumblr #Tumblr art blogs #Ernst Ludwig Kirchner #German expressionism #German expressionist #art history #painting #color #beauty #German art #follow art #famous artists #art facts

[poetryforall]

-Rumi

#love quotes #poetry #poem #dark academia #light academia #quotes #romance #romantic academia #love poem #memes #writers on tumblr #spilled ink #inspiring quotes #life quotes #spilled thoughts #art #ink #thoughts #facts #quoteoftheday #rumi #literature #cottage aesthetic #cottagecore #written #poems and poetry #princerabbi #book quote #english literature #literary quotes