#mfa boston

[lionofchaeronea]

Night, William Edward Norton, 1918

#art #art history #Willliam Edward Norton #landscape #landscape painting #landscape art #seascape #night #night scene #nocturne #American art #20th century art #oil on canvas #Museum of Fine Arts Boston #MFA Boston

[fashionsfromhistory]

Dress

1960s

Afghanistan or Uzbekistan

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

#dress #fashion history #vintage fashion #1960s #non western fashion #20th century #1960 #1965 #1969 #purple #orange #silk #afghanistan #uzbekistan #embroidery #floral #museum of fine arts boston #mfa boston #popular

[marzipanandminutiae]

okay the Sargent exhibit was fun but

what is this

like

what sort of monkey's paw bullshit

I said I wanted the MFA to be normal about corsets, not rebrand Corsets Bad into Corsets Good Because Women Suffering For Beauty (which is totally what corsets do guys!!!) Means We're Strong

the sitters in the paintings don't look elegant and comfortable because they're. I don't know. badass enough to handle horrible evil corsets. they look comfortable because they either are, or they're putting up with discomfort temporarily to be high-fashion in their Sargent portraits and they get to change into everyday clothes relatively soon

also "corsets aren't supposed to be uncomfortable" to "corsets are so 'formidable' that women had to be incredibly strong to wear them" is a weird contradiction

I just. I never thought I'd encounter a hot new take that corsets were Evil and that's Good, Actually

#dress history #corsets #on the other hand glorifying women's suffering IS very Victorian #fashion history #mfa boston #also also what is everyone's allergy to saying Breast Support?

[the-forest-library]

Moonlight, Woodstock - Herman Dudley Murphy

Moonlit Landscape - Edward Steichen

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

#museum of fine arts boston #mfa boston #art museum #art #painting #herman dudley murphy #edward steichen #moon #moonlight #american art #teal #blue #landscape #nature #boston

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Blue Velvet Dress, 1877, French.

Possibly by House of Worth.

MFA Boston.

#blue #velvet #womenswear #silk #dress #extant garments #19th century #mfa boston #france #french #house of worth #1877 #1870s #1870s france #1870s dress #third republic #fave

[backtonormallife]

John Singer Sargent at Boston's MFA review

It was awesome. Definitely one of the top ten shows I've ever seen. It was put together so well, from the wallpaper to having THE ACTUAL DRESSES FROM THE PAINTINGS IN THE EXHBIT.

Everyone knows ...

But did you know Sargent did this?

I saw the above painting (and others) and gasped. This was so not what I was used to.

Did I mention that they had the actual dresses from the pictures?

Had to include a pink dress for @betweenfrocksandbooks. 10/10 would absolutely recommend Fashioned by Sargent if you are in Boston, MA, USA. It runs until January 15, 2024.

#john singer sargent #sargent #mfa boston #boston #art #long live the queue

[goetiae]

"For though this appeare a proper pulpet peece, yet whan the fox preacheth, then beware your geese."

This proverb, one of many from the Collection by John Heywood (1497-1580), is descriptive of the common imagery seen in many examples of Medieval art: a fox, dressed as a monk, is preaching to a flock of oblivious geese.

On this spoon, which dates back to 1430 and presents an example of South Netherlandish Gothic art, a similar scene is depicted: a fox, disguised as a monk, is carrying three dead geese on its back - in its hand, there's a scroll or another document with the word "pax", peace. The second fox is seizing the geese as they are being distracted by the fox priest.

Pieces such as this one were often created during the Medieval Times to mock the hypocrisy of the church and the clergy, which preached to the masses they prey on. This specific object might have been made for Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy and a great patron of arts.

#༺⛧༻ 𝕮𝔞𝔫𝔢𝔰 𝖁𝔢𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔠𝔦 ༺⛧༻ #༺✧༻ 𝕸𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔦𝔞 ༺✧༻ #history #art #antiquities #netherlandish art #medieval art #middle ages #religious art #mfa boston

[didoofcarthage]

Woman Wearing a Laurel Wreath (The Personification of Poetry) by Rosalba Carriera

Italian, c. 1724

pastel on paper

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

#Rosalba Carriera #rococo #baroque #art #pastel #works on paper #personification #poetry #laurel wreath #Museum of Fine Arts Boston #MFA Boston #female artist #woman artist

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Water Lily by Margrethe Mather

Margrethe Mather (1886 - 1952) ~ Water Lily, 1922. Palladium print. The Lane Collection. From the Exhibition: The Stillness of Things MFA Boston (2022-2023)

View on WordPress

#Margrethe Mather #still life #water lily #1920s #women artists #Stillleben #beauty #nature morte #naturaleza muerta #palladium print #the stillness of things #vase of flowers #MFA Boston #water lilies #mfa #natura morta #women photographers

[pagansphinx]

Mary Cassat (American, worked in France, 1844-1926 ) • At the Opera • 1880 • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

#mary cassatt #american impressionism #french impressionism #modern art #art #painting #fine art #art history #women in paintings #19th century art #american artist #american expats #mfa boston #figure painting

[sassafrasmoonshine]

Illustration for French Christmas card • 1903 • Museum Fine Arts, Boston

#illustration #art #artwork #sassafras and moonshine #vintage christmas card #french chrismas card #mfa boston #design #ephemera #vintage illustration #early 20th century illustration

[lionofchaeronea]

Evening (The Fall of Day), William Rimmer, 1870

#art #art history #William Rimmer #allegory #allegorical art #evening #American art #Anglo-American art #19th century art #crayon oil and graphite on canvas #Museum of Fine Arts Boston #MFA Boston

[marzipanandminutiae]

utterly obsessed with the fact that, in the middle of the MFA this afternoon, my friend leaned over to me in front of Jerome B. Thompson’s “A Pic Nick In The Woods of New England” (c. 1855), pointed to the couple in the left-hand corner of the canvas, and whispered “he’s explaining NFTs to her”

#art #mfa boston

[silkdamask-blog]

Something cozy & comfy for a snowy New England day via @mfaboston #Quilted petticoat w/ wool tambour embroidery, printed cotton lining, cotton & linen tapes, #French #18thcentury

#18th century fashion #quilted petticoat #tambour embroidery #mfa boston

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Cream Silk Robe à la Française, ca. 1770, French.

MFA Boston.

#womenswear #extant garments #silk #dress #robe à la française #1770 #1770s #1770s dress #1770s France #18th century #france #french #reign: Louis xv #mfa boston #fave #pretty #1770s extant garment

[backtonormallife]

Happy birthday @betweenfrocksandbooks 🎊

Some John Singer Sargent for you.

#happy birthday #john singer sargent #mfa boston