#princeton art museum

[lionofchaeronea]

Statuette (white marble) of Hermaphroditus, the mixed-gender child of Hermes and Aphrodite. Artist unknown; 2nd cent. BCE (Hellenistic). Thought to have come from Rhodes; now in the Princeton University Art Museum.

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Greece #Hellenistic period #classical mythology #Greek mythology #Hermaphroditus #art #art history #ancient art #Greek art #Ancient Greek art #Hellenistic art #sculpture #statuette #marble #stonework #carving #Princeton University Art Museum

[garadinervi]

Brigid Doherty, Drawn into Conversation: Glenn Ligon, Gertrude Stein, and Study for Negro Sunshine #2, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, [the printed version of this article appeared in the Museum’s Fall 2022 Magazine] [image: Glenn Ligon, Study for Negro Sunshine #2, (oilstick, coal dust, and varnish), 2004. Hauser & Wirth, New York, NY / Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA / Thomas Dane, London / Chantal Crousel, Paris. © Glenn Ligon]

#art #mixed media #visual writing #stencil #glenn ligon #gertrude stein #brigid doherty #princeton university art museum #hauser & wirth #regen projects #thomas dane gallery #galerie chantal crousel #galerie chantal crousel svennung #2000s #2020s

[uwmspeccoll]

The Berlin Painter

Of all the vase painters of ancient Athens, there is one who continues to captivate all those who witness their works, not only for their splendor and skill, but also for their mystery. The identity of the artist dubbed the Berlin Painter is something we may never know. Although over 200 pieces have been identified as being painted by this individual, none of them hold the name of the artist. This is highly unusual, since by the time of the early 5th century BCE, the period when the Berlin Painter’s vases are dated, both master potters and painters would commonly place their names on their favored works.

The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C. edited by J. Michael Padgett, Curator of Ancient Art at the Princeton University Art Museum, and published by the Museum in 2017 on the occasion of exhibitions of the same name at the Princeton University Art Museum and the Toledo Museum of Art, is the definitive work on this ancient Greek artist, and includes an updated catalogue raisonné, With contributions by several leading scholars, the work seeks to rebuild the ancient city of Athens though the ceramic remains by artists such as the Berlin Painter.  

The highly decorated pottery of ancient Athens allows us to see the wide spread of influences this culture had on both the Mediterranean world and Central Europe. While beloved by those in the Hellenic world, others imported the pottery, as luxury items and elaborate symbols of wealth. The Etruscans from the Italian peninsula regularly furnished their tombs with kraters, wine mixing vessels, and the Celts of modern-day France and Germany would regularly feast using the Athenian pottery. Though lacking the fast-traveling methods available today, the broad distance where Athenian pottery can be found demonstrates that the cultures of the Mediterranean and Europe were closely connected.

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– LauraJean, Special Collections Classics Intern.

#Decorative Sunday #decorative arts #decorative plates #The Berlin Painter #Athens #ancient Athens #Ancient Greece #classical greece #vases #vase painting #5th century BCE #The Berlin Painter and His World #J. Michael Padgett #Princeton University Art Museum #Greek art #LauraJean

[internationalemeteorologie]

Arthur Dove

Sunrise, Northport Harbor. 1929

#arthur dove #landscape paintings #abstract landscape #regionalism #american modernism #sunrise #princeton university art museum

[lahtzu]

#princeton #university #1963 #Man Ray #art #lahtzu #halmarked #surrealism #studholme #art museum

[bestyoungk]

The Museum of Trans-modern Art, New York, 2016.

From bottom to top: Museum of Modern Art. Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, where Hal Foster taught. Re-modern Struck-ism International Gallery. Department of Art and Archeology, Princeton University. Trans-modern Artist’s Studio. Easel.

#modern art #21th century photography #Museum of Modern Art #department of Art and Archeology Princeton University #re-modern struck-ism international gallery #trans-modern artists studio #museum of Trans-modern Art

[nuveau-deco]

Snuff Bottle. Chinese origin, made during the Qianlong reign period (1736–1795) of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911). Medium is pink glass with white and black overlay. Dimensions: h. 7.3 cm x w. 6.0 cm x d. 2.8 cm. From the Princeton University Art Museum, object number: y1936-539.

(Source: artmuseum.princeton.edu)

#bottle #vessels #1700s #18th century #qianlong period #qing dynasty #chinese design #animal motif #horses #glass #pink #white

[nobrashfestivity]

Morris Louis Intrigue 1954 Acrylic on canvas 198.0 x 298.0 cm. (77 15/16 x 117 5/16 in.) Princeton University Art Museum

#morris louis #abstract expressionism

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold earrings, Greek, 3rd century BC

from The Princeton University Art Museum

#history #antiquities #art #ancient history #ancient art #jewelry #jewellery #ancient greece

[design-is-fine]

Rosa Bonheur, Martin, 1879. 2 / Barbaro après la chasse, 1858. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 3 / Study of a dog, 1860s. Princeton Art Museum 4/ Étude de chien de chasse, 8 sketches, Château de Fontainebleau 

#tiermalerei #rosa bonheur #animal painting #19th centur #animal #dogs #female artist

[lionofchaeronea]

At the Window, Winslow Homer, 1872

#art #art history #Winslow Homer #interior #genre painting #genre art #American art #19th century art #oil on canvas #Princeton University Art Museum

[garadinervi]

Eve Aschheim, Small Disturbance, (gesso, black gesso, ink, and graphite), 2011 [© Eve Aschheim]. From: Women Artists and Abstraction, on the occasion of Helen Frankenthaler Prints. Seven Types of Ambiguity, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, June 29 – October 20, 2019

#art #drawing #geometry #mixed media #exhibition #eve aschheim #princeton university art museum #2010s

[moishe-pipick]

Jointed doll, ca. mid-5th century B.C.

Greek, Boeotian

Terracotta

8.5 x 5.5 cm (3 3/8 x 2 3/16 in.) legs: 5 x 1 x 1.2 cm (2 x 7/16 x 1/2 in.) arms: 5.3 x .08 x 1.2 cm (2 1/8 x 5/16 x 1/2 in.)

Princeton University Art Museum.

[history-of-fashion]

1655-1656 Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen - Portrait of a Woman

(Princeton University Art Museum)

#Cornelius Johnson (Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen) #1650s #17th century #women

[irradiatedsnakes]

hi so i’ve been following you for a little (mostly because of dinosaurs and mechanisms) but i’ve been curious about this and don’t really know where else to ask, how do you find dinosaur references? i’ve been wanting to start drawing some dinos again but really have no idea where to go for references or inspiration.

my go-to's are skeletal references and 3d models!

for skeletals, the gold standard is scott hartman's. he's done sooo many and they're all very good- you can find them on his website here. https://www.skeletaldrawing.com/

i do think his life reconstructions tend to be on the shrinkwrapped side, but his skeletals are great.

for skeletals, gregory s. paul is another great resource. if you can find a physical or digital copy of the princeton field guide to dinosaurs, it has skeletal references for a LOOOOT of dinos.

greg paul's life reconstructions should also be taken with a grain of salt- shrinkwrapping and pronated hands abound. his taxonomy is also notably controversial (he's the lead author on that tyrannosaurus regina/rex/imperator paper from a while back..), so double-check the genus/species names you're referencing.

(he also has the princeton field guides to marine reptiles and pterosaurs, but i haven't read those so i can't comment. haven't heard great things about the pterosaurs one, though- if you want pterosaur references, go for pteros.com, pterosaur.net, and mark witton's "pterosaurs" book)

now for 3d models- skeletals are all well and good, but if you're not drawing a dinosaur from the side their usefulness can be limited. sketchfab is my go-to to find 3d reference. i look for skeletons/skulls from museums that have been digitized, mostly-

but i'll also look for full reconstructions, just reference them in the same way you'd reference any other art piece (with care).

i also sometimes use the video games saurian and prehistoric kingdom? they both allow you to spin around the models of their animals, and their reconstructions are both super good.

lastly is to reference the work of other palaeoartists! this especially fits in for the inspiration part.

here's a few awesome palaeoartists around the internet (tyhank you to billymayslesbian for helping me put these together!)

mark witton

fred wierum (aka fredthedinosaurman)

john conway

alphynix (here on tumblr under the same name)

julio lacerda (this hatzegopteryx image is one of my favorite palaeoarts ever tbh)

joschua knüppe (here on tumblr at knuppitalism-with-ue, i'm especially a fan of his work recreating classical paintings with extinct primates)

and for more cartoony/styilized work:

miquel camiodraws

johan egerkrans

abby howard (here on tumblr at abby-howard)

natalia jagielska

greer stothers (here on tumblr at pangur-and-grim)

nev (saint-nevermore here on tumblr, this picture is one of my favorite palaeoarts of all time)

for some more books, check out all yesterdays by darren naish and john conway, which takes a highly speculative look at reconstructions of prehistoric animals, mostly dinosaurs.

also look at mark witton's the palaeoartist's handbook, which is exactly what it sounds like and i think could be VERY helpful for what you're looking for.

#dropitdoeeyes

[antonio-m]

“The Bathers”, by James Edward Davis (1901–1974). American painter, sculptor, experimental film producer and professor. Princeton University Art Museum. oil on canvas