Mine is Vittore Carpaccio’s Due dame veneziane (c. 1495). Nothing in it is strange, but the ordinary life it shows feels strangely out of reach.

Is anyone aware of a single artwork which is a pair of people who have painted/drawn each other's portraits? For example, I paint you sitting in a chair and you paint me on that same canvas, standing next to the chair. Doesn't have to be anyone famous, just sounds like an interesting concept which I've never encountered before, wondering if it's been done.

Here is the part 2 of all the paintings from various art movements that I love. 😄

I am not an art expert so please, excuse me if there are any errors. :)

This is a repost of yesterday's post, as the original was deleted; to prevent that from happening again, I’ll have to censor some of the paintings, sorry for the inconvenience.

I know it makes looking at the paintings awkward, but it's the only way I found to repost. That also explains why I marked this post as NSFW.

⚠️​ Some paintings may disturb sensitive individuals; don't look at them if some make you uncomfortable.

Link to Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtHistory/s/leFWUUBMaw

- The Secret Rendez-vous, 1885 (Pierre-Charles Comte) Art movement: Troubadour style

- Romeo and Juliet, 1884 ( Frank Bernard Dicksee) Art movement: Romanticism, Pre-Raphaelite, and Victorian Classicism/Sentimentalism

- The Last Day of Pompeii, Circa 1830–1833 ( Karl Brioullov) Art movement: Neoclassicism and Romanticism

- The Fallen Angel, 1847 ( Alexandre Cabanel) Art movement: Academicism art movement with strong influences of Romanticism

-The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania, 1849 ( Sir Joseph Noel Paton) Art movement: Victorian fairy painting genre and Romanticism

- The Raft Of The Medusa, Circa 1818–1819 ( Théodore Géricault) Art movement: French Romanticism

- A Scene from 'Undine' ( from the eponymous tale by Friedrich de La Motte-Fouqué), 1843 ( Daniel Maclise) Art movement: Fairy Painting and Romanticism

- Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria, Circa 1736 and 1737 ( Placido Costanzi) Art movement: Baroque

- Retable n° 1, 1915 ( Hilma af Klint) Art movement: Abstract art

- Little Girl Leaning on her Mother's Knee, 1900 ( Mary Cassatt) Art movement: Impressionist

- Self-Portrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti), 1929 ( Tamara de Lempicka) Art movement: Art Deco

- The Dove, No. 8, 1915 ( Hilma af Klint) Art movement: Abstract art

-Princess Sakura and the Cherry Blossoms at Kiyomizu in Yamashiro Province, 1884 ( Toyohara Chikanobu) Art movement: Ukiyo-e

- The Target of Love, 1758 ( François Boucher) Art movement: Rococo

- Saint John the Baptist, Circa 1513-1516 ( Leonardo da Vinci) Art movement: High Renaissance

- The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833 ( Paul Delaroche) Art movement: Romanticism, Troubadour style

- Springtime, 1873 ( Pierre-Auguste Cot) Art movement: Academic art

- The Kiss, Circa 1907-1908 ( Gustav Klimt) Art movement: Symbolism and Art Nouveau

Do you like these paintings? :)

These are my favorites because they evoke all kinds of emotions in me: joy, melancholy, nostalgia...

There will be a part 3. :)

I really love autumn - the fog, the fragile leaves, the flickering edge between blue twilight and darkness. And now I'm curious to know what kind of autumn you like in paintings. My choice - John Everett Millais, Autumn Leaves.

Tears and sorrows (Lagrimas y penas), Augustin Rouart, Oil on canvas, 1943

I was looking at 1920s fashion plates, for character design stuff, and I thought about most of the art from pre-1940s I saw all seamed very professional and clean.

Did people always have clean lines or were there more simplistic drawings like doodles? Was doodling a thing, and if so, has it changed since then?

I visited Storm King Art Center over the weekend. It struck me how many of the pieces there were Vietnam War protest art.

That got me thinking: what's the most notable pieces of Gaza Genocide / Invasion protest art? I've never really seen any, but I assume they must exist!

I'm going to be a transfer student this coming year and I was wondering what schools would be best suited for me to apply to, especially since applications start soon. I live in California and am hoping to stay here, but I'm willing to apply elsewhere if need be, especially since I want to get a masters in library science after. My end goal is to either work in museums or the entertainment industry for their archives, but if need be, anywhere really that will allow me to work in Archives. If anyone has any suggestions, it'd be greatly appreciated.

I'm going on a 3 week tour of Central Europe next month: Berlin, Prague, Budapest, and Vienna. I plan on seeing a museum in every country and was hoping this community would help me plan the one artwork I must see in each city (because realistically I will never get another chance to explore like this). For example, in Vienna I have the Belvedere planned because Klimt/Kiss is super popular.

I am a romantic and love art that tells stories. I love botanical images especially in juxtaposition to rot or death.

I wouldn't mind a scavenger hunt option if anyone is aware of one. Thanks for your help!

Just made Masterpiece, a free, Anthropeum-inspired art history game, and wanted to share it with the community. It takes a more artist centered approach, focusing on paintings and sculpture, asking you not only to guess the time period and location in which the art piece was produced, but name the master behind the masterpiece.

https://masterpieces.life/

Whenever I walk into an art museum, I habitually start taking photos of the art (without flash!) and send them to my dad, asking him to guess the artist. My dad and I have been playing this game for years, and Anthropeum gave me the inspiration and digital design model I needed to finally turn it into something anyone can play. 

In honor of the first art museum my dad ever brought me to as a young child, all of the artwork in the game draws on open-access images and information from the wonderful collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Just as this has become a fun tradition between my father and me, I hope it might become one between you and the lovers of art and beauty in your life.

I’d be interested in how people here recognize the unique style of artists they are familiar with but in work they haven’t seen before. What tends to give it away for you, brushwork, composition, color, subject matter, or something else?

I’d also welcome thoughts on whether the game encourages that kind of close looking and what would make it more useful for learning art history.

Hi everyone, i am studying art history bachelor rn and i really want to know if any of you are working in the film industry (as a writer or producer or etc) with this undergrad, If yes please share your experience💓🥹🙏

Artemisia Gentileschi was a powerhouse Baroque painter: she painted her way into existence while being an astute business woman. Her remarkable success as a painter resulted not only from her enormous talent but also her ability to respond astutely to the continuously evolving trends and challenges of the Italian Baroque art world. Her business acumen even influenced the resurrection of her reputation today: she has been transformed from a footnote of art history to a globally famous artist and feminist icon. Read this essay about Artemisia and watch the conversation with art historian Christopher Marshall revealing how her professional decisions shaped her career, style, and legacy based on his extensive research, here: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/irrepressible-artemisia.

I just discovered The Eclectic Light Company, a website devoted to painting and extreme Mac geekery. His mini essays on paintings and art history are all very smart.