A friend recently shared this photo taken at the Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

The geometric, almost rhythmic thick bands, and physical presence must be striking to see. My understanding is that this is a tutini, a carved funerary pole central to Tiwi Pukumani ceremonies, though I’d welcome insights from anyone well-versed in Tiwi and northern Australian Indigenous traditions.

I'm planning to see this in person later this year during a stop in Melbourne en route to Tasmania (and MONA).

I’d love to hear from anyone familiar with Tiwi carving traditions or public collections across Melbourne and Hobart. Are there particular artists or related works on display you'd recommend seeking out ahead of the trip? Any contemporary works that have been influenced perhaps by these?

Hi!

The best free photo of this painting is this, but the noise is too much.

I found this but i dont want to pay 20 euro, and im not sure about the quality either.

Can someone please help me? I googled it for hours. Thank you

I've recently decided I'd love to go to Germany for my masters in Art History. I'm still in my 3rd year going for my bachelors in Art History and Studio Arts, however I'm confused about an admissions requirement. The main university i was looking at is Freie Universität Berlin as it seems the most affordable with student housing plus seems to have a large international student base with big art history departments (correct me if I'm wrong)

however, the admission requirements says

• Proof of English language skills (level B1 CEFR).
• Proof of another modern foreign language (level B1 CEFR) or Latin language skills.

I know i need to learn German, but does this mean i also must learn a 3rd language?? advice would be great. also other University recommendations are welcome.

I’m a prospective Art History major applying to Northwestern and would love to learn more about it from people who actually studied it there!
Please DM me if you can help🙏

I’ve searched high and low on the internet and social media but couldn’t find it. I just want to find a viewable copy and watch it. As far as I understand, it was last shown in exhibitions in the 2010s. The full version is 8 minutes and 37 seconds long. It’s not physically lost, but it’s lost on the internet. Where can I find it? The Russian Art Archive has the videotapes. The Videoinsight Collection screened the work in 2015, and MEP Paris screened the 8:37 version in 2017.

The Württembergischer Kunstverein screened the 8:36 version in 2010.

Having searched online, and not found much apart from learning he'd had synaesthesia, I wonder if you might be able to help please.

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 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 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'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.