#History of Western Art

[crowkip]

yeehaw, baby!

[thespookydookie]

happy holidays once again guys, have the obligatory xmas truce card

[lionofchaeronea]

Weapons and Physiognomy of the Grizzly Bear, George Catlin, 1846-48

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Pair of Architectural Reliefs with Elephants.

Date: A.D. 80–100

Culture: Roman

Place of origin: Western Roman Empire

Medium: Italian marble

[oliviarampaige]

“Manifest Destiny”

Day 26 - Remove

One day the World will say, 'I am no more and I have nothing left to give.’

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Sir Edward John Poynter (French-born British, 1836-1919) Faithful Unto Death, 1865 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK During the excavations at Pompeii in the early 19th century, the skeleton of a soldier in full armour was discovered. Romantic historians of the period assumed that he had remained loyally at his post while all the other inhabitants of Pompeii were fleeing from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

[driftsart]

Guyz... Guess what I've been watching... (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

[fashionsfromhistory]

Sashiko Jacket

1850-1899 (Meiji Era)

Japan

Sashiko is a quilting technique that uses a running stitch to reinforce and prolong the life of a textile or to join together recycled pieces of cloth into a new garment. Japanese farmers used the technique to create warmer and more durable fabrics, and decorative sashiko stitching developed from this practical function. This robe’s embroidered design is dominated by three variations on the pattern of interlocking circles, called shippō-tsunagi. The bottom band features a design of waves.

The MET (Accession Number: 67.172.1)

[the-cricket-chirps]

Ed Mell

This Palomino Ain't No Pal of Mine

[young-american]

ғᴏʀ ᴀ ғᴇᴡ ᴅᴏʟʟᴀʀs ᴍᴏʀᴇ 1965

[uhhgoodd]

Desert at Dusk (1928) by Audley Dean Nicols

[cirr0stratus]

Erich Maria Remarque you have ruined me

[thespookydookie]

took some old concept art for my cover and made more concept art

i do quite like the premise because the scene it's referencing is kind of the most important one but i'd still play around with fonts more (i'd go for freehand) + make a more detailed version of this in the future

[noctilionoidea]

Yeehaw it’s my favourite western character Texas man from British vampire gothic horror by famous Irish guy

[aahsoka]

one thing i think is very funny about severance is them redoing famous paintings to fit into their whole founder cult thing.

like them stealing the pose from “Wanderer Above a Sea Of Mist” . Also Irving and the O&D guy having an almost…… obvious reaction to the ‘sublime’ (as in they found it beautiful but terrifying) which was a big theme of Caspar David Friedrich’s art and especiqlly evident in this piece. but also it is unlike Friedrich’s work because it turns his rükenfigur (a figure facing away from the viewer which is also a recurring theme in his works) into a figure that Does indeed look back at you.

German Romanticism was also very focused on finding God in nature (it was a kind of attempt at reigniting christian religious fervor) so its apt to include it in the way that Lumon’s whole deal seems to draw very heavily from christianity.

No idea if the background is taken from somewhere else (they look like the great lakes to me?) I just really love Caspar David Friedrich.

also the mussolini facade vs that big relief sculpture. maybe theres a better analogue but this was my first thought.

anyways I think its fun in the way that the symbolism is kinda heavy handed lol. Or maybe I only feel that way as an art history student idk. But I do enjoy when a show can give me a little of that kind of reference …… IF they do it well.

also disclaimer: I am only on season 1 episode episode 5 as of this post! Please do not discuss beyond that episode with me until I catch up thanks <3

[canvasmirror]

Sofonisba Anguissola (Italian, 1532–1625) • Self-Portrait • 1556 • Lancut Museum, Poland