#architectural art

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Paul Sandby RA (English, 1731-1809) The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House, ca.1765 Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

[geritsel]

Charles Frederick William Mielatz - New York cityscapes and street scenes, etchings.

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #FishFriday :

Fish wallpaper at The Warhol Museum

(designed by Andy Warhol in 1983)

[replicayouth-art]

[doshmanziari]

Here's an exclusive sneak-peek at a rough draft vs. final draft comparison, showing how certain details or features are omitted or added along the way. The sketches were first made in mid-2023, while the finished drawings were done in early 2024. The latter were included as part of recent group show in New York, featuring monchromatic drawings.

I pretty rarely move linearly from an inked rough draft to a final draft. Usually I'll just sketch out an idea on newsprint, and then come back to it later when it feels like it's time to give it the proper treatment on some good toothy paper. "Later" could mean some months, a year, or several years. The first piece is entitled "Trifocal Beakbundt"; the second, "Mandorla Nymfaeum."

You can find more examples of my artwork on my artist website and Instagram page.

[oilpalette]

Dish, 2016

Linden Frederick - American, b. 1953

Oil on linen, 36 x 36 in

[bchargoissketches]

“As an illustrator, I see gargoyles not as mere grotesques, but as sentinels of stone—crafted with reverence to ward off darkness. Their fearsome forms belie their true nature as protectors, standing steadfast against the evils they are sculpted to repel. Through their intricate designs, they remind us that even the most unassuming guardians possess a sacred purpose.” — Brittany Chargois

This is my original quote, y’all ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️🤩✨

This is how I see gargoyles, just like my favorite gargoyle statue from Notre Dame de Cathedral with the angel wings and spitting its tongue out. Yeah, that one! I drew this during my participation of Portfolio Day on social media. As you may all already know, I’m an illustrator who draws both traditionally and digitally on Procreate. Realism is my favorite illustrative piece to draw because I drew everything beautifully especially the grotesque ones like gargoyles. Well, I think they’re beautiful! 🤭💕 Don’t you agree?

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[mobbit]

Hermetic Island by Tristram Lansdowne, 2010

[cecil-and-ray-oddworld]

((I'm building Cecil's house/workshop! Character art is nice and all, but isometric buildings are what I have the most fun with. Now all I gotta do is color it in and put some background in there.

This was made in Adobe Illustrator and is thus a vector art piece. Here's the wireframe:

This took me about 3 weeks and I'm super proud of it so far!))

[kestarren]

'Metropolis', by Zana Bamarni. In colour, as if in morning light.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

David Roberts (Scottish, 1796-1864) The Departure of the Israelites, 1829 Birmingham Museums Trust

[fdrlibrary]

FDR the Art Collector

This undated sketchbook contains watercolors and pencil drawings by Alexander Jackson Davis (1803-1892), one of the most prominent American architects of the nineteenth century.

Davis began his career in New York illustrating various buildings in the northeastern United States. In 1829, he started his first architectural firm, Town & Davis, with partner Ithiel Town, and then later opened his own firm. As one of the most prolific American architects of the nineteenth century, Davis designed buildings all over the US, including government buildings, commercial buildings, churches, and private homes. He favored Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, and Italianate styles. He also designed interior elements and even furniture.

Franklin D. Roosevelt purchased the sketchbook in February 1942—two months after Pearl Harbor and amid some of the darkest weeks of World War II.

This acquisition illustrates two important things about Franklin Roosevelt. He had an extraordinary ability to compartmentalize his life—using hobbies and personal interests to help himself manage the many stresses of the presidency. And he had an abiding love of and interest in the history, landscape, and culture of the Hudson River Valley.

Shortly after purchasing the Davis sketchbook, FDR shipped it to his distant cousin, Margaret “Daisy” Suckley, an archivist at the Roosevelt Library, to be added to his collection of Hudson River Valley art and artifacts. “I bought this several days ago,” he wrote Suckley, “and it should go to the Dutchess County collection as a loan. Some of the watercolors are really lovely.”

See more sketches by Davis on our Digital Artifact Collection: https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/objects/1944

Join us throughout 2023 as we present #FDRtheCollector, featuring artifacts personally collected, purchased, or retained by Franklin Roosevelt, all from our Digital Artifact Collection.

[arthistoryanimalia]

#FishFriday 🐟:

Sidewall, Made in USA, 1954 Machine-printed paper; L x W: 76.2 × 56 cm (30 in. × 22 1/16 in.) Cooper Hewitt 1991-89-118

[i12bent]

Ditlev Martens (July 26, 1795 - 1864) was a German-born Danish painter who studied at the Academy in Copenhagen under Eckersberg and received a Royal Stipend from the Danish King. He spent time in Rome with Thorvaldsen and later settled in Hamburg. When his studio there burned down he relocated to Copenhagen.

Martens was chiefly an architecture painter and the accuracy of his works has helped reconstructing and restoring several historical buildings in Denmark.

Above: Det indre af Roskilde Domkirke, 1824 - oil on canvas (SMK)

[maviyenot]