#Painting

1/ TIL that this René Magritte painting is called Golconda. Why did a Belgian surrealist painter name this after a dilapidated fort in Hyderabad, India? In the past, Golconda was
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Painting by numbers, not sure of the value of this thread. Close ups really show the flaws but I expect its nice to see the figure go from primer to
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Thread of female nudes I love by women artists. This is by Paula Modherson-Becker. She did it in 1906 and it’s “the first nude self-portrait in western art history”. She
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Okay, I've been thinking about this post. It really bothered me and I couldn't figure out why I was so affected by it.It reminds me of this Brazilian painting called
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For anyone interested in the #TrojanWar #art #classics #mythology #ceramics #paintings #sculpture #mosaics #photography:The Judgement of Paris: a thread of 23 images from prehistory to modern. First up, an Etruscan
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It is paper time, again.The painting is from A. M. Wirth made in the late nineteenth century, and is on offer at the moment: https://www.auktionshaus-stahl.de/de/artikel/99940-anna-maria-wirth-beim-antiquar What do we see, and
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Inspired by a discussion with @s_m_kay and @JustinSkirry, I thought I'd do a short thread on painted portraits of René Descartes ... #TwitterCartesians (1/8) ... Of course, this portrait, which
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1/ If you believe that physical collectibles are good investments, it is hard not to believe in digital collectibles (NFTs)So, how can we know which NFTs are good investments? Here
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Beautiful paintings by Tanushree GhoshTanushree holds a Master's Degree (with Gold Medal) in the Bengal School 'wash' painting technique. Popularized by Shri Abanindranath Tagore. This 8-step style of watercolor painting
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Why Marx thought aesthetics were important and why you should, too:A thread Content/Form Dialectics: Content is what we sense and form is how our brain arranges sense data. Marx rejected
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hey small artistsa few words of encouragement for you: check thread exactly this time last year, i was stuck at 200 followers, give or take, on instagram. the most engagement
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didn't realize until today how much I had internalized my mom saying it wasn't worth the cost of supplies for me to do art because I just don't have any
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This is a little booklet put together by Maori Affairs back in the 60s There are 14 pages. I'll post a few excerpts one at a time as I realise
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Thread on values! Have you ever had to rely on tweaking levels in Photoshop in order to get your painting to have enough contrast? Here’s how to confidently control values
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“On a particularly boring day, I had a clever but unfortunate inspiration. I seized a piece of cardboard, some tubes of tint... and, confronting a typical Montmartre street corner, I
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This reminds me of a small fact I used to tell people over and over: months after his death, Warren's body was identified via dental records. This was 1776. Paul
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