Oct
22
2021
Christ on the Mount of Olives, by Giovanni
Calibration of the painting, an image of which is included in the post.
Art / Symbols
Oct
12
2021
The Starry Night, by Van Gogh
Van Gogh's creative work is at 480 in Truth vs. Falsehood
Oct
05
2021
Alex Grey's art
New Age artist on Instagram with 1.2 million followers. Calibrated: his art.
Sep
22
2021
Nataraja
"a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the divine cosmic dancer." --wikipedia
Sep
18
2021
Madonna and Child
Painting by Il Sassoferrato (d. 1685)
Aug
25
2021
a sunset
"the apparent descent of the sun below the horizon, also : the accompanying atmospheric effects" --merriam-webster.com
Aug
23
2021
👍 thumbs-up emoji
"On the Internet, and most particularly on the social media site Facebook, the thumbs up gesture is shown as an icon and is associated with the term 'like'" --wikipedia
Aug
23
2021
copper bracelet
Does it have therapeutic properties?
Jul
10
2021
ancient paintings in Chauvet Cave
"Hundreds of animal paintings have been catalogued, depicting at least 13 different species, including some rarely or never found in other ice age paintings." --wikipedia
Jul
02
2021
Art of Hokusai
"Hokusai is best known for the woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji which includes the internationally iconic print The Great Wave off Kanagawa." --wikipedia
Jun
30
2021
Art of Monet
"During his long career, he was the most consistent and prolific practitioner of impressionism's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein air (outdoor) landscape painting." --wikipedia
Jun
30
2021
Art of Refik Anadol
"Turkish-American new media artist and designer. His projects consist of data-driven machine learning algorithms that create abstract, dream-alike environments." --wikipedia
Jun
30
2021
Art of Francis Bacon
"Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures." --wikipedia
Jun
30
2021
Art of Anselm Kiefer
by request. "Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor... His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac." --wikipedia
Jun
30
2021
Art of Roy Lichtenstein
Pop art in comic book style. Paintings sold in the range of $28 million to $95 million.
Jun
30
2021
Art of Basquiat
"Since Basquiat's death at the age of 27 from a heroin overdose in 1988, his work has steadily increased in value...a 1982 painting by Basquiat depicting a black skull with red and yellow rivulets, sold for $110.5 million, becoming one of the most expensive paintings ever purchased." --wikipedia
Jun
30
2021
Art of Rothko
"best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color, which he produced from 1949 to 1970." --wikipedia
Jun
30
2021
Art of Gustav Klimt
His paintings from the early 1900s have sold for over $100 million
Jun
30
2021
Art of Kandinsky
"Russian painter and art theorist. Kandinsky is generally credited as the pioneer of abstract art." --wikipedia
Jun
29
2021
Art of Frida Kahlo
"painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico." --wikipedia