Art / Symbols

Art of Richard MacDonald

He began sculpting in earnest and within ten years became one of the most collected present-day figurative sculptors in America. --wikipedia

Christ on the Mount of Olives, by Giovanni

Calibration of the painting, an image of which is included in the post.

The Starry Night, by Van Gogh

Van Gogh's creative work is at 480 in Truth vs. Falsehood

Alex Grey's art

New Age artist on Instagram with 1.2 million followers. Calibrated: his art.

Nataraja

"a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva as the divine cosmic dancer." --wikipedia

Madonna and Child

Painting by Il Sassoferrato (d. 1685)

a sunset

"the apparent descent of the sun below the horizon, also : the accompanying atmospheric effects" --merriam-webster.com

👍 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

copper bracelet

Does it have therapeutic properties?

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

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

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

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

Art of Roy Lichtenstein

Pop art in comic book style. Paintings sold in the range of $28 million to $95 million.

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