Can anyone identify what this ornament is depicting? Info in comments.1yr ⋅ TheloniousCrunk ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Help a non-native English speaker understand the title of this work - The plumb-pudding in danger, James Gillray, 18051yr ⋅ orcstew ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Drunk Monk: I always loved this piece, because I imagine the scribe drawing this as a caricature of one of his fellow brothers who liked to sneak a sip of wine every now and then...4yr ⋅ Tefbuck ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I scored this potentially rare framed Alphonse Mucha engraving from a guy on Facebook Marketplace for dirt cheap. It's carved into what seems to be linoleum or fake ivory. Can't seem to find anything like it online. Figured I'd share this absolute beauty.4yr ⋅ xerozeroxero ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Question at the Museum today: Why are women's nipples depicted so small in classical art?1yr ⋅ ta4011970 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Is anyone aware of any peer-reviewed articles/book chapters written on this painting?2yr ⋅ shanislav ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I had a flag made with the title of the Egyptian Surrealist’s Vive L’Art Degenere manifesto that was written in response the growing fascism of Futurism and the Nazi’s anti-avant-garde Degenerate Art exhibition.4yr ⋅ Elmer_adkins ⋅ r/ArtHistory
This painting is entitled, On Lake Attersee by artist Gustav Klimt, in the year 1900. It is on display at the Leopold Musuem, in Vienna. Beautiful, and continues on my fascination with water scapes art, using different media, in art history around the world. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!5yr ⋅ LorrieDre ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I love Joaquin Sorolla's beach scenes. This one haunts me (Sad Inheritance)4yr ⋅ duckfat01 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I must recommend the works of Sascha Schneider. A macabre and entirely unique style. Below: Hypnose - Sascha Schneider4yr ⋅ sil3ntsir3n ⋅ r/ArtHistory
One of the most terrifying images ever captured on campus, gorgeous in its monstrousness.Saturn Devours His Son (Saturno Devorando a su Hijo) - Francisco Goya - Oils - 1819-18234yr ⋅ Blindboiiiiii ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Guerrilla Girls, Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into the Met. Museum?, 19895yr ⋅ Levitathan ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I made a new reddit community for classic illustrations if anyone else is as obsessed with older illustrators as I am4yr ⋅ ughs1234 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I know it definitely isn’t, but does this painting seem slightly surrealist? Perhaps it’s the asymmetry and composition3wk ⋅ Southern_Ad8621 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
A letter from Dr. Felix Rey in 1930, with drawings of van Gogh’s mutilated ear. The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley3yr ⋅ Amorfati_4 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
As a horror-nerd, this is one if my favorite paintings by Edvard Munch - “Uninvited guests” 1932-35. Do you have any other favorites?4yr ⋅ Citizeninsins ⋅ r/ArtHistory
my nan painted this when she was young and says she copied it from an art book but we can't find a painting similar to it. Can anyone help?4yr ⋅ QuentinGambino ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Charles Cordier - Negro from the Sudan (1857.) and Black Woman from colonies (1861.). Every time I stumble upon these two sculptures I'm always amazed by how beautifully made they are, and the colours of onyx marble4yr ⋅ dtwal ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I know Romans ruled Israel but was Roman Art common in Israel? Trying to figure out this painting was just romanised or were Corinthian columns common in Israel?1yr ⋅ vefivay ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Visited the Seattle Art Museum’s Flesh & Blood Exhibit with many famous Italian artworks. Seeing the paintings from my Art History books in person was unforgettable. Here is Artemisia Gentileschi‘s Judith Slaying Holofernes.4yr ⋅ goodtosea ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Washington and Slavery: Eastman Johnson’s “Kitchen at Mount Vernon”, 18573yr ⋅ Anonymous-USA ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Accidentally found a photo of the goddess Dimeter's statue face, do you know the author and where can I see the full version? It looks just great!1yr ⋅ TurboNessa ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Help identifying objects in this piece! I cannot figure out what the cloth/fabric items are to the left and whether or not the person in the right corner is a statue or not1yr ⋅ sommahh ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Circassian Cavalry Awaiting their Commanding Officer at the Door of a Byzantine Monument; Memory of the Orient, Alberto Pasini, 18804yr ⋅ ohho_aurelio ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Rare Vincent van Gogh: from £4 to $16,000,000 in 50 years (photo from 1969)4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Can you separate the artist from the work if the creator was a not a good person?1yr ⋅ QuintessentialPies ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Last Judgement: Bosch vs Michaelangelo (Differences and Similarities?)1yr ⋅ the2002kid ⋅ r/ArtHistory
In this portrait (1889) why did Van Gogh include his left ear fully intact if he chopped his ear lobe in January of the same year?2yr ⋅ Flayvorz ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Does anyone have any insight about the symbolism depicted in this painting? (Painted ~2 years after Napoleon retreat from Imperial Russia)3yr ⋅ Baba_Jaga_II ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Three Man with a Woman Holding a Cat, 16th century - by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Looking for more information on this Emile Auguste Hublin's painting of Yvonne.1yr ⋅ SomeFunnyGuy ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Hans Baldung Grien, Death and the Maiden; 1518 - 1520, oil on panel, 31 x 19 cm, Offentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel.4yr ⋅ Le_Rat_Mort ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I like a lot any sympole with a bird holding things on his legs, and it became the sympole for many countries but who started it, Egypt?1yr ⋅ manbel13 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Hi, I’m looking to find the name of the art style that this image shows. Just trying to look up more references for this style for a piece I’m working on but can’t seem to type in the correct keywords. Can anyone help me out?1yr ⋅ superstinkyman ⋅ r/ArtHistory
How many heads do you see here? - Testa Anatomica by Filippo Balbi, 15744yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Hello everyone ! I would like to know where the guidelines/general lines (sorry I don't really know much about art) on this famous painting by Edgar DEGAS Rehearsal of a ballet on the stage from 1874, that would help me a lot! Thank you in advance for your answers :)6mo ⋅ Nazuuu04 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Dagr (1874) - Peter Nicolai Arbo, I like this painting, but something about it is slightly off putting and makes me feel odd. Any relate?2yr ⋅ addamsj ⋅ r/ArtHistory
No one knows what this inscription on the floor of the mourning hall inside an early 20th Century Berlin crematorium means. Any ideas?1yr ⋅ stylomylophone ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Historical references (preferably from around the 1950s) in this pose?3mo ⋅ itsthecircumstances ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Does anyone know what this type of art/illustration style is called? [1800s newspaper illustrations]1yr ⋅ LonggEgg ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Question: Did Surreal artists (like Dali, Frida Kahlo, Max Ernst etc) ever explain their artwork?1yr ⋅ kcuf- ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Does anybody know something about this? It's The Meeting Of The Arts by Francois Boucher and I'm very intrigued by it. Which are the arts represented? Are there any interesting facts or interpretation?3yr ⋅ glucolicious ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The faces in this depiction of Baldwin IV's coronation and is father death look like modern cartoon art.2yr ⋅ DumbThoth ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Josephine-Eleonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Bearn, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Oil, 1851-53, Met Museum4yr ⋅ alyssaadlerart ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Klimt's explicit 1901 version of Judith and the Head of Holofernes was shocking to viewers and is said to have targeted themes of female sexuality that had previously been more or less taboo.5yr ⋅ ApocryphaBot ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Hope this is allowed- as a bit of a medieval art history nerd, I was in Venice this weekend and got to see the porphyry Roman Tetrarchs! I can’t believe you could just go up and touch them(which I did, a lot) (Roman porphyry statues dating from ~300CE, originally from Istanbul)5yr ⋅ Hannuh99 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
An angel rolling up the sky -apocalyptic scene from the Book of Revelation. Giotto, Cappella Scrovegni, 14 cent. vs fresco from St. Cyril church, Kyiv, Ukraine , 12 cent.4yr ⋅ Bubich ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Disappeared, Marcia Annenberg. Created in 1996, however, it seems to relate to the current feelings of the world right now. Do you agree?4yr ⋅ BenUriGallery ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Medieval Monday: a perfect case of “sweetness and grace” from the star of the early Northern Renaissance Stefan Lochner4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Is this a real Malevich? (part of a cancelled private collection exhibition in the Slovenian National Museum)2yr ⋅ 7elevenses ⋅ r/ArtHistory
i'm just getting into art and i really love , Renaissance, Religious (east & west), Erotic, Psychedelic, Medieval, Byzantine, and Symbolic art. artist wise i like Da Vinci and Boguereau. where do i go from here? thanks3yr ⋅ DiamondEyesFox ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Was colored paper the invention that brought Light into Western Art? Much the same way the invention of the paint tube brought Impressionism into the world.4yr ⋅ walker1812 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Danaides kill their husbands - Manuscript Illumination by Robinet Testard (1505 - 1510)4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
From Art Forms in Nature, 1904: Prosobranchia by Ernst Haeckel (1834 - 1919)4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Socialist Realism art in the main administrative building of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. 1985. Stained glass and painting by local artist Linnyk.4yr ⋅ Bubich ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Silence of the Forest painted by symbolist painter Arnold Bocklin. Aside from the fantasy subject matter, what is it about this piece (and the majority of his symbolic work) that makes it so dreamlike?4yr ⋅ SimpleSatyr ⋅ r/ArtHistory
St. Valentine - the patron saint of ... epilepsy. Painting by Leonard Beck from around 15104yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Is there a name for this art style? Lots of info out there about Indian folk art and fina art traditions, but I can't find any info on this campy decorative style that you see everywhere.2yr ⋅ dj_frogman ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I'm in a debate with my sister. Does this painting belong to Rococo or Baroque? And why? It's the Allegory of Justice and Peace by Giaquinto (1753)4yr ⋅ sandrommu ⋅ r/ArtHistory
anyone know what style this is called or the artist? exagerated shading1yr ⋅ Cherry2Berry ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Thoughts on “Embrace,” the New MLKJ Statue Unveiled at the Boston Common?1yr ⋅ token_asian23 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Why is it that so many of Vermeer's painting are of mundane scenes in front of shining windows?1yr ⋅ ScaleNo3659 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Hi, I am writing my master's thesis about Durer's apocalypse and I am looking for some other examples of graphics with the motif of apocalypse from end of 15th, 16th or 17th century. Could anyone think of any other apocalypse from this period?2yr ⋅ SafetyAgitated7079 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
ID Help! I apologize if this is the wrong sub, but I recently did a study of this cast and can't remember the name of the original sculpture or of the sculptor! I tried reverse image search and regular searching but I can't find any leads about it. Any help is appreciated! Thank you!2yr ⋅ warmwarm-rice ⋅ r/ArtHistory
A prison cell designed by Alphonse Laurencic during the Spanish Civil War. Laurencic incorporated Kandinsky's Colour Theory to create artwork designed to evoke depression and disorientation in the inmates. The angled beds and irregular brickwork were inspired by Dali's surrealism.6yr ⋅ shitboots ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Paintings that attempt to subvert what we think is interesting to look at often accomplish their mission. Renoirs's painting actually captures a woman's body in a natural state, such as curves. What strikes me the most about this painting is the woman's posture no stiffness at all4yr ⋅ SunRaSquarePants ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I know it's Hokusai, but that's all. I was wondering if someone could tell me more or even just translate the text? Much appreciated!3yr ⋅ kidpauly ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The saint who married a Muslim princess (and then was tormented by demons)4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory