The Man of Letters, or Pierrot’s Alphabet, typeface, 1794, Bowles & Carver, UK.2yr ⋅ sergiokuub ⋅ r/ArtHistory
[general] How to Look at Art, Arts & Architecture, Ad Reinhardt, January 19475yr ⋅ V391Pegasi ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Allegorical Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England, circa 1610 - unknown painter4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
A detailed 3D tour of St. Sophia of Kyiv - the greatest Byzantine cathedral in Europe of its period. 260 m 2 of mosaics and 3000 m 2 of original XI century frescoes preserved.4yr ⋅ Bubich ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Hagia Sophia. Some backstory (and my ravings on domes and mosaics) in the comments. Has anyone ever been?4yr ⋅ miawallacesuglytwin ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Restoration of a Roman Mosaic Excavated from Castulo, located near modern Linares, Jaen (Spain)5yr ⋅ deniscard ⋅ r/ArtHistory
A YouTube comment about Modigliani and Jeanne Hebuterne. 200 likes too. The ignorance out there is crazy.10mo ⋅ Ariel90x ⋅ r/ArtHistory
“The Curtain - Edgar Degas (1880) The way Degas captures the lustful gaze of the unwanted observer in contrast with the vulnerability of the ballerinas is provocative to say the least. I was curious to hear this community’s thoughts on it/any further reading you’d care to share!3yr ⋅ Frick-You-Man ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Hell - from The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry] - 1412 - 14164yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Detail from Goya’s “Yard with Lunatics” c. 1793. Does anyone know a neoclassical painting or Greek/Roman sculpture that these wrestlers may resemble?4yr ⋅ routinedrum ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Why did they consider this composition Renaissance and not baroque? Thank you.5yr ⋅ voidcomposite ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Group of Seven were a group of Canadians in the early 19th century who sought to shake up landscape painting by filtering their ideas of modernism and creating a vision entirely their own. Usually an outlier in modern art surveys, how familiar are you with their work?5yr ⋅ WRA5891 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Ball of the Burning Men happened on this day in 1393: 15th-century manuscript illumination4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Psyche Entering Cupid's Garden, John William Waterhouse, Oil on canvas, 19045yr ⋅ Pegward286 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Medieval Monday - Another 15th-century illustration from the Art of Dying Well4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Visited the Prado for spring break and cannot stop thinking about The Lovers Of Tereul, the way the gold in her veil caught the light....5yr ⋅ kiviuqs_ ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Woman bears a striking resemblance to subject in The Broken Pitcher by Bougeaureau (crosspost from /r/pics)7yr ⋅ CyclopsorNedStark ⋅ r/ArtHistory
is the sitter a person with dwarfism? it's listed as a child, but the hairstyle and clothing look adult to me. Coral necklaces were often worn by babies, did adults wear them as well?2yr ⋅ kittyluxe ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Can someone identify this particular drawing or the style it was drawn in?2yr ⋅ jajarone ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Flora and Vertumnus - two allegoric portraits by Giuseppe Arcimboldo 🍐🥒🍆🍇🌽🌾🌺4yr ⋅ marinavia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Malevich's Black Square (1915) - a fitting piece for today, if not for the irony in Malevich himself making a tasteless joke in conjunction with it4yr ⋅ badniff ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Image of a bishop (or one of the first recorded poker face meme), Villard de Honnecourt's sketchbook, 13th century4yr ⋅ TheEkitchi ⋅ r/ArtHistory
What is Judas Thaddeus holding in his hands on the western facade of Notre Dame de Paris? Help2yr ⋅ sash-sash ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Fear (Self-Portrait with Niece Marianne), Oil on Canvas, Felix Nussbaum, 19414yr ⋅ sudoKarenEliot ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Portrait of Madame X, John Singer Sargent, oil on canvas, 1884, 234.95 × 109.86cm5yr ⋅ -TheCWord ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Albrecht Durer: Hare (1502) -VS- Hans Hoffmann: A Hare in the Forest (~1585)5yr ⋅ FaustusDr ⋅ r/ArtHistory
What’s your least favorite art movement? (Picture just for show)1yr ⋅ QuintessentialPies ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle by Arnold Bocklin 18726yr ⋅ ArtRenewalCenter ⋅ r/ArtHistory
does anyone know what is depicted on this tapestery i know it to be from around 1920 and made in belgium1yr ⋅ joppe13 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Vance Kirkland’s studio where he created his large intricate pointillism pieces by suspending himself over his work with these straps4yr ⋅ atxanon0616 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Anybody know the meaning behind this parody of American Gothic?2yr ⋅ Difficult-Focus-107 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Maxime Dethomas - Attente (c. 1905). Zimmereli Art Museum, New Brunswick. Of the less familiar Post Impressionists, Dethomas is my absolute favourite.5yr ⋅ Le_Rat_Mort ⋅ r/ArtHistory
My husband got this from his University library but we are unclear who it is depicting. Can anyone tell us who this is? This is a replica made in in the 60's and not an original piece of history.2yr ⋅ steph_walker2614 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I’m trying to name my fish after an artist who’s paintings his colors remind me of but I can’t think of a good one. Any thoughts?4yr ⋅ NateDrake_01 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
What's the context behind the surreal landmass on Jacopo da Valenza's St. Jerome painting?5yr ⋅ achilles_m ⋅ r/ArtHistory
El Greco’s portrait of the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, c. 1600, at the Met. Cardinal Fernando Nino De Guevara had arrived in El Greco’s Toledo in order to sentence forty-six convicted heretics, one of whom was burned at the stake. More in comments.1yr ⋅ patrickbringley ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Cant find recent post I *think* I saw, but is there a technical term for draped clothing/fabric etc. in paintings?2yr ⋅ Alexhale ⋅ r/ArtHistory
This ceramic drum is reproduction/commercially-produced home decor; what was its original function?2yr ⋅ m4gpi ⋅ r/ArtHistory
I have a question about this painting, now held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. La Fragua de Vulcano (Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan) by Diego Velazquez. Does anyone else think it’s possible that this painting was created with a little hint of queer behind it? A little gay touch?2yr ⋅ AccomplishedGlove426 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The visual aid I’m working on to illustrate the theme of my project: Minority Representation & Gender Inequality in the Art World During the 1980s.3yr ⋅ matzo_baller ⋅ r/ArtHistory
An Essay on Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun’s “Prince Heinrich Lubomirski as the Genius of Fame (1787–88)” — Portrait That Has Kept Historians Guessing3yr ⋅ Anonymous-USA ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld - 1861 - Romanticism.5yr ⋅ i_am_bordeaux ⋅ r/ArtHistory
The Execution of Lady Jane grey by Paul Delaroche. She died so young...6yr ⋅ frytzmtzgr ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash painted by Giacomo Bella in 1912. Oil on Canvas. One of my favorite Futurist paintings.6yr ⋅ ahueofblue ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Not sure if this belongs here, but this summer I got really into earrings and just got these!! I absolutely love this painting and these make me so happy! Portrait of a Young Woman (believed to be Simonetta Vespucci) by Sandro Botticelli5yr ⋅ ayoitsjo ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Today I purchased my first piece of art, a Matisse lithograph, at the auction house I work at!6yr ⋅ oliviacharlene ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Which book is the best? all those are about art in general (paintings )2yr ⋅ HARVARDmyDREAM ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Eternal Silence by Lorado Taft (1909) at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, IL (xpost r/SculpturePorn)5yr ⋅ thenightman89 ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Saturn Devouring One of His Children (One of the Black Paintings, 1819-1823) Francisco Goya5yr ⋅ mopelife ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Two guys discussing the Dance of Death (Detail) from Scenes from the Life of St Bertin, by Simon Marion, 1459.5yr ⋅ deniscard ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Jacob Lawrence, Migration Series (1941): Seventh in our series of nine pivotal artworks either made by an African-American artist or important in its depiction of African-Americans for Black History Month5yr ⋅ kingsocarso ⋅ r/ArtHistory
can someone name or give information on the sort of style and aesthetic used in stereotypical soviet propaganda images (sort of blocky, often using dramatic silhouette. example provided)4yr ⋅ CaptainDyslexia ⋅ r/ArtHistory
A Bigger Splash, David Hockney, acrylic on canvas, 1967, 242.5 x 243.9cm5yr ⋅ -TheCWord ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Happy B-day, Sir Anthony van Dyck! Self portrait with a Sunflower (1632–33)5yr ⋅ FaustusDr ⋅ r/ArtHistory
What style of art does this belong to? (After Raphael by Tom Philips, 1972)8mo ⋅ cheekywill ⋅ r/ArtHistory
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT WORKING ON RIDDLE ME THIS, BATMAN. NEW YORK, 19875yr ⋅ V391Pegasi ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Anybody knows the artist or name of the sculpture? I need to find it! Thanks!4yr ⋅ AnnieKurdt ⋅ r/ArtHistory
Where is the painting Hector and Andromache by Georgio De Chirico? Is it real? I’ve been seeing this picture over the internet but I neither could find the museum it’s in, nor proper information on it. There are bunch of versions etc. but I’m not even sure if it’s real.4yr ⋅ toutirabienla ⋅ r/ArtHistory