The Monica Bird

poboh:

White Poppy, Claude Monet.

bewitchingbritain:

   A surreal dreamscape of Caldicot Castle (Welsh Castell Cil-y-coed) ruins and parkland in Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales. If you’d like to make a visit, find out what’s on here. (image by chris.spins on flickr)

(Source: enchantedengland)

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Edward W. Redfield, Fleecydale Road, c. 1930. Michener Art Museum.

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Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008), Rebus (detail), 1955. Oil, synthetic polymer paint, pencil, crayon, pastel, cut-and-pasted printed and painted papers, and fabric on canvas mounted and stapled to fabric. MOMA

“Rebus belongs to a body of work in which Rauschenberg integrated three-dimensional objects with two-dimensional paintings. His friend Jasper Johns coined the term Combine for such works, describing them as “painting playing the game of sculpture.” Made from layers of everyday materials found in the neighborhood of his Lower Manhattan studio (comic strips, political posters, fabric, and drawings), this work maintains a flatter, sparser surface than most of the artist’s Combines.” src

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Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903) - La Calle Jouvenet à Rouen - 1884

artandopinion:

The Goldfinch

1654

Carel Fabritius

coolchicksfromhistory:

This flag of the Maid of Ghent and a lion was painted by Agnes van den Bossche between 1481 and 1482.  Likely a military standard, the flag references a 1388 poem by Bouden van der Loore describing a conflict between the city of Ghent and Louis II of Flanders.  The maid represents the city of Ghent and the lion represents the people’s readiness to fight. 

Little is known of Agnes.  She was listed as a free master artist in 1468, one of the few women listed in the painters guild of Ghent.  Like many female painters during this period, Agnes’s father and brother were also painters.  She was frequently commissioned by the city of Ghent to paint flags and other decorative items.  Agnes received more commissions than her brother and was described by some as the most in demand flag painter of her day.  However, flag painting was less prestigious than alter painting and few women were accorded the honor of painting an alterpiece in the Northern Renaissance.  

For when you’re attracted to someone’s brain? K drew this :)

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Elizabeth Leary Strazzulla

marrypotter:

Rouge by Abby Diamond

aledlewis:

Superpower Ballad

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Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Marie Therese Walter, 1937