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Too tired to think of a good description. But I am an Art Historian. Very old Student of Cultural Sciences. Photographer. Person. Tired. Coffee Addict. Normal dog mum. https://little-arthistories.com/
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If you have Amazon ebooks, this is the reminder that you can still download them until next week. Same goes for audiobooks.

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Nocturne in Grey and Gold: Chelsea Snow.' (1870) is part of a beautiful series of highly experimental art and they were an ode to his beloved London. Whistler received some harsh criticism over it.

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LoL After ignoring me for so long Instagram is now sending me nearly daily messages that I should come back. So needy. No. I feel better without.

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Fedor Adolfovich Vogt. "Carnival", 1935. Paper on plywood, watercolor, gouache, pastel. The painting doesn't give the feel of fun. It's more like the whole scene is slowly sliding into complete madness. The almost sickening green with the specs of garish reds and pinks emphasizes the surreal mood.

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Oh, what a wonderful idea!

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Odilon Redon, The Boat (Virgin with Corona), c.1897 pastel, paper

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Henrietta Rae, Ophelia, 1890 The subject of Ophelia was very popular in the 1800s. Different from most painters, Rae didn't show Ophelias demise in the water but the moment when she, mad with grief, scatters different flowers (Hamlet Act 4, Scene 5).

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I wish I could write something clever about this beautiful painting but I am deeply tired. It was a long day. Tomorrow. maybe tomorrow. Henri Le Sidaner, Clair de lune, oil on scanvas, 21 ½ x 28 ¾ in. (54.5 x 73 cm.)

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So, time to say goodnight. I wish I was in Venice right now. Sérénade au clair de lune,Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer c.1895-1927

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That sums it up, don't you agree?

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I love this photo by Moholy-Nagy so much. It is minimalistic, monochrome and has something really captivating. I have to confess that I had to zoom in first because I wasn't sure whether it was a painting or a photo 7 A.M. New Year’s Morning, c. 1930) László Moholy-Nagy #art #photography

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This reminds me of a photograph by Moholy-Nagy I recently saw. For me they have the same feel, the same calmness, the same melancholy although the artists are from completely different time periods.

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Hendrik Mesdag's sunset (1887) looks simple: sea and the sky, which a low horizon divides into unequal parts, a few sails in the distance, on the left, enliven the rather severe construction. But look at the multiplicity of tones and the complexity of this work sinks in.

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19/20C biologist/artist Ernst Haeckel, coiner of the term “ecology”, created these vivid depictions of sea anemones, jellyfish and hummingbirds (1904, from his book ‘Art Forms in Nature’)

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Robert Habeck mit den eindrücklichsten Sätzen der ganzen Wahlarena zum Thema Technologieoffenheit und warum Deutschland beim Klimaschutz nicht scheitern darf🙏

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And here is one of James Ensor's more provocative paintings. This kind of style became his trademark. I think it fits the spirit of these days quite perfectly: Carnival and doom. James Ensor, La mort et les masques, 1897 (MBA Liège) Date: 1897

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Okay, it was not the story I wanted to post but I got impatient. Here is my take on James Ensor, a Belgian artist of the 19th and 20th Century. The Oyster Eater is one of his early and tamer paintings #arthistory #storytime #jamesensor littleartstories.medium.com/james-ensor-...

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It's no help. Art can't help against the dread and the doom I am feeling more and more. And the question is "Why"? Why pissing off allies without any need? Why disrupting everything? Why taking apart whole countries without any need? They have everything one can dream of. Why more? Why the greed?

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A carnival soiree, only illuminated by torches and candles. The contrast between the dark shadows and the harsh light gives the painting an incredibly dramatic feel while the blackened eyeholes of the masks seem to turn the dancing scene into something sinister. #carnival #clowns #bskart

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Lingelbach, a „Bamboccianti“, was a dutch painter in rome, specializing in portraying everyday scenes. Here he painted a carnival scene in Rome with characters from the Commedia dell‘Arte.

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from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

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