Steampunk Zeppelins
Hey, remember when we used to occasionally post on things that are actually…. steampunky? Yeah, good times those were. Ah hell, let’s be steampunky. Awesome steampunky Zeppelins it is:
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Symbolism
So we’re going have one more paintings/art movement day. From 1885 to 1910, while the Aesthetics and the Decadents were bursting with life, Symbolism was also in full swing. In fact, there isn’t much of a line between these genres. […]
The Decadent Movement: The Great Grandparent of Goth
Following what occured after the PreRaphaelites leads us to Aestheticism, which i have already covered. So let us delve into a subsection of the aesthetic movement, the Decadents. Like Aestheticism’s battle cry: ‘Art for art’s sake!’ the Decadents, as an […]
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Sir Joshua Reynolds was the first President of Britain’s Royal Arts Academy in the mid 1700s. He trumpeted a style known as Grand Style or History Painting, in which he contended that painters should perceive their subjects through generalization and idealization, […]
The Voyage Of Life (Thomas Cole)
You know what? Let’s do one last Thomas Cole painting series. It’s a classic. The Voyage Of Life. Cole actually painted the entire series twice. The first time was as a commissioned work, but Cole wasnot happy to learn the patron had […]
The Course Of Empire (Thomas Cole)
Thomas Cole was an American painter who lived the first half of the 1800s. He is known for pastoral paintings of natural landscapes and was the founder of the art movement the Hudson River School. He and the movement were […]
Tragic and Melancholy Dolls by Cdlitestudio
What is this, Doll week? Could be… i’m running with this doll thing a little more, for there some other doll makers i ran across who i adore. This artist and her magnificent work being another. Connie D’Angelo DiMichele, aka […]
Dark and Steampunky Dolls by Majestic Thorn
Obviously, in a show where dead people being brought back and placed into mechanical doll/mannequins is a major plot point, the look of said Dolls is going to be a big deal. It’s one that i’m clearly curious about, although […]
Bruce Munro: Artist of Light
Several posts ago i featured some lovely pictures of artists who use light as their medium. One of the artists who particularly took my fancy was Bruce Munro, who deserves his own post. Why? Because he does shit like this: […]
Light Sculptures
And free associated from Kinetic Art, yesterday’s feature, we arrive at Light Art. So today i make sweet, sweet love to your eyes with these photos. Baby. Oh yeah…. Dark Matter: Michael Bosanko: The Traffic Light Tree by Pierre Vivant: Heatherwick […]