cavetocanvas:

Camille PIssarro, The Marne at Chennevières, c. 1864-65

From the National Galleries of Scotland:

Strong blues, greens and whites dominate this wide riverscape with its expanse of sky and water interrupted by sloping banks. Pissarro rented a house in La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire, a village to the south-east of Paris, hinted at here on the left bank of the Marne. Chennevières’ church and houses are just visible at the top of the right bank. Paintings by Daubigny and Corot inspired Pissarro’s carefully structured composition and Courbet’s work influenced his extensive use of a palette knife. The small factory buildings and ferry boat add a contemporary note. The painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1865.

Oh, yum, that sky.

supernaturalteendrama:

conversationparade:

oh my fucking god you guys

today in art 120, my intro to design class

our professor asked us to ‘draw a picture of a creature riding a bike’ to get to know us

and when he said creature I thought he meant like, monster, that kind of thing

and about a minute in I look around

and the three other people at my table have drawn an elephant, a squirrel, and another elephant, respectively

and I’ve drawn

A HUMAN CENTIPEDE RIDING A BICYCLE

HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW

Well he certainly got to know you

sk1dward:

OMG

v-vomit:

siminiblocker:

I went to visit my friend last week. Somehow her husband convinced us, two girls with very little interest or previous experience in video game playing,  to play Lego Star Wars…

We started at about five… and then suddenly it was midnight. This is us during the epic Hoth battle.

It was INTENSE. 

AH! Simini! I saw this on the tumblr radar! :D:D:D

mapmeoblivion:

Glass Microbiology by Luke Jerram

theartofanimation:

Jeff Rowland

cavetocanvas:

Dr. Pozzi at Home - John Singer Sargent, 1881

This painting is an example of the somewhat decadent and super refined world of Aestheticism in Paris. Its followers believed in art for art’s sake, with no obligation to promote morality or tell a story. Aesthetes believed that art shouldn’t imitate life; instead, art is about the search for abstract beauty.

Dr. Pozzi is an example of the artfulness that permeated this movement. His appearance is carefully cultivated, with a flamboyant flair tied into the sensuality of his hands. His fingers are playing with the neck of his robe, while his other hand is dragging down the tasseled cord. Many people of the time thought that Sargent was pushing the boundaries of good taste with this portrait, partly because of how he portrayed Dr. Pozzi, but also because this portrait was not commissioned; Sargent approached Dr. Pozzi about painting his likeness, and this was the result.

nonisland:

[Image is a painting of a woman carving herself out of a giant block of pale stone or wood. From the waist up she’s free and looks alive, but from the waist down the cloth drape which covers most of her chest merges with the raw material, which she’s chipping away with a hammer in one hand and a chisel in the other, shaping her hips and the top of her legs.]

catonhottinroof:

Willard Metcalf  Lily Pond, 1887

ianbrooks:

Tea Chemistry Set by Art Lebedev

Adorned with a traditional Gzhel pattern, this ceramic chemistry set has been repurposed as a Russian tea set. The best kind of science is the type you can drink.

(via: yankodesign)

akitron:

limpwristsraisedfists:

kehinde wiley.

OH MAN I LEARNED ABOUT HIM AND ART HISTORY AND HE’S LIKE MY NEW FAVE

he takes dudes like these guys and lets them pick out/chooses an older picture to emulate and it’s a really interesting dichotomy between the hypermasculine way we’re supposed to think of black men and the way masculinity was thought of back in the day!

SO COOL RIGHT

UGH, there was a piece of his at the Blanton and it was SO FREAKING GOOD lakdsfkdsdskl

thedailywhat:

Slo-Mo Thing of the Day: A 1000fps look at the lithely motions of two Berlin State Ballet dancers, set to “Everything in Its Right Place” by Radiohead.

[hyst.]

paulftompkins:

Thank you, Paul Scheer. It is right and good that this has happened.

paulscheer:

Yup