cavetocanvas: Alexander Rodchenko, Fire Escape, from the series Building on Miasnitskaia Street, 1925

cavetocanvas:

Alexander Rodchenko, Fire Escape, from the series Building on Miasnitskaia Street, 1925

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i reblogged the other Rodchenko first but i actually kind of like this one more what can i say. i'm a sucker for ladders. this is an art history blog now
cavetocanvas: Alexander Rodchenko, At the Telephone, 1928

cavetocanvas:

Alexander Rodchenko, At the Telephone, 1928

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it is Rodchenko day over on cavetocanvas! which is exciting because i just studied him lots and lots so i could tell you things about this photo HOWEVER! it is now summer so i don't have to ahhhhh the greatest feeling to enjoy knowing things without the pressure of having to know things this is an art history blog now
hermionejg: fakesickness: THIS IS NOT TO BE LOOKED AT. #baldessari (Taken with Instagram at MOCA) baldessari you are my favourite and my best high-res →

hermionejg:

fakesickness:

THIS IS NOT TO BE LOOKED AT. #baldessari (Taken with Instagram at MOCA)

baldessari you are my favourite and my best

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ngl bladessari is my background right now my friend and i were splitting a bottle of wine over art history revision and just as we were about to kill it and as it was nearing midn... we started talking about the spectator is compelled and hot damn never has anything ever made so much sense to my slightly tipsy brain this is an art history blog now
bcotmedia: History of #Art: The #AvantGarde high-res →

bcotmedia:

History of #Art: The #AvantGarde

(Source: shamaninus, via eamondo0)

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this is actually relevant to my revision right now so.... that's a little weird but fuck yes man and fly! this is an art history blog now

indefenseofart:

Currently writing a term paper on eighteenth century costumes in Disney’s The Beauty and the Beast (1991) when I noticed this little Easter Egg.

On left: close-up screen cap from The Beauty and the Beast (1991)
On right: Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1667, Oil on Canvas!!!

(via cavetocanvas)

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point 1: that sounds like the coolest term paper that's ever been. point 2: !!!!!!! point 3: yes beauty and the beast has some weird shit going in w/r/t kidnapping and stuff but like. it's still a fucking fantastic film. and everyone knows it. disney this is an art history blog now
alecshao: Michelangelo Pistoletto - Broken Mirror, 1978 high-res →

alecshao:

Michelangelo Pistoletto - Broken Mirror, 1978

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THAT'S MAGRITTE IN THE MIRROR that's all i can focus on because. MAGRITTE. EMPIRE OF LIGHT!!!! magritte i will forever love you this is an art history blog now
thingsandschemes: How to Work Better by Peter Fischli. Step 11: Get off tumblr and just fucking do it.

thingsandschemes:

How to Work Better by Peter Fischli.

Step 11: Get off tumblr and just fucking do it.

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i'm currently struggling to write an essay on these guys so i feel like this is an appropriate post (i say these guys but i noticed its only credited to fishli??? so. idk. weiss usually gets his shit involved so whatever) (i'm assuming that weiss was in on it too) this is an art history blog now essays are fun!!!1!
fckyeaharthistory: August Rodin, The Cathedral. high-res →

fckyeaharthistory:

August Rodin, The Cathedral.

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rodin is the shit this is an art history blog now

stabletransit:

Pluto e Proserpina (Pluto and Persephone)

By far, my favorite piece of almost all Italian art by my favorite Italian artist, Bernini.  And to think, this was done with marble, 400 years ago, by a man of only 23 years.

(via pinwheeling)

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bernini is kind of my god ngl i mean... look!! look at the fingers and the thigh and JESUS I CAN'T this is an art history blog now
Detail on Van Gogh’s Mulberry Tree.

Detail on Van Gogh’s Mulberry Tree.

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CHECK THAT FUCKING IMPASTO TUMBLR LOOK AT IT WEEP AT ITS BEAUTY ugh i melt van gogh my love! this is an art history blog now