Historical-ish things I like, plus anything else that catches my fancy. My Harry Potter stuff is to be found over at Eve of Small Gods.
”The Mystery of True Love”
16x24 inches. Acrylic on panel.
Painted for the “Crazy for Cult 6” art show by Gallery 1988. Opens August 9th at 64 Gansevoort St. in the Meat Packing District, NYC.
Avaritia by Jud Turner
Turner on his work:
The name is taken from the Latin term for ‘greed’ and the bait this mechanized angler fish is using is a coin from 1799. Heightening my enjoyment of the subject (greed) it’s a commission for a German financier!
A Persian astrolabe (from the Greek: ἀστρολάβον astrolabon, “star-taker”), made in Hafiz.
(via bronzedragon)
Altdorfer Albrecht - The Battle of Alexander at Issus (detail)(1529)
(via booksnbuildings)
Recent landscape paintings by Maja Wrońska.
(Rome, Prague, Venice, Kraków).
Nov. 12, 1939: This photo, published shortly after the start of the Second World War, ran with this caption: “The Winged Victory of Samothrace, another great achievement of the ancient Greek sculptors, packed for removal in accordance with plans for its protection formulated far in advance of the war.” A 2009 exhibition at the Louvre showed photos documenting how art was relocated for safety during wartime. Photo: The New York Times
