The scene is not always as it appears, and, sometimes, it raises more questions than answers. Case in point: Jan van Eyck's enigmatic 'Arnolfini and his Wife' (1434). https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-3-major-misconceptions-jan-van-eycks-enigmatic-arnolfini-portrait
#renaissanceart #arthistory #artmuseum #potterdayart #portraitart #flemishart #realism
#realism #flemishart #portraitart #potterdayart #artmuseum #arthistory #RenaissanceArt
The wearied side eye of a spouse who has tolerated too much…plus devil horns 😈
Margaret van Eyck is my new spirit kin.
#bruges #brugge #janvaneyck #flemishart #wiveswhosideeye
Me at the end of 2022
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RT @artistrubens
Head Of Medusa, 1618 #flemishart #rubens https://www.wikiart.org/en/peter-paul-rubens/head-of-medusa-1618
https://twitter.com/artistrubens/status/1604332909917360128
It's true. When i heard the phrase 'Old Masters,' I always thought of men artists. How narrow-minded of me. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/arts/design/michaelina-wautier-artist-boston.html
#oldmasters #arthistory #artmuseum #artcollector #flemishart #renaissance #romanticism
#romanticism #renaissance #flemishart #artcollector #artmuseum #arthistory #oldmasters
It's true. When i heard the phrase 'Old Masters,' I always thought of men artists. How narrow-minded of me. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/arts/design/michaelina-wautier-artist-boston.html
#oldmasters #arthistory #artmuseum #artcollector #flemishart #renaissance #romanticism
#romanticism #renaissance #flemishart #artcollector #artmuseum #arthistory #oldmasters
Add Michaelina Wautier to the pantheon of great women artists many of whom have been forgotten by history by virtue of gender bias or simply had their work attributed to male contemporaries
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/arts/design/michaelina-wautier-artist-boston.html
#WomenInArt #FineArt #ArtHistory #FlemishArt #Belgium #Women #WomenInHistory
#womeninart #fineart #arthistory #flemishart #belgium #women #womeninhistory
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/arts/design/michaelina-wautier-artist-boston.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Great read. Highly recommended.
#SeventeenthCenturyArt #WomanPainter #ArtAttribution #FlemishArt
#seventeenthcenturyart #womanpainter #artattribution #flemishart
Been on a bit of a bender with Midjourney and, along the way, ended up with these two ridiculous mashups of monsters, Dungeons & Dragons, and... Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Like you do.
#bruegel #flemishart #art #renaissance #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #midjourney #aiart
#bruegel #flemishart #art #renaissance #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #midjourney #aiart
For all my Art History education it was only last night that I discovered tronies
Yes - tronie is a word Scrabble players
#arthistory #tronie #genrepainting #flemishart #scrabble