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A red sky with a tear in it: a blazing white and yellow streak that appears to be a rip in the sky. Below is a small house on supports with a sharp, conical roof. A path winds past the house. Next to the house is what looks like a warning sign with a red triangle on it. The ground is barren, almost volcanic. This is not a good place to be.

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🧶 Artist: #DoodleCrease in City: #Swindon /204, Coporation Street /UK 🇬🇧 08/2024 - Title: "Idle hands are the devils playground" ("Müßiggang ist aller Laster Anfang") - #Art #Streetart #Mural #UrbanArt #Artist #Knitting #SwindonPaintFest 🍂
#GoodMorning !☕🥐

Streetartwall. A very cool and detailed mural in comic style of two knitting hands was sprayed/painted on a long gray street wall for a street art festival.
The background is dark purple, which enhances the details of the two hands. They are holding two knitting needles with a few rows of knitted white wool. A small but very well done piece of streetart.

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🍷 Artist: #UnKolorDistinto in City: #CerroAlegre #Valparaíso Chile 🇨🇱 08/2024 - Title: untitled - #Streetart #Art #Mural #Artist #Family #Painting Website: https://unkolordistinto.cl/

Streetartwall. A colorful mural of a family with a cat has been sprayed/painted in a naive painting style on a yellow exterior wall in Chile. The beautifully painted mural shows a bearded father with brown hair and a blue wool sweater, next to a green-haired woman in an orange dress, sitting at a table with plates of food (it could be red spaghetti). Next to them sit two similar-looking children with short brown hair and green woolen sweaters and a brown cat lying on the table. The two adults are holding glasses in their hands and a few yellow flower tendrils frame the whole thing. The mural is painted in an incomparably naïve style that divides the faces into two colors: white and yellow. They all have strangely large lips and a strangely emotional facial expression. An incomparably beautiful style of painting.
Info: Un Kolor Distinto is an artist couple from Chile who have been beautifying the walls of the world and art galleries for 20 years with their love of art and their unmistakable style. Cynthia and Sammy work with all painting media, such as brushes, charcoal, spray paint, acrylic, etc. and are constantly experimenting with the respective surfaces.

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Italian painter Elisabetta Sirani died #OTD in 1665.

Her artistic talents, which ranged from painting, drawing and engraving, enabled her to enter the National Academy of San Luca as a professor in 1660. Two years later she replaced her father in running his art workshop and turned it into an art school for girls, thus becoming the first woman in Europe to run a girls' school of painting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabetta_Sirani

#art #paintings #baroque

Autoritratto in atto die dipindere il padre
Da Elisabetta Sirani - Opera propria, Warburg

The central focus of the painting is Elisabetta Sirani herself, depicted in the act of painting a portrait of her father, Giovanni Andrea Sirani, who was also a painter and her mentor. Elisabetta is shown at her easel, brush in hand, with a canvas before her. The partially visible portrait on the canvas is likely of her father, although the details of his face may not be fully rendered in the painting itself.

Elisabetta is seated, facing slightly towards the viewer, while her body is turned towards the easel. Her expression is calm and focused, conveying her concentration and dedication to her work. Her gaze is directed towards the canvas, indicating her absorption in the act of painting.

Elisabetta is dressed modestly but elegantly, with clothing typical of the time—perhaps a simple gown with a high neckline, emphasizing her status as a professional artist rather than a subject of vanity.

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Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno, 1659, Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli

The painting "Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno" (Timoclea Kills the Captain of Alexander the Great), created in 1659 by Elisabetta Sirani, is a dramatic and intense depiction of a historical event. This work is housed in the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples and exemplifies Sirani's skill in portraying strong, heroic female figures.

The painting illustrates the moment when Timoclea, a noblewoman from Thebes, exacts revenge on the Thracian captain who had assaulted her after the city fell to Alexander the Great's forces. Timoclea is shown in the act of pushing the captain into a well, a pivotal moment that symbolizes her courage and resolve.

Timoclea is the dominant figure in the painting, depicted in a powerful stance as she exerts force to push the captain into the well. Her expression is fierce and determined, capturing her intense emotions. The captain, caught off guard, is shown in a moment of helplessness as he falls backward into the well. His armor and garments suggest his military status, contrasting with Timoclea’s more modest attire.

The scene is set outdoors, with the well positioned at the center of the composition. The background may feature elements of a war-torn cityscape, but these are kept in shadow to focus attention on the central action.

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💅🏼Artist: #ARTEZ / #ARTEZonline in City: #Cheltenham #Gloucesterhire / UK 🇬🇧 08/2024 - Title: "Simple Acrobatics"🪑- ( 📷 by Max Johnson) - #Art #Streetart #Acrobatics #Artist #Mural #GoodMorning ! ☕🥐🥐

Streetartwall. The mural with a woman and a folding chair is sprayed/painted on the outside wall of a two-storey building. The background is plain beige. The young brown-haired woman is wearing long olive green trousers and a white T-shirt and has found an unusual way of filing her nails. Her legs are side by side in front of the chair and she stands on tiptoe. However, the chair is facing the other way and she turns her upper body so that she is leaning on the seat with one bent arm while filing her fingernails with the other. Her head rests on one corner of the chair. I don't know if this works, but she looks very limber and is doing her morning exercises at the same time.
Info: Artez has already painted similar large murals with a woman and a chair. One of them can be seen, for example, in Bourgoin-Jallieu, France (2023)

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💙 Artist: #SrPapaChango (Sr. Papá Chango) - in City: #Bristol / Redpoint Climbing Centre, 440 Winterstoke Rd/ UK 🇬🇧 08/2024 - Title: untitled - #Art #Streetart #Artist #Mural #Painting #SprayArt

Streetartwall. An enchanting mural with two fantasy figures and a still life in the style of the old masters was sprayed/painted on the wall of a building. The figures are two small gray monsters. A large, bean-like, hairy, fluffy something with small black eyes and a tiny mouth. Next to it is another monster, only smaller. The unusual still life composition with a golden fruit bowl with pears and an apple and a glass carafe is complemented by the appearance of the fluffy figures and framed by a golden picture frame. The two seem to be painting faces on the fruit with paint rollers. Very well painted and very cute monsters.
Info: Senior Papa Chango is a Mexican artist. He lives and paints in Berlin and is the creator of some great murals with dreamlike and fantastic figures.

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Artist Chelo depicts what we see - and what we don't see - on social media. I like the full-circle nature of this comic.

Source: https://www.instagram.com/monero_chelo/related_profiles/?hl=en #art #socialmedia

Various characters sharing photos from their lives on the Internet. Each person shares something that the next feels is missing for them. It goes full circle where the last person is missing.

Source: monero_chelo | IG
https://www.instagram.com/monero_chelo/related_profiles/?hl=en

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Como me gustan los pétalos.

#art #photography
#mastodon #friends #MastoPhotography #love
#CreativeToots #mastoart #streetphotography #streetart
#catsofmastodon #cats #artwork #FediArt #animals #animal #humor #coffee #breakfast #tea #nature #books #fedicats #MastoCats
#Photograph #cute #books #foods #follow

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Compelling Video Shows How the Fotoplayer Added Music and Sounds to Silent Films

By Regina Sienra via @mymodernmet

https://mymodernmet.com/fotoplayer-joe-rinaudo-video/

#music #art #movies

Joe Rinaudo, a Silent Cinema Historian and Preservationist, whose devoted work has even caught the attention of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hands out the Oscars.

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Time for change. #grickledoodle #witch #autumn #halloween #fall #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

A cartoon illustration of two children in swimsuits playing with the lawn sprinkler as they notice a green witch peeking at them from around the corner of their house. The caption underneath reads "They could see that Autumn was just around the corner."

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#OTD in 1504.

Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.

David was originally commissioned as one of a series of statues of twelve prophets to be positioned along the roofline of the east end of Florence Cathedral, but was instead placed in the public square in front of the Palazzo della Signoria. In 1873, the statue was moved to the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo)

Michelangelo at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Michelangelo&submit_search=Search

#books #art #literature

Moving the David from Piazza della Signoria to the Galleria dell'Accademia

Unknown - Illustrated London News (1873)

The David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture, sculpted by Michelangelo from 1501 to 1504. It stood exposed to the elements in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence for nearly 370 years before it was moved for its protection to the Galleria dell’Accademia in 1873.

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Dusky water.

#photography #photographie #fotografie #fotografia
#Art #Abstract

A colour photograph of water at dusk. The reflection of a lifeboat fills the top of the frame in fiery orange, transitioning todeep blue with light ripples present and a dark diagonal band passing though the centre of the frame from a cross-current.

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Please consider being a ko-fi supporter of my #art & help me afford art supplies if you can. I am prolific & go through a lot of paint & surfaces.
https://ko-fi.com/joblakely

I am also accepting #portrait commissions which are a wonderful way to capture a moment, a memory, people or animals you love.
Commission rates are on sale now start at $350 for 8 x 10” & under and start at $450 9x12” & over. A unique #luxury gift.

Thank you!

#artist #painting
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A couple from 70s walking in sunshine, light playing across their faces and tan leather jackets. Plain neutral blue grey background.

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It's getting close to that time again! #grickledoodle #autumn #halloween #fall #witch #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #horror

A cartoon illustration of girl dressed as a witch and a boy dressed as devil lying in a ditch of leaves eating candy while a dog watches them. The caption underneath reads "The Season of the Ditch."

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‘The Starry Night’ Accurately Depicts a Scientific Theory That Wasn’t Described Until Years After van Gogh’s Death

Researchers say that the iconic painting’s swirling sky lines up with Kolmogorov’s theory of turbulence, suggesting that the artist was a careful observer of the world around him

By Julia Binswanger via @smithsonianmag

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-starry-night-accurately-depicts-a-scientific-theory-that-wasnt-described-until-years-after-van-goghs-death-180985116/

#art #paintings #science

Van Gogh - Starry Night

Van Gogh depicted the view at different times of the day and under various weather conditions, such as the sunrise, moonrise, sunshine-filled days, overcast days, windy days, and one day with rain. While the hospital staff did not allow Van Gogh to paint in his bedroom, he was able there to make sketches in ink or charcoal on paper; eventually, he would base newer variations on previous versions. The pictorial element uniting all of these paintings is the diagonal line coming in from the right depicting the low rolling hills of the Alpilles mountains. In fifteen of the twenty-one versions, cypress trees are visible beyond the far wall enclosing the wheat field.

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😺 Artist: #JennaMorello in City: #NewYork #Brooklyn /Sea Gate/ USA 🇺🇸 2024 - Title: untitled (Detail) - #Art #Streetart #Artist #Mural #Cat #GoodMorning !☕🥐

Streetartwall. A beautiful comic-style mural of a cat drinking coffee was painted on a long street wall. The photo shows just a section of a large painting. A friendly-looking gray cat with blue eyes is sitting at a table with a full coffee cup and a milk jug in front of him. Incidentally, the part of the wall that is not visible shows the rest of the coffee table with colorful cupcakes and a white rabbit. It's inspired by Alice in Wonderland.

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🟡 Artist: #SCAF / #SCAFoner (Pierre Bertolotti) in City: somewhere 🤫 in #Nancy France 🇨🇵 09/2024 - Title: "Snake" 🐍 - #Streetart #Art #Artist #Mural #Urbanart #3DArt #Snake #Anamorphic #Abadonned

Streetartwall. The mural of a green snake head with 3D effect was sprayed/ painted on the corner of the detached walls of a demolished house. The scaly yellow and black snake appears to be writhing out of a (non-existent) window in the corner of the house, and with its slightly open mouth and pointed teeth, it doesn't exactly look friendly. A great effect, painted with sophisticated perspective distortion and only visible from a certain angle.

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Palm trees stand tall, their reflections mirrored in the still waters of the Florida Everglades at dawn. The sky glows with soft lavender and blush tones, while a gentle mist drifts over the wetlands, adding a tranquil, dreamy quality to the peaceful morning.

The ART: https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/reflections-of-dawn-in-the-florida-wetlands-rebecca-herranen.html

#florida #sunrise #tranquility #Photography #wallart #giftideas #nature #art #buyintoart #nature #photo #reflection #fedigiftshop

This image captures a serene scene at sunrise in the Florida Everglades. Imagine a wide, open wetland, where tall, slender palm trees rise gracefully from the land. These trees are reflected perfectly in the still water below, as if there’s a second set standing upside down. The air is calm, with no breeze to ripple the water’s surface.

The sky is painted in soft, calming colors, like light purple and pink, as the first light of day gently spreads across the landscape. A fine mist hangs low over the wetlands, blurring the horizon, making it feel like the distant trees and grasses are slowly emerging from a dream. The ground is covered with patches of earthy grasses and wetland plants, their subtle colors warming up with the early sunlight.

It’s a scene filled with quietness, as if the world is just beginning to wake up. The mist, the soft colors, and the stillness of the water all combine to create a feeling of peace and calm.

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Autumn colors frame the misty grandeur of Niagara Falls in this vibrant capture. The fiery orange and red leaves contrast beautifully against the cool mist rising from the falls, with the iconic Observation Tower peeking through in the distance. Nature and cityscapes converge in this scene of seasonal beauty.

The ART: https://rhprintsco.etsy.com/listing/1561245742

#niagarafalls #autumn #fall #waterfall #nature #photography #buyintoart #giftideas #art #MastoArt #fediart #wallart #landscape #LandscapePhotography

This photograph captures a beautiful autumn scene at Niagara Falls. In the foreground, a large tree is covered with vivid orange and red leaves, signaling the height of fall. The leaves almost seem to glow with color, creating a striking contrast against the mist rising from the falls in the distance. Behind the tree, you can see the famous Niagara Falls Observation Tower standing tall, partially obscured by the mist. The soft spray from the waterfall mixes with the autumn hues, blending the vibrant warmth of the leaves with the cool, ethereal atmosphere of the falls. The cityscape in the far background adds a subtle urban touch to this otherwise natural scene.

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#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration #911day

A blurry, dark city skyline. Rising above it into a blue sky are the white shapes of the twin towers.

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The Courtyard of the Lions at the Alhambra features carved stone columns and a central fountain with twelve marble lions. Its smooth stone floor and ornate arches create a serene, elegant atmosphere. Delicate geometric carvings and Arabic inscriptions adorn the walls, reflecting the intricate craftsmanship of Moorish architecture.

Variety of styles.

The ART: https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/alhambra-courtyard-of-the-lions-rebecca-herranen.html

#architecture #spain #photography #photo #art #buyintoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #MastoArt #giftideas #wallart

The Courtyard of the Lions at the Alhambra is an open, airy space with tall, slender stone columns that are intricately carved with patterns. These columns support archways with beautiful, lace-like designs etched into the stone. In the middle of the courtyard, there’s a large round fountain held up by twelve marble lions, their faces turned outward as if standing guard.

The ground beneath your feet is smooth, cool stone, likely polished marble, and the air feels open and peaceful. Surrounding the courtyard, the walls are covered in finely detailed carvings, with geometric patterns and flowing Arabic script. The craftsmanship is delicate and precise, offering a tactile sense of beauty through the intricacies of the stonework. There’s a feeling of balance and symmetry, making the space feel calm and harmonious. Although the courtyard is surrounded by this artistry, the open sky above adds to its sense of spaciousness and tranquility.

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Today is #caturday and that's the theme for my next entry in the #weeklyInk challenge.

I'm really surprised how well all the tools in #inkscape go together in creating such a #lowpoly style image.

#art #2D #3D #illustration #cat #maincoon #cute #stylized #digitalart

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Gottfried Mind, The Raphael of Cats

Labelled a “cretin” and “imbecile” in his lifetime, the Swiss artist Gottfried Mind had profound talents when it came to drafting the feline form. Kirsten Tambling reconstructs the biography of this elusive figure, whose savant-like qualities inspired later French Realists, early psychiatric theorists, and Romantic visions of the artist as outsider.

By Kirsten Tambling via @publicdomainrev

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/gottfried-mind-the-raphael-of-cats/?utm_source=newsletter

#art #illustration #cats

Lithograph by Johann Heinrich Lips after a self-portrait by Gottfried Mind, 1816

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Die_Gartenlaube_%281868%29_b_741_1.jpg

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Lito, a self-taught Japanese artist who began creating intricate, hand-carved art on fallen leaves as a way to manage his ADHD. He carefully selects each leaf & carves whimsical patterns that often depict animals, objects & landscapes - transforming delicate leaves into complex scenes.
Art that captures the fleeting beauty of nature.

#art #MastoArt #artist #creativity #beauty

Cut-out leave which depicts a mother rabbit cooking food for her young who are standing in a line & waiting to be served. The pot is on the side & boiling.

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Finnish violinist and composer Jean Sibelius died #OTD in 1957.

The core of his oeuvre is his set of seven symphonies, which, like his other major works, are regularly performed and recorded in Finland and countries around the world. His other best-known compositions are Finlandia, the Karelia Suite, Valse triste, the Violin Concerto, the choral symphony Kullervo, and The Swan of Tuonela (from the Lemminkäinen Suite).

Books about Sibelius at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19557

#books #art #music

Composer Jean Sibelius.

fi:Daniel Nyblin (1856–1923) - What We Hear in Music, Anne S. Faulkner, Victor Talking Machine Co., 1913.

The portrait of composer Jean Sibelius by Daniel Nyblin (1856–1923) is a classic black-and-white photograph of the Finnish composer, which was widely reproduced in the early 20th century, including in What We Hear in Music by Anne S. Faulkner (published by the Victor Talking Machine Co. in 1913).

The portrait shows Jean Sibelius, one of Finland's most famous composers, seated or standing in a formal pose. He is dressed in a dark, elegant suit typical of the time, with a high-collared shirt and tie. Sibelius, known for his intense and serious demeanor, is captured with a stern or thoughtful expression, reflecting his deep, contemplative nature. His facial features—strong jawline, neatly combed hair, and thick mustache—are sharply defined in the photograph, emphasizing his intellectual and artistic persona.

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