Recommend This Blog The Other Blog This is a place where you can find paintings from a few decades ago and where opinions are expressed from time to time. This blog is for non-profit educational purposes; none of these pieces and images are mine, and thank you very much for wanting to see more historical art!Tumblr (3.0; @artandopinion)http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4bf8951d8c56f5a23787ecabaf6969c6/tumblr_moecl7Xaoa1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Skeletons Warming Themselves</p> <p>1889</p> <p>James Ensor</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53377699703http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53377699703Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:30:12 +0800artjames ensorensorexpressionismsymbolismpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a80ed5efed34f22486dae5512c29bc3b/tumblr_moecczaMiJ1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>View of the City of Bakhchisarai</p> <p>Fedor Alekseev</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53296761499http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53296761499Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:30:14 +0800artfedor alekseevalekseevpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a29803901cb25d932e766c87a66d74c7/tumblr_moechlMJgg1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lobster Telephone</p> <p>1936</p> <p>Salvador Dalí</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53215091836http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53215091836Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:30:28 +0800artsalvatore dalidalisurrealismsteelplasterrubberresinpaper<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f009a4b5b2a4f78857a91d2330620f51/tumblr_moec21fbF61qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hemicycle of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts</p> <p>1814</p> <p>Paul Delaroche</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53132681587http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53132681587Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:30:19 +0800artpaul delarochedelarocheacademicismpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ec1718351d2f90a4add258e30b16667a/tumblr_moeau9Mkob1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Swing</p> <p>1796</p> <p>Francisco de Goya</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53043643033http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/53043643033Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:30:22 +0800artFrancisco de Goya y Lucientesgoyaromanticismsketch<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dbefede3e2e3bf043c842af50094abc1/tumblr_mnzmwf3vOO1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hyde Park, London</p> <p>1890</p> <p>Camille Pissarro</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52965313251http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52965313251Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:30:18 +0800artcamille pissarropissarroimpressionismpost impressionismpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/60e1586d4b579f0680bf0faca82228d0/tumblr_mnzmrzmlfu1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Three Foolish Virgins Flanked by Adam and Eve <em>(fresco in Madonna della Steccata, Parma)</em></p> <p>Parmigianino<em><br/></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.wga.hu/html_m/p/parmigia/steccatd.html" target="_blank">Web Gallery of Art</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p> [Parmigianino] received a commission to decorate the vaults and the main apse of a new, centrally planned church dedicated to the Virgin, the Madonna della Steccata. This project gave him the opportunity to refine Correggio’s illusionistic effects and promote an even more elegant and graceful style which allied his patrons with the most sophisticated developments in contemporary Roman art. </p> <p>In the church Parmigianino transformed the broad barrel vault in front of the main apse into a sumptuous gilt, blue, and red field which seems to be bounded by protruding arches overlaid with interlacing gilt strapwork. Only the bosses at the centre of the coffers are actually three-dimensional, every other figure, niche, and decorative detail is a fiction. The three female figures performing a balletic balancing act on a fictive ledge carry empty lamps which characterize them as the unprepared Foolish Virgins of one of Christ’s parables; their wise, mirror-image counterparts appear on the opposite side of the vault. </p> </blockquote>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52886833639http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52886833639Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:30:20 +0800artparmigianinomannerismpaintingsfresco<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5f558d225661fe44f95313eca362e745/tumblr_mnzmitFUIn1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Max Jacob</p> <p>circa 1916</p> <p>Amedeo Modigliani</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52808341178http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52808341178Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:30:26 +0800artamedeo modiglianimodiglianiexpressionismpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/876014a7fa9a1f91affb1a28fc93b955/tumblr_mnzm0weAyk1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mars Banishes ‘Nering’ from Leiden</p> <p>1651</p> <p>Abraham van den Tempel</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52727234959http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52727234959Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:30:15 +0800artabraham van den tempeltempelbaroquepaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/65384da585b493deb18f81fa1508e2e0/tumblr_mnzm3gE8Yc1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Blind Swimmer (Effect of a Touch)</p> <p>1934</p> <p>Max Ernst</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52646051965http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52646051965Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:30:12 +0800artmax ernsternstdadaismsurrealismpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/295a52d3c444184a8a9bb5cccedcc235/tumblr_mnxf1uW4xi1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Self-Portrait with Hat</p> <p>Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun </p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52565903623http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52565903623Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:30:27 +0800artelisabeth vigee lebrunvigee lebrunneoclassicismpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/68c9aa96e798e093736f12b77c11f8e6/tumblr_mnzlwjU8Xq1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Abraham Entertaining the Angels</p> <p>1646</p> <p>Rembrandt van Rijn</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52481301979http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52481301979Sun, 09 Jun 2013 03:30:22 +0800artrembrandt van rijnrembrandtDutch Golden Agepaintingsoil painting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/879c8b45fc9e4796f2bc9e9317d826f6/tumblr_mnzlc8eQSx1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Orpheus and Eurydice</p> <p>circa 1869 - 1872</p> <p>George Frederick Watts </p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52398334374http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52398334374Sat, 08 Jun 2013 03:30:10 +0800artgeorge frederick wattswattssymbolismpaintings<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3de12a64ddc15565720447b8e6167df7/tumblr_mnxoq2vabF1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Apollo Slays Python <em>(detail)</em></p> <p>1851</p> <p>Eugene Delacroix</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52236474922http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52236474922Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:58:50 +0800arteugene delacroixdelacroixromanticismpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d532ae187d776b5b49fa130994ff1380/tumblr_mnu0nu90xN1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Fall of the Rebel Angels</p> <p>1659 – 1734</p> <p>Sebastiano Ricci</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52075365584http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/52075365584Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:26:00 +0800artsebastiano ricciriccipaintingsbaroqueoil painting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e26ca7264db7cfa670e3775e5ae2dc55/tumblr_mnrts1E9aK1qds4bko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/975c9fbb256e90fd5ab9a5bcf052c502/tumblr_mnrts1E9aK1qds4bko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d22f4c22fcde66b183f3fbaf9cce513/tumblr_mnrts1E9aK1qds4bko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d6963367f627c742f48c937e351aade9/tumblr_mnrts1E9aK1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5290a38b81559842b68f046844a6055c/tumblr_mnrts1E9aK1qds4bko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Woman with a Fan</p> <p><span>1560 - 1578</span></p> <p>Giovanni Battista Moroni</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51971704510http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51971704510Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:02:25 +0800artgiovanni battista moronimoronilate renaissancerenaissancepaintingsoil painting<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/540ed207fe77ad5403935c5adafa683d/tumblr_mno2y3dEWy1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lady Trying on a Hat </p> <p>1904</p> <p>Frank Weston Benson</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51804709301http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51804709301Fri, 31 May 2013 22:30:02 +0800artfrank bensonbensonimpressionismpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/feac2b121375cd370c417fab7c048c5c/tumblr_mnmo0h7lMR1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><br/></em>Saint Michael Defeating Satan</p> <p>17th century</p> <p><em>Attributed to</em> Onofrio Palumbo</p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51744774600http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51744774600Fri, 31 May 2013 04:09:52 +0800artonofrio palumbopalumbobaroquepaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b1c45eb4598fc508d270c5640de090a/tumblr_mnl7k7sVZo1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Landscape. Ravine</p> <p>1926</p> <p>Pyotr Konchalovsky </p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51686871185http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51686871185Thu, 30 May 2013 09:16:54 +0800artpyotr konchalovskykonchalovskysoviet artpaintingsoil painting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ca09937c10c9aad1057b152cd5582e7e/tumblr_mni7h8pQtZ1qds4bko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Flight to Egypt, <em>fresco in Cathedral, Cremona</em></p> <p>1517</p> <p>Altobello Melone<em><br/></em></p>http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51550618344http://artandopinion.tumblr.com/post/51550618344Tue, 28 May 2013 18:22:19 +0800artaltobello melonemelonehigh renaissancerenaissancepaintings