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Self Evident Truths

S. Ross Browne

Ummm…I am so VERY into this right now!

But Black people in period or fantasy settings totally makes the stories unreal.

Also holy shit I love these.

How come I don’t run across this stuff regularly?

Because of racism and the retroactive erasure of POC in Medieval Europe. Pretty much the same reason you almost never see these works of art either unless you’re already looking for them:

I’m gonna be that person and point out that a lot of these paintings girljanitor added from the “Middle Ages” are actually from the Renaissance/Baroque era, where a lot of these paintings are very famous in the art world. Hell, in my lower level Spanish Art and Society class we discussed the second picture (Portrait of Juan de Pareja) moreso than some of Velazquez’s other more “famous” paintings. It’s hanging up in the Metropolitan Museum of Art as we speak. Soooo…yeah. Throwing works of art into false categories to prove a point doesn’t really prove anything.

And I suppose I might as well attach this here too:

Considering one of the painting I posted has the date “1744” right on the fucking front of it, you might imagine I’m probably aware of it.

Also pretty sure Alessandro, Duke of Florence lived July 22, 1510 – January 6, 1537, whose portrait is included

As well as the portrait by Jan Mostaert, who lived 1475 – 1555…

Or the Black squires painted by Guadenzio Ferrari, who lived 1471 – January 11, 1546…

Or any of these pieces which might be a little more REALLY TRULY FUCKING MEDIEVAL

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“La Belle Dame sans Merci” by Frank Dicksee, 1902

This picture is fascinating to me because of its portrayal of a powerful female character who doesn’t fall into any of the typical modern ‘Strong Female Character’ cliches.

The woman is the powerful, sexually assertive and threatening figure here, while the man is the more passive figure, visibly vulnerable to her. However, this portrayal of a woman as assertive and powerful doesn’t rely either on sexualizing her or on presenting that power in masculine ways.

This Belle Dame is traditionally feminine, drawn in flowing lines and curves. She is sexually assertive but not sexualized. The man is armed, masculine, stiff and drawn in straight, square lines - all stereotypically masculine, but his body language and expression make it obvious that he is the submissive and less powerful party here. His vulnerability is not expressed by de-masculinizing him, just as her power is not shown by making her any less feminine.

Some modern artists could stand to take lessons from Mr Dicksee.

The way her small hands grip that warhorse’s reins with such perfect strength and control never ceases to amaze me.

bborgia:

The MET has got some wonderful, fully illustrated textbooks that are available online for free! (X)

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1. Art of the Islamic World
2. The Art of Africa
3. The Art of Ancient Egypt
4. The Art of the Ancient Near East
5. The Art of Renaissance Europe
6. The Art of South and Southeast Asia
7. The Arts of Korea
8. Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais
9. Greek Art from Prehistoric to Classical
10. Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning
11. A Masterwork of Byzantine Art — The Story of David and Goliath
12. Medieval Art
13. Nature Within Walls: The Chinese Garden Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
14. Roman Art

ROME ICON ACTUALLY YOUNGER THAN THE CITY 

archaeologicalnews:

The icon of Rome’s foundation, a life-size bronze statue of a she-wolf with two human infants suckling her, is about 1,700 years younger than its city, Rome’s officials admitted on Saturday.

The official announcement, made at the Capitoline Museums, where the 30 inch-high bronze is the centerpiece of a dedicated room, quashes the belief that the sculpture was adopted by the earliest Romans as a symbol for their city.

“The new dating ranges between 1021 e il 1153,” said Lucio Calcagnile, who carried radiocarbon tests at the University of Salento’s Center for Dating e Diagnostics.

Recalling the story of a she-wolf which fed Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome, and his twin brother, Remus, after they had been thrown in a basket into the Tiber River, the so called “Lupa Capitolina” (Capitoline she-wolf) was donated to the museum in 1471 by Pope Sixtus IV. Read more.

nicodoro:

Illustration t shirt design numba 2. Birds of art. This took forever. If you can’t tell who and what they are…well sucks for you, study art history, birds and read signatures.