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Early paintings from ‘53-‘57 by Morris Louis, [1912-1960].

http://www.theartstory.org/artist-louis-morris.htm

 Art Nouveau doors, [no details from source].

(Reblogged from thelipstickedloser)

Early work by Roy Lichtenstein from his retrospective at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/19/arts/design/roy-lichtenstein-a-retrospective-at-the-national-gallery-of-art.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Three watercolors and a aquatint print by John Cage, [ composer, music theorist, writer, visual artist ], 1912-1992.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/jul/10/john-cage-composer-drawings-exhibition

This studiolo, or study, is one of the most important works of art of the Italian Renaissance in America. It was commissioned around 1476 by Federico da Montefeltro (1422–1482), duke of Urbino, for his residence in the small city of Gubbio, north of Perugia in the foothills of the Appenine mountains in Italy. The studiolo was intended to provide a place for intellectual pursuits, examining confidential papers or private possessions, or receiving special visitors. The walls of the small room are carried out in wood inlay. Thousands of tiny pieces of different kinds of wood have been used to create the illusion of walls lined with cupboards. Their lattice doors are open, revealing a dazzling array of the accoutrements of the duke’s life. Armor and insignia refer to his prowess as a warrior and wise governor; musical and scientific instruments and books attest to his love of learning…. 

http://www.metmuseum.org/metmedia/interactives/adults-teachers/studiolo-from-the-ducal-palace-in-gubbio

Engravings for proposed architectural projects by Claude Nicholas Ledoux, 1736-1806.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Nicolas_Ledoux

JAPANESE BRIDGE by Claude Monet painted between 1918 and 1924. The color scheme of the previous painting by Hans Hoffman reminded me of how Monet’s colors were so dramatically altered during the period when he suffered from cataracts. View high resolution

JAPANESE BRIDGE by Claude Monet painted between 1918 and 1924. The color scheme of the previous painting by Hans Hoffman reminded me of how Monet’s colors were so dramatically altered during the period when he suffered from cataracts.

Twenty-five years ago, when the daughter of Arnold Schoenberg was working through his archive for a book project, she came across an empty picture frame. It was missing what the Schoenberg family calls one of the composer’s most precious possessions: a signed picture of Gustav Mahler with a musical quotation from Mahler’s Symphony No. 2… http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/arts/music/a-clue-to-whereabouts-of-schoenbergs-missing-mahler-photo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Twenty-five years ago, when the daughter of Arnold Schoenberg was working through his archive for a book project, she came across an empty picture frame. It was missing what the Schoenberg family calls one of the composer’s most precious possessions: a signed picture of Gustav Mahler with a musical quotation from Mahler’s Symphony No. 2…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/arts/music/a-clue-to-whereabouts-of-schoenbergs-missing-mahler-photo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss


Four paintings of the Garden at Giverny by Claude Monet.

Three examples of architecture reflecting the spiral shell of the Nautilus: The Samarra Minaret; Vladimir Tatlin’s plan for the Monument to the Third International; Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum in New York City.

Four architectural drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/09/04/arts/artsspecial/20120904MUSEUM.html?ref=design

Hide image caption This head is one of the most significant finds from Roman Bath. It is all that remains of a full-size, gilt bronze statue of the goddess Sulis Minerva, and stood in the temple in the heart of Roman Bath. Gilded bronze statues are extremely rare in Roman Britain, with only two other known fragments. Her discovery in 1727 indicated that the Bath site was not a typical Roman settlement but one of much greater significance. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/YXCGsyFsQK-t4nhdzI4GoQ View high resolution

This head is one of the most significant finds from Roman Bath. It is all that remains of a full-size, gilt bronze statue of the goddess Sulis Minerva, and stood in the temple in the heart of Roman Bath. Gilded bronze statues are extremely rare in Roman Britain, with only two other known fragments. Her discovery in 1727 indicated that the Bath site was not a typical Roman settlement but one of much greater significance.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/YXCGsyFsQK-t4nhdzI4GoQ

The Neues Museum of Berlin is celebrating the centenary of the discovery of the bust of Queen Nefertiti. She was the wife of the pharaoh Akhenaten who ruled Egypt from 1352 to 1336 BC. The bust was unearthed in 1913 in the workshop of the sculptor Thutmose among other unfinished sculptures of the queen.

http://www.smb.museum/smb/kalender/details.php?objID=29934&datum=07.12.2012+00:00

The Mexican Suitcase is a 90 minute feature documentary that tells the extraordinary story of the recovery of 4,500 negatives taken by photographers Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David Seymour during the Spanish Civil War…

Four paintings by Berthe Morisot.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/morisot/

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