On this day in 1820, the Venus de Milo, a famous ancient statue, is discovered on the Aegean island of Milos. #VenusDeMilo
On this day in 1886, British prime minister Gladstone introduces the first Irish Home Rule Bill. #Ireland
On this day in 1904, France and the UK sign the Entente cordiale. #France #UK
On this day in 1973, Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, died in France at age 91. #Picasso #Art
Efeméride: 8 de abril de 1973.
Pablo Picasso, uno de los mayores genios del arte del siglo XX, fallece en Mougins, Francia. Su legado abarca más de 20.000 obras que transformaron para siempre la historia del arte.
An egg as seen by #Dali, by #Picasso, and by #Magritte
#Perspective #view #Interpretation #opinion #freedom
By Tariq Ismail Abbasi (posted on FB)
#Architecture #Design #Style #Nature #Art #Artist #Photo #Photographer #History #Histoire #Painting #Paintings #Painter #Painters
[Expo] Le musée de l'Orangerie présente la collection du marchand Heinz Berggruen
https://urlr.me/ybdCtY
"Not many people think of themselves as half-beasts trapped in human guise, but there’s an echo of the animal in everyone. A beast we each have to struggle with, large or small, trapped and subdued by a maze of modern life," writes writer, illustrator and researcher Natalie Lawrence in her new book, "Enchanted Creatures: Our Monsters and Their Meanings." Here's an extract, reproduced in LitHub, where she discusses bullfights, Picasso, and the story of the Minotaur.
I did come away with the impression that #Picasso was a dirty old man who got away with it #BecauseArt. #Hakone
This amuses me more than it probably should.
Un Picasso caché révélé ! Grâce aux techniques d’imagerie moderne, un portrait inconnu a été découvert sous une peinture de la Période bleue.
https://www.2tout2rien.fr/un-picasso-cache-revele-par-technologie-infrarouge/
#Picasso #Art #Découverte