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**Center of the Universe** @counivers@mastodon.social · Jun 8

Jun 8

Center of the Universe @counivers@mastodon.social

Pro tip for portait shoots #holmsbukunstmuseum #artmuseums #location #historical

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 21

May 21

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

sculpture of Ashura at Kōfukuji temple in Nara, Japan (734 AD)

#art #arts #arthistory #japan #spirituality #spiritual #statue #artnet
#history #statues #sculpture #sculptures #artist #artists #design #atmuseum #museum #artmuseums #artmuseum #sculpting

a tall realistic sculpture of a slender figure with a 4-sided head and six arms, the arms held out in different angles, wearing baggy short pants with patterns on them, facing the viewer, against a grey background

a close-up of one of the faces, the faces are light red

a photo of half the sculpture from mid-thigh up, taken from behind

another close-up of he sculpture, seen from the abdomen up, in a three quarter view

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 20

May 20

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset' by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (b.1735-d.1811)

a painting of a vey elegant and extravagantly dressed man in a palace, his arm resting on a column he has a large chocolate brown wig on and vey ruffled sleeves, white shoes with heels on them, white stockings, the man went all-out. large gold ropes hanging , tassles at the end of them from his chest, he is looking at the viewer with a calm expression

#art #artists #artist

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 18 *

May 18 *

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'Homer Reciting his Poems' by Thomas Lawrence (b.1769-d.1830)

a painting, it is of figures , most of them seated in relaxed positions, gathered in a wooded area around a standing elder man in a robe, dark shadows from trees, he is reciting his writings to them

#art #artwork #arthistory

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 17

May 17

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'Beer Street' by William Hogarth (b.1697–d.1764)

an engraving, it is a street scene, people walking around, one of them up on a ladder painting a sign, people drinking, some carrying things

#art #artwork #artist

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 12

May 12

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

art by Harold H. Piffard (b.1867-d.1939)

a painting of a pretty woman with short dark brown hair, sitting in a courtyard, an old building behind her , a tree too, she is looking at the back of her hand, a butterfly sitting there

#painting #paintings #artist

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 11

May 11

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'The Argument between Ajax and Odysseus over Achilles' armour' by Agostino Masucci (b.1690-d.1758)

a painting , there are several helmeted and robed figures in the ancient greek style, standing under a tent and trees, a man in a throne with attendants around him, one man gesturing with his hands , a blue sky with golden light at the horizon behind , blue and gold amor laying on the ground in the middle of the people

#art #arts #artist

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 4

May 4

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'The Wedding of St. George and Princess Sabra' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1857

a painting, it is a man in golden armor with curly red hair, embracing a woman in white and red dress, there is a golden chair behind them and a large painting, it is an interior from medieval times, the head of a dragon in a box in the foreground

#art #artwork #illustration

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 4

May 4

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'Combing the Hair' by Edgar Degas, 1895

a painting of a seated woman, reclining back, another woman , standing straightening and combing her hair, the painting is done in orange tones

#art #painting #paintings

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · May 2

May 2

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'Center Bridge in Winter' by Edward Redfield, 1920

a painting of a dirt road. tracks from wheels , silver-brown, snow on either side and up the middle, some small houses on the right side, leafless trees around, the sky blue with white clouds in it

#art #artist #artists

**Darren du Nord** @darren@c.im · May 1 *

May 1 *

Darren du Nord @darren@c.im

#Minnesota Artist, Charles Beck, produced amazing works inspired by the beauty and rhythm of northern plains #landscapes.
This woodcut he titled, Prairie Flowers (46/200), part of a Rourke Art Museum traveling exhibit (Collection of Timothy Murphy, 1951-2018).
I posted this because the rains are here, and the landscape is quickly greening. I can't wait to see the fields come alive and the prairies bursting with wild flowers, and the hope and anticipation that accompanies it all.

https://www.therourke.org/uploads/2/1/8/0/21802638/beck-charles-prairie-flowers_orig.jpg

A colorful woodcut, flowers stretch from foreground to the blue sky, which occupies the top quarter of the frame. Purples, greens, yellow and white become dense as the view recedes to blue sky.

#mnastodon #art #artmuseums

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · Apr 30

Apr 30

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'Hyacinth' by Francois Joseph Bosio, 1817

a sculpture, very lifelike, of a teenage boy with curly hair, he is laying on his stomach, his elbows lifting up his head and shoulders, his legs on top of each other, done in white marble

a photo facing the sculpture, the face looking directly at the viewer

#art #arthistory #myth

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**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · Apr 28 *

Apr 28 *

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

detail photos of the painting, and a photo of the artist

a close-up of the girl from her torso up

a close-up of the cute furry little brown dog

a photo of a section of the chair, and the artist's signature

a photo of the artist, she is wearing furs and a large necklace, seen from her chest up, she is wearing a black hat with dark feathers sticking up out of it, she is looking at the viewer

#art #artlover #artgallery

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · Apr 28

Apr 28

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

'Little Girl in a Blue Armchair' by Mary Cassatt, 1878

a painting of a young girl in a white play dress, sitting slouched in a bright blue armchair with pattens on it, there are 4 chairs in the room, on the chair across from the girl is a small cute furry dark brown dog

#art #artwork #painting

**Steve Dustcircle** @dustcircle@masto.ai · Apr 28

Apr 28

Steve Dustcircle @dustcircle@masto.ai

Why more #hotels are starting to look more like #artmuseums

https://www.fastcompany.com/91317990/why-more-hotels-are-starting-to-look-more-like-art-museums

Fast Company · Apr 28Why more hotels are starting to look more like art museumsOne-off hotels and boutique chains alike are making art a centerpiece of their properties amid growing demand for art hotels.

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · Apr 27

Apr 27

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

painting of Mahavairocana, Japanese, 12th century

a painting of a seated buddha figure, his hands together at his chest, looing at the viewer, wheels with pattens on them behind him, sitting on a throne, rays of black emanating behind him , against a dark gold background

#art #artist #buddhism

**Ben Higbie** @BenHigbie@mastodon.social · Apr 26

Apr 26

Ben Higbie @BenHigbie@mastodon.social

The Agusan image aka the Golden Tara, found in 1917 on the banks of the Wawa River near Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines, 9th-10th century