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life-imitates-art-far-more · 9 months

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Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) "Portrait of Monsieur G. Giving his Daughter a Geography Lesson" (1812) Oil on canvas Located in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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lionofchaeronea · 1 year

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Mercury Confiding the Infant Bacchus to the Nymphs of Nysa, François Boucher, 1769

#art #art history #Francois Boucher #classical mythology #mythological painting #Mercury #God Mercury #Bacchus #Rococo #French art #18th century art #oil on canvas #Kimbell Art Museum

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thatshowthingstarted · 2 months

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Standing Figure, c. 900–400 B.C.

Mexico, Olmec culture, Middle Pre-Classic period (900–300 B.C.),

Jadeite, 13.9 x 6.9 x 2.9 cm.

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

#art #history #design #style #archeology #sculpture #antiquity #figure #mexico #olmec culture #pre-classic period #jadeite #kimbell art museum

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empirearchives · 8 months

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Portrait of Monsieur G. Giving his Daughter a Geography Lesson, 1812, Napoleonic era

Louis-Léopold Boilly, French

“This portrait was shown in 1812 and in 1814 at the Paris Salon, the highly publicized, state-sponsored exhibition of contemporary art. Boilly titled the painting M[onsieur] G* * * giving his daughter a geography lesson; the sitter, whose identity remains unknown, was likely a Napoleonic administrator. Historical geography was promoted as a field of study for both boys and girls in Napoleonic France, whose maps were subject to frequent revision with each new conquest. Here the sphinx and pyramid in the cartouche of the map no doubt refer to Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition of 1798–1801; the globe shows Europe and Africa. The fine detail of the Geography Lesson is indebted to Dutch domestic genre paintings of the seventeenth century, many incorporating maps and books into middle-class homes. Boilly himself had a notable collection of works by Dutch masters such as Gerard Terborch and Gabriel Metsu.”

Source: Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas

#Kimbell Art Museum #Louis-Léopold Boilly #boilly #painting #napoleonic era #napoleonic #napoleon #louis leopold boilly #first french empire #history #19th century #1800s #french empire #france #French art #art #genre art #1800s art #fine art

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noconcessions · 2 months

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#Kimbell Art Museum #Fort Worth #Louis Khan #Texas

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bravolesfilles · 4 months

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Fort Worth. Museums.

4.2023

#anna veselova photography #fuji film x100 #texas #fort worth #museum #kimbell art museum

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mmodelsh · 2 years

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Kimbell Art Museum 📍

#me #art museum #photography #blonde #satin #fashion #photo inspo #instagram inspo #art #painting #fort worth texas #texas #museum #kimbell art museum #photoshoot #claw clip hair #balayage

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panicinthestudio · 1 year

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Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art Virtual Opening, December 1, 2022

In Maya art, the gods are depicted at all stages of life: as infants, as adults at the peak of their maturity and influence, and as they age. The gods could die, and some were born anew, serving as models of regeneration and resilience. Join Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator of Ancient American Art in The Met's Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, alongside Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Yale University, curators of the exhibition along with Laura Filloy Nadal, Associate Curator of Ancient American Art at The Met, to virtually explore Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. In this exhibition rarely seen masterpieces and recent discoveries trace the life cycle of the gods, from the moment of their creation in a sacred mountain to their dazzling transformations as blossoming flowers or fearsome creatures of the night.

Maya artists depicted the gods in imaginative ways from the monumental to the miniature—from exquisitely carved, towering sculptures to jade, shell, and obsidian ornaments that adorned kings and queens, connecting them symbolically to supernatural forces. Finely painted ceramics reveal the eventful lives of the gods in rich detail. Created by master artists of the Classic period (A.D. 250–900) in the royal cities of what is now Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico, the landmark works in this exhibition evoke a world in which the divine, human, and natural realms are interconnected and alive.

Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2022/gods-divinity-maya-art

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marywoodartdept · 1 year

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I "Kahn" See it Now

Sarah, art history, brings us to the Kimbell Art museum to visit the artist Kahn. Specializing in outdoor architecture, he used strategic designs to create a space that converses with art. Learn #MarywoodArt #Architecture #Kahn #KimbellArt

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#architecture #Art #Art History #Illustration #inspiration #kahn #kimbell art museum #louis kahn #Marywood Art #Marywood University #Marywood University Art Department #Modernist #Photography #Where Creativity Works

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janesadek · 2 years

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The Weekend Report

Looking for something to do this weekend? I recommend seeing the Murillo exhibition at the Kimball with lunch at Café Modern next door.

TRAVEL HERE – THE SECOND WEEKEND IN OCTOBER A Dancing Lesson Saturday was a day in Fort Worth with my bestie, but we had a stop to make before we got there. Deb, who dances ballroom competitively, had a lesson with her new partner at Dancesport Training Center in Addison. She’s been dancing for many years, so I have gotten to know her teacher and many of her fellow dancers. I knew I’d be…

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#Attraction Review #Café Modern #Dancesport Training Center #Jane Sadek #Kimbell Art Museum #Lifestyle Blog #Murillo - From Heaven to Earth #Restaurant Review #Road Trip Blog #Travel Blog #Travel Here

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lionofchaeronea · 1 year

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Bamboo, Rock, and Narcissus, Chen Jiayen, 1652

#art #art history #Asian art #China #Chinese art #East Asia #East Asian art #Imperial China #Qing Dynasty #Chen Jiayen #drawing #ink on paper #rocks-and-flowers #17th century art #Kimbell Art Museum

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dendrones3 · 1 year

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#kimbell museum #museum visit #lives of the gods #mayan art

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quo-usque-tandem · 2 years

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A Well by Kusakabe Kimbel

#art #photography #A Well #Kusakabe Kimbel #The Getty Museum

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lynxmuse · 1 month

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The Kimbell Art Museum by Louis Kahn

My complete architectural write up from my visit can be found here.

#architecture #art #museum #design #building #creating space #louis kahn #kimbell

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writers-potion · 4 months

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❦ 𓍢ִ໋🀦 🎞🗝The Romantic Academic

I love dark academia. I love light academia. So I propose mashing up all academia aesthetics together to create...ROMANTIC ACADEMICA

marrying beauty with the pursuit of knowledge

Ancient love letters with pressed and dried flowers

Flowery perfume mingling with woody mist sprays

Letters tucked away in castle walls and crevices

Stolen kisses during ballroom dances and sweet nothings

Reading Jane Austen and devouring each and every word, carving them to memory

Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Baroque music and gothic architecture; Louis Kahn and Ando Tadao; Kimbel Art Museum and Church of Light

Johannes Vermeer; Rococco paintings: Jean-Honore Fragonard, Francisco Goya; Neoclassicism

Ink-stained pages taking us places in daydreams

Heavy antique trinkets matched with light chiffon evening dresses, glistening under intricate chandelebra

Whispers from forgotten eras

Carved obsidian paperweights, heavy ink pens as dreams flow into crispy parchment

Retreating into a world of your making under soft sunlight filtered through tree leaves

Floral patterns, muted tones, pastel tea sets and marble flooring

Slanted scribbles,

Reading philosophy under dimmed candellight, holding heated arguments in hushed tones with wine glasses between fingers

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🖱️References

https://lifeispoetry.blog/discovering-romantic-academia-a-love-affair-with-elegance/

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you-have-made-a-fatal-error · 1 year

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ssh - in the garden! in the garden!

Lápida de Dupaix - Palenque, 7th century CE; excavated in 1807; on display at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico.

Yaxchilán Lintel 26 - Yaxchilán, 723 CE; excavated in 1897; on display at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico.

Hauberg Stela - [???], 300-500 CE; first exhibited in 1970; on display at the Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey (donated by John H Hauberg).

Yaxchilán Lintel 16 - Yaxchilán, 755-770 CE; excavated in 1880s; on display at the British Museum, UK.

Yaxchilán Lintel 25 - Yaxchilán, 725-760 CE; excavated in 1880s; on display in the British Museum, UK. (HERE is a really neat breakdown of the building 23 lintels, along with incredibly detailed pics!)

Backrest of a throne with a ruler, a courtier (probably a woman) and a deity in the center - Usumacinta River Valley (possibly Piedras Negras), Late Classic Period (600-909 CE); on display at the Museo Amparo, Mexico.

Calakmul Stela 51 - Calakmul, 731 CE; excavated in 1931; stolen in the 1960s when it was cut into pieces to ease transportation (if you zoom in at the link you can see the lines where the pieces have been reassembled); on display at the Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico. (further info HERE)

Copán Alter G1 - Copán, 766 CE; excavated in the 1800s; replica (pictured above) on display outdoors in the Grand Plaza at the Copán ruins site, while the original can be seen inside the on-site Museo de Esculturas. Copán, Honduras. (the British Museum has some neat photos of the site at Copán and Alter G1 as it appeared in 1890/91, click ‘Related Objects’ to view them)

Presentation of Captives to a Maya Ruler - Usumacinta River Valley (possibly Yaxchilán), 785 CE; purchased on the art market in 1970; on display at the Kimbell Art Museum, Texas. (check out the paint that’s still visible on this one! that’s so cool!)

Yaxchilán Lintel 15 - Yaxchilán, 770 CE; excavated in 1880s; on display at the British Museum, UK. (note the similarities between this design and that of lintel 25 above!)

#colour me shocked but most of the general info re date and place of origin provided in game was correct! holy wow batman!#even more surprising - they're all about the size they ought to be?#that is legitimately so much better than i was expecting #not technically relevant but i did find a site with the specs to 3D print replicas of most of these #honestly i put this together ages ago when i desperately needed to look at something other than impressionist landscapes #and now it's ssh week so hey #here it is #nancy drew #clue crew #secret of the scarlet hand #ssh #nd art id

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