#National Gallery of Art DC

[arthistoryanimalia]

In celebration of seeing the first fireflies of the season:

Furisode with Fireflies and Irises Japan, Edo period, 18th century silk crepe, paste-resist dyed, embroidery National Museum of Japanese History (photographed on display at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhbition at the National Gallery of Art DC in 2019)

#Japanese art #East Asian art #Asian art #18th century art #kimono #furisode #historical costume #garment #embroidery #irises #fireflies #National Gallery of Art DC #The Life of Animals in Japanese Art #museum visit #exhibition #textiles #National Museum of Japanese History

[didoofcarthage]

Angel Standing, attributed to Rembrandt van Rijn

Dutch, 17th century

pen and brown ink over traces of charcoal on laid paper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

#angel #drawing #art #works on paper #Rembrandt #Rembrandt van Rijn #Dutch #baroque #Dutch Golden Age #pen and ink #charcoal #National Gallery of Art #NGA DC

[pointandshooter]

National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC

photo: David Castenson

#national portrait gallery #black and white photography #washington dc #art #photographers on tumblr #Charles Sprague Pearce #William Wetmore Story #Margaret Foley

[tea-tuesday]

the studyblr community as art🎨📚

#studyblr #tea-tuesday #mine #art #books and reading #study #reading #painting #light academia #light academic aesthetic #national gallery of art #washington dc

[hyperactive-rogue]

Lonnie is so difficult for me to draw unless I'm doing it in a super stylized way. He's like Zendaya to me

#anarky #anarky dc #my art #my post #lonnie machin #Machin Nation #batman rogues #rogues gallery #batman fanart #dc fanart #dc comics #artists on tumblr

[pagansphinx]

Winslow Homer (American, 1836 - 1910) • Dad's Coming! • 1887 • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

#art #painting #fine art #art history #winslow homer #american artist #realism #american realism #19th century american art #national gallery dc #oil painting #landscape with figures #boats #seascape with figures #pagan sphinx art blog #art blogs on tumblr #art lovers on tumblr

[istandonsnowpiles]

Indoor/Outdoor Waterfall

#waterfall #dc #national mall #national gallery of art #washington #october #around dc #my work #photography

[dkkdigital]

Follow me on IG 🧚🏽‍♀️ @ dianakirstine

#black girl fashion #fashion #artwork #museum #art #art gallery #national gallery #designer #abstract #soul #summer #washington dc #national museum #art inspo #inspiration #fashion inspo #black women #black tumblr #black girl magic #black beauty #outfit #instagram #lover girl

[eopederson]

 Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Typewriter Eraser Scale X, Sculpture Garden, National Gallery of Art, National Mall, Washington DC, 2000.

How many people remember what this represents? Perhaps they still exist, but in the age of computers it is easier to make a whole new corrected copy than to erase and retype in order to correct an error. Similar statues by Oldenburg and van Brugge can be found at Seattle Center and in Las Vegas.

#art #sculpture #typewriter eraser #claes oldenburg #coos van bruggen #sculpture garden #national gallery of art #national mall #washington dc #2000 #photographers on tumblr

[inyoureyes69]

Tunnel of Love? | ©inyoureyes69

#photographers on tumblr #tunnel #national gallery of art #washington dc

[allpowerfulaxolotl]

#my posts #screenshot #photo #text message #art #national gallery of art #washington dc #painting #cat #cats #cat art

[arthistoryanimalia]

Its #BatAppreciationDay so please appreciate this awesome 19th century Japanese kosode decorated with embroidered lucky bats, photographed in 2019 at The Life of Animals in Japanese Art exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in DC:

Kosode with Bats Japan, Edo - Meiji periods, 19th century silk twill, paste-resist dyed, embroidery, 67⅜ × 48⅞ in. National Museum of Japanese History, Chiba Prefecture

“In the West, bats - nocturnal in habit and denizens of dark places tend to be viewed as unlucky, but in China they have long been considered an auspicious motif (one of the characters used to write the word "bat" is a homonym for good fortune). The Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjüro VII (1791-1859) used bat motifs in his costumes, and the perception of these animals as a chic design element spread rapidly throughout Japan in the nineteenth century. Here a great number of them are arranged in right-left symmetry from the base of the collar to the hem.”

The above info is from the official exhibition catalog - this bat kosode is on p. 124:

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art (2019)

#bat #bats #bats in art #animal holiday #Bat Appreciation Day #International Bat Appreciation Day #The Life of Animals in Japanese Art #exhibition #museum visit #National Gallery of Art DC #book recommendation #Amazon Associates #kosode #historical costume #Japanese costume #Kabuki #Japanese art #East Asian art #Asian art #19th century art #garment #embroidery #auspicious symbol #animal iconography #animals in art

[didoofcarthage]

Still Life with Flowers in an Alabaster Vase and Fruit by Anne Vallayer-Coster

French, 1783 (exhibited at the Salon of 1783)

oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

#recently acquired by the NGA #Click the title of the painting for an article from the NGA about it #still life #painting #art #French #baroque #rococo #female artist #woman artist #Anne Vallayer-Coster #Anne Vallayer Coster #National Gallery of Art #NGA DC

[pointandshooter]

photo: David Castenson

#national gallery of art #black and white photography #photographers on tumblr #washington dc #light and shadow

[tea-tuesday]

a saturday afternoon

#mine #tea-tuesday #light academia #classic academia #washington dc #national gallery of art #painting #art #museum #gallery #art museum #garden #flowers

[oldlinetrad]

The Last of the Buffalo - 1888- Albert Bierstadt.

Formerly at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

#national gallery of art #Washington DC