July 2011
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[Hopper] seems to perfectly capture the Yankee heart, painting America with the...
– comedian Steve Martin (via omniartsie)
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people who confuse the terms modern and...
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A Brief (hopefully mostly correct) Guide to Gothic...
themuseologist:
Terms and more pictures under the cut! Part One. (Because tinypic and photobucket are now down.)
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What makes my Thinker think is that he thinks not only with his brain, with his...
– Auguste Rodin (via 123fakestreet)
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Warhol, Kahlo, van Gogh. I like.
LOL I love that Warhol’s says SCUM VICTUM
emilyebba asked: In art history I think its hard to have least favorite artists. I get sick of hearing about Pollock and Warhol, but I completely recognize their significance, and find them fascinating in context. I think you have to feel the same way about Hirst and Koons. That said I do think Dali is pretty awful, almost on the same level of Kinkade. I used to trash surrealism completely just because of Dali but...
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alwaysbeenarambler asked: Least favorite artist? Three-way tie between Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, and Thomas Kincaide. If you can even call them artists. Though if I had to pick, Koons comes out ahead. We share the same alma mater and I never heard the end of this hack as an undergrad :/
timeforstormyweather asked: Salvadore Dali is one of my least favorites. Surrealism in general bugs me. Aesthetically I don't find it pleasing; theoretically I don't dig the way it deals with the subconscious.
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Lucian Freud, Adept Portraiture Artist, Dies at 88 →
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Who's your least favorite artist?
a) baised on pure aesthetics
b) biased on theory
reply in my ask box!
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Anonymous asked: Your blog is really amazing! xx
jackelinaaa asked: Your blog is absolutely wonderful!
I'd like to see more Edward Hopper and Andy Warhol, they're my favorites :)
But, honestly, this is amazing! So glad I found it!
I'd like to see more Edward Hopper and Andy Warhol, they're my favorites :)
But, honestly, this is amazing! So glad I found it!
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