fer1972: Jason Shawn Alexander
05.07.12 /13:24/♥ 620
fckyeaharthistory: Caravaggio - Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, 1604-05. Oil on canvas  Saints Caravaggio grounded his saints in everyday reality, indicating their spiritual states by means of natural phenomena, especially light. In his early painting of Saint Francis, he shows the saint’s ecstasy – his mystic identification with Christ – by directing a strong light upon his figure and the consoling angel. God’s grace is signaled by light in other images of the saints, such as the scene of Mary Magdalene’s conversion from her former life of sin. In paintings of Saints Matthew and Jerome in their studies, much emulated in Caravaggio’s circle, light is a metaphor of divine inspiration. Generally the saints seem to be emerging from darkness into light, which adds drama, symbolism, and also a sense of mass – as if they were sculpted, not merely painted. In a break from Roman and Florentine traditions, Caravaggio rejected the practice of refining his composition through drawings before he began to paint and instead worked directly from a live model in the studio, preserving that model’s particular appearance, never making the features or body conform to an ideal of beauty. The effect, central to Caravaggio’s art and that of many of his followers, was startling. At this time, many people believed that the painting of sacred personages such as saints called for a special, elevated style that set them apart from the mundane reality of the here and now. Caravaggio’s radical departure from this principle brought him much harsh criticism. He was accused of merely copying and so failing to capture a higher truth. But others recognized in his work a new kind of religious art that directly engaged the faithful and made old subjects new and alive.
05.02.12 /02:06/♥ 199
sin-eater: Sin Eater 2012
05.02.12 /01:50/♥ 585
nevver: Another girl, another planet
05.02.12 /01:46/♥ 946
mudwerks: 19th Century illustration-Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (by april-mo) 1863 edition -Jules Rouff and Co
05.02.12 /01:45/♥ 81
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nevver: Are you still awake?
04.04.12 /02:15/♥ 3836
yayitsnickpyle: Mechanical pencil on tax form
04.04.12 /00:36/♥ 2
mudwerks: Lydia Johnson (by Truus, Bob & Jan too!) Italian postcard by G. Vettori, Bologna. Translation: When woman menaces, she has the lights of a wild animal in her eyes.
03.31.12 /22:18/♥ 26
itsfullofstars: On march 7, Dutch astronaut André Kupiers took this picture from the ISS, showing the 50 kilometers wide rock formation called Eye of Africa. The structure sits in Mauritania, at the Sahara desert, and can only be seen from space. Source: NASA, ESA.
03.27.12 /12:13/♥ 3867
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scottmove:

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03.20.12 /00:43/♥ 340
yayitsnickpyle: Granny’s teeth - inspired by New Yorker cartoonist Seth
03.20.12 /00:13/♥ 1
Happy anniversary, Bob.  You still do it for me every time.
03.19.12 /21:29/♥ 1
bob dylandebut album50th annivarsaryrolling stone
fuckyeahlowbrowart: Ride a White Swan - Chris Conn Askew Website - Facebook - MySpace - Tumblr
03.19.12 /20:55/♥ 6
Canvas  by  andbamnan