Friday, August 12, 2011

The Great Wave


is a woodblock print by the Japanese artist Hokusai. An example of ukiyo-e art, it was published sometime between 1830 and 1833[2] (during the Edo Period) as the first in Hokusai's series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei (富嶽三十六景?)), and is his most famous work.Original impressions of the 'Great Wave' print are today in the collections of major museums or in private collections. Every now and then an original copy is popping up in the market. But they are really rare, and those that are available are often not in very good condition.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Last Supper


is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci for his patron Duke Ludovico Sforza and his duchess Beatrice d'Este. It represents the scene of The Last Supperfrom the final days of Jesus as it is told in the Gospel of John 13:21, when Jesus announces that one of his Twelve Apostles would betray him. measures 450 × 870 centimeters (15 feet × 29 ft) and covers an end wall of the dining hall at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.

Rubys


Monday, August 8, 2011

Carmina Burana


by
Carl Orff

Tamerlane and Other Poems

 first published work by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The short collection of poems was first published in 1827. Today, it is believed only 12 copies of the collection still exist.

Saturday, August 6, 2011


The death mask really is a magnificent no knowledge of the finer points of Egyptian antiquities.   Made of solid gold and inlaid with semi-precious stones, it weighs 11 kilograms. Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c.1333 BC – 1323 BC in the conventional chronology), during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom. 

Mask of Tutankhamun's mummy, the popular icon for ancient Egypt at The Egyptian Museum.

Nighthawks


a 1942 painting by Edward Hopper that portrays people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. It is considered Hopper's most famous painting, as well as one of the most recognizable in American art

Friday, August 5, 2011

Statue of David


by
Michelangelo
David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504, by the Italian artist Michelangelo. It is a 5.17 metre (17 foot)[1] marble statue of a standing male nude. The statue represents the Biblical hero David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Luv(sic) Part 4


by
Nujabes feat. Shing02

Barroom Dancing 1820


Sketch associated with 1819 oil painting Country frolic and dance, oil on canvas. This drawing more nearly resembles the print Dance in a country tavern lithographed by George Lehman, ca. 1835-36.  Date from almanac hanging on wall.