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Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) Woman Seen from the Back ca. 1875-1879
"The simplest subjects are eternal. The naked woman rises either from the sea or from her bed; she is called Venus or Nini—there is no better way of portraying it." These were the words of Renoir, who shared with Degas a keen interest in female nudes. But while Degas showed himself to be biting and sometimes cruel in his vision of a woman's body, Renoir encircled it with a halo of grace and beauty that contributed to creating a general female type in his painting of figures.
Artist Transforms A Normal Porcelain Vase Into An Intricate Dragon Sculpture
With a porcelain pot, patience, and heaps of talent, Chinese artist Johnson Tsang was able to express "how [he felt] about [his] country". Following in the footsteps of other great pottery artists, Tsang showcased the true beauty of his process by taking step-by-step pictures until the final product is revealed. Impressive, to say the least.
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#arts #pottery #dragon #sculpture #China #vase #JohnsonTsang
Arab Song by Paul Klee | The Collection - http://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/browse-the-collection/index.aspx?id=0990
Efflorescence by Paul Klee | The Collection - http://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/browse-the-collection/index.aspx?id=0994
René Bouché - portrait of Mona Bismark for Vogue US
Artist of His Time - http://www.renebouche.com/artist/
Portrait of a heart - Christian Schloe
ARTFLAKES.COM - http://www.artflakes.com/en/shop/christian-schloe
Sveta Dorosheva on Behance - http://www.behance.net/lattona
When the Day of Judgment dawns and people, great and small, come marching in to receive their heavenly rewards, the Almighty will gaze upon the mere bookworms and say to Peter, 'Look, these need no reward. We have nothing to give them. They have loved reading.'
- Virginia Woolf
C.D. Friedrich, Blatt 11
*Horst Janssen und die Romantiker *| kultur-online - http://kultur-online.net/?q=node/15362&nlb=1
