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Rossella Bellusci - Autoportrait, 1980

(via thisisthehorrorshow)

Good old Gloucester. 

freethepassion:

PIC OF THE DAY

Hamlet is one of those plays where I hate the protagonist and antagonist but I love the supporting characters. Ophelia is my favorite character because she goes crazy because she doesn’t know why Hamlet doesn’t love her anymore. Abandonment is the key feature in Ophelia’s insanity, and I think this painting expresses this. Its my favorite painting as well!

Just saw a version of Hamlet in Oxford. It was interesting.. somehow the cast managed to make Shakespeare’s tragedy into a farce, whether this was intentional i don’t know. Reminded me of this beautiful painting by Millais which shows that artwork has the ability to capture tragedy far more effectively than a play.

catherineaddington:

Fragonard, The Swing, Wallace Collection, London

my interviewer at UCL asked me about how Descartes philosophy is presented in Fragonard’s The Swing. 

oh hi there. 

mirrormaru:

Mariko Mori: Rebirth, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London

theblowdown:

MANET TAKES OVER THE ROYAL ACADEMY

 

‘Manet: Portraying Life’ opens to the public at the Royal Academy this Saturday 26th January and runs until 14th April. This will be the first major exhibition in Britain showcasing the Frenchman’s portraiture, exploring the world of 19th Century Parisian society. 

The show consists of more than 50 works, including portraits of Manet’s most frequent sitter, his wife Suzanne Leenhoff, as well as luminaries of the period such as Proust, Émile Zola and Stéphane Mallarmé, and scenes from everyday life revealing Manet’s forward-thinking, modern approach to portraiture.

A not-to-be-missed exhibition!

http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/manet/