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Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean - Gazing Ball (Tiger Hunt)
“I love to make reference to other artists - kind of art about art in that it’s a way to time travel, pay homage to our forebears. Everything - all the information, all the knowledge, everything that has been brought to the table to this moment”
Peter Paul Rubens painted The Tiger Hunt in 1616 in Antwerp. In Koons’s work, the gazing ball covers up the view through to the bright, blue seascape; the world behind the action is replaced with the world in front of it.
See this work and many more in Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean until 9 Jun. Booking essential #JeffKoonsOxford
Bacchante on a Panther, William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Joseph Blanc (French, 1846-1904)
Perseus, 1869
Oil on canvas, 302 x 174 cm
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
She put American lives at risk. By releasing info of soldiers who are killing civilians she put our soldiers, who are still there, at risk. Now extremists have justification for killing us. If she was sO cOncerned about war crimes she should have followed the procedure for that. Because America made it illegal, and we have a procedure to report them ; )) but soldiers are forced to kill so they can’t become witnesses if all of them have done it. I’d ((like to)) say most of them aren’t jumping at the idea of death and taking lives, it’s just a part of war. And who’s to say who the civilians are? Most bombs and ambushes are done by civilians. So why didn’t she do the procedure for reporting war crimes or just leak it to Congress? Cui bono? Who benefits?
Hey, this is literally the closest the government can get to interrogation and they’re just getting away with it, what the fuck hell world
Total protection by Man In The Woods
“A two week old goat kid being guarded by a 17 month old, half grown Anatolian Shepherd”
Face details from William Adolphe Bouguereau’s paintings, every single one of them are a unique example of immortality through art.
Perseus and Andromeda, 1891, by Frederic Leighton (1830-1896).
This painting depicts the Greek myth of Andromeda. Andromeda was the daughter of the King and Queen of Ethiopia. Her mother made the bold claim that her daughter was more beautiful than any sea nymph. Once hearing this, the sea nymphs called on their father Poseidon to take control of a sea monster, and attack the Ethiopian kingdom. Seeing no alternative, the King and Queen chained their daughter to a rock, sacrificing her.
Heroically, Perseus was flying his famed winged horse Pegasus nearby, and came to save Andromeda by slaying the beast. Perseus and Andromeda then fell in love.
Leighton portrays the moment in which Perseus, seen flying above, shooting arrows at the beast. Andromeda stands helpless and contorted under threat.
Caesar, it’s the Ides of March! Watch out for the plotting senators! Oh my god he’s got airpods in, he can’t hear us! Oh my god! Oh no!
Werewolfs by Jakub Różalski
Art of Mr.Werewolf Tumblr
I’m quite excited about summer but I really enjoy autumn colors. Also, just wanted to draw a bridge. :D
‘Bereginya’ by Andrei Shishkin.
Bereginya (Russian: Берегиня) is an east slavic tutelary deity.
John William Godward (1861-1922)
The Mirror, 1899 l A Priestess, 1894 l A Priestess II, 1893
John William Godward (1861-1922)
The Mirror, 1899 l A Priestess, 1894 l A Priestess II, 1893
John William Godward (1861-1922)
The Mirror, 1899 l A Priestess, 1894 l A Priestess II, 1893
John William Godward (1861-1922)
The Mirror, 1899 l A Priestess, 1894 l A Priestess II, 1893
