April 2011
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monstrousandloathsome asked: Hey I was wondering if you had any thoughts on Joshua Reynolds and the way in which he showed the upper classes as Greek goddesses...i'm trying to write an essay and struggling to find legit sources.... any input would be grand and is really appreciate it. Thank you, keep up the good work x
longvoiceofwater asked: Hello! You must get loads of these so I'll keep it brief. Yesterday I spent ages looking at history tumblrs and noticed that there was a bit of a gap when it came to the history of the working classes. I've set up Fuck Yeah Working Class History (http://fyworkingclasshistory.tumblr.com). I've not had much time to do much to it at the moment, I've only posted two things. Over...
pinksakuralove asked: Hey, I want you to know, you're one of the reasons I'm taking AP Art History next year.
When I was in elementary school, I always assumed that people who studied art history must be artists themselves, but I've never been an artist. Well, there were rare occasions when I could create art, but very rare. I liked looking at pictures and learning a few facts, but never actively...
When I was in elementary school, I always assumed that people who studied art history must be artists themselves, but I've never been an artist. Well, there were rare occasions when I could create art, but very rare. I liked looking at pictures and learning a few facts, but never actively...
ilnestjamaistroptard asked: I am in love with your blog! It is smart, funny, and feminist - absolutely wonderful! I am really impressed with your knowledge of art history, especially the history aspect. Are you still undergrads? How do you two know so much about so many different art traditions?
dentelle-antique asked: Hiya! I'm a Art History student at the University of Michigan and I have a few things to say...
1. If it were possible to marry this blog, I would have done so ages ago. I love it so much!
2. What sort of advice would you have for a girl just starting out in Art History (I'm just finishing up my freshman year...)? I don't expect a novel, but even one tip would be...
1. If it were possible to marry this blog, I would have done so ages ago. I love it so much!
2. What sort of advice would you have for a girl just starting out in Art History (I'm just finishing up my freshman year...)? I don't expect a novel, but even one tip would be...
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Girl in a Fairground Caravan, August Sander (German), 1926-32, gelatin silver print, 26.0 x 19.7 cm
The majority of what we present on this tumblr is the historical context of art and artists. Indeed, this comprises the majority of what Art History is. An important skill in the field, however, is formal analysis, looking at a work and determining how the elements and principals of art...
1937: Abstract Expressionist and Anarchist Barnett...
Could you imagine that today? Fuck Yeah, Art History!
“It used to be that the conservatives in the art world were traditionalists. The...”
– Thierry De Duve, The Readymade and the Tube of Paint, originally published in Artforum International, 1986, Vol 24
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WatchYour Fuck Yeah, Art Historians feel bad that they haven’t been able to pay more attention to all their lovely followers, so here is a little video to tide you over until we can make more content happen.
To think, the genus Homo has been making aesthetic choices for more than a million years. I’m not sure that it’s useful to cleave to any particular theory regarding art, but...
blizzard5291 asked: A defining feature of Pre-Modern Southeast Asian culture was the prominence of women in society, which was very different from the role of women in surrounding regions. This changed after centralized states spread through the region, and then colonialism. This situation was a bit better than the 'not as horrible as its neighbors' characterization mentioned in a previous question.
brushrealityaside asked: I just have to say that I adore this tumblr. Everything posted is interesting and engaging, and the text posts written by you are wonderful to read through. The asks you receive are, for the most part, so eloquently written and generally thought-provoking and your responses are always so level-headed and full of facts and information.
To sum it up: I wanted to fangirl about that...
To sum it up: I wanted to fangirl about that...
hemelbeestje asked: Hey! I reblogged your fabulous post about Gauguin the other day and though I obviously love it, I do have a question regarding one of the statements at the end, more specifically "Then the Expressionists took that idea and ran with it, so somewhere between 1912 and 1914, the ‘Primitive’ gave them an excuse to make the first completely abstract paintings in the Western...
completelynormalspace asked: Wait, is *anyone* a good example of ancient gender equality? I would think that the best you could hope for from any society before the 70's would be not being as awful as its neighbors.
meowling-deactivated20120226 asked: The Etruscans aren't exactly a prime example of ancient female equality.
Anonymous asked: I was just wondering if you folks knew much on the Surrealists’ (of the 1920s and 30s) relationship to the emergent field of psychoanalysis? Would you say it played a role as a crucial foundation/backing up to Breton's (and others) own ideas on the unconscious, or was it simply just another link drawn to provide some more theoretical framework to the movement. (I get the impression so...
National Gallery Visitor Attacks Gauguin Painting →
Now, I’m no fan of Gauguin, but, really?
