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theatrum-tenebrarum · 1 year

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Painting by the Japanese illustrator and designer Ayami Kojima, made for Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX

This macabre work, showcasing a duality play between light (gold) and dark (red), is heavily inspired by Byzantine icons.

Byzantine art is a term for art produced in the Byzantine Empire in the time span between about c. 330 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. This art is primarily characterized by rigid forms of expression and characters presented in static postures, which is a way of communicating their divine, heavenly nature. The more static they are, the further they are from mortals regarding them. Such is the logic of Byzantine art, where in this way each figure on the panel is situated in the higher planes of existence.

Simon Belmont is shown in a saintly manner, on a background of gold, which was in Byzantine art created from real gold leaves. His garments are crosses and he is surrounded by six-winged Seraphim angels, considered to be closest to God.

On right there is the antithesis, Dracula, on a background of blood-red. A simple stylized city is shown behind the theatrically dark-clad Dracula, and a many-tailed dragon roars before his feet. In this way he is presented as the saint of death, as the Dragon is a mythical being most closely associated with evil and destruction. In the Biblical book of Revelation, a seven-headed dragon appears in sky, being one of the heralds of the End Times.

-Heidi (@theatrum-tenebrarum)

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sheltiechicago · 2 years

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Villa, architect Carlo Graffi, late 1960s

Man Captures Modernist Design Buildings Around The World

Curator and art historian Adam Štěch captures modernist design buildings around the world and here are some of the most interesting and beautiful ones.

Casa Albero, architect Giuseppe Perugini, Raynaldo Perugini and Uga De Plaisant, Fregene, 1968-1971

Villa Tritarelli, architect Ernesto Lusana, Fregene, 1975

Derby House, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Glendale, California, 1926

Apartment Building, architect Jo Ramaekers, Brussels, 1930s

#adam stech #photographer #curator #art historian #architecture #modernism #buildings #carlo graffi #architect #giuseppe perugini #raynaldo perugini #uga de plaisant #fregene #ernesto lusana #frank lloyd wright #jo ramaekers

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minim236 · 1 year

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♡ ULTIMATE SHIPS MEME ♡: Current OTP's

↳ Marcus Whitmore & Phoebe Taylor in A Discovery of Witches (2018 - 2022)

“But here’s the thing, Phoebe.” Whitmore lowered his mouth until it was inches from her ear and dropped his voice to a whisper. “Unlike the men who have taken you out to dinner and perhaps gone back to your flat for something afterwards, your propriety and fine manners don’t frighten me off. Quite the contrary. And I can’t help but imagine what you’re like when the icy control melts.”

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literarystudiesblog · 9 months

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At my boyfriends‘ Nonno’s house in southern Italy 🇮🇹❤️

#light acamedia #study motivation #university #art history #art historian #light acadamia aesthetic #light academia #light academism #studyblr #studying #studyspo #bookshelf

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vipower001 · 2 years

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Hidden Art what if

Yall know how some art historians (i don't know if that is the proper name or not) look at art and then discover a piece of artwork underneath that has been painted over...Every time I see this they are always like:

"this amazing piece of art was covered and almost destroyed, never to have its beauty be seen."

And every time I just think:

"What if the artist of the painting underneath was like, 'well this sucks, I'm going to paint over it,' bc every artist has at least once used their old artwork as a canvas by painting over it bc you know, getting art supplies can be expensive"

So that artist then paints over it wanting to never see that failed attempt of art only for a few years or centuries later for it to be discovered and shown to the public.

Like I'm just imagining the Ghost of said artist just being all embarrassed and just yelling

"OMG STOOOPPPP!!!!!! IT LOOKS SO BAAAADDDD!!! EEWWWWWW!"

It is just really funny to me to imagine this.

#art #art historian #hidden art #just imagine #art joke #history #danny phantom #ghost #i put danny phantom so that i can keep the tag

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empirearchives · 1 year

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Élie Faure, Napoleon

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tackysapphic · 10 months

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okay this might be a longshot, but does anyone have ANY information on the cubist Wallace Harrison? He keeps being mentioned in things I read about Charlotte Park and Helen Frankenthaler, but I cannot find a single thing on this man whatsoever. The only information I have is that he was an australian-born cubist and worked with prominent artists in new york. aside from that, nothing. Literally the only time he is mentioned in something that i’ve seen so far is “{insert artists name here} studied with australian-born cubist Wallace Harrison, before blah blah blah”. what in the hell.

#this is crazy and absolutely fascinating to me #who is this mystery man!#kj.txt #art history #helen frankenthaler #abstract expressionism #art historian #charlotte park #kenneth noland #cubism

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ch4rl13-ch40s · 2 months

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Being in an art history class is hilarious because you're supposed to act like you're giving an in depth analysis of a painting when in reality you're just saying "look at this stupid dumb idiot in his stupid dumb idiot pants" but in fancy talk so it comes out as "It appears that the people of this time period had a very particular and impractical fashion in order to showcase their status in society."

#art #art history #art historian #university #old dutch people wear stupid pants

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xvarenah777 · 1 year

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Commonplace book 2020-2023

#art history #art historian #research paper #commonplace book #sketchbook #dark academia

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en-elysium · 4 months

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seeking community here to share my craft & to find new artists and their works to fall in love with 🌹follow if you’d like to see collage art, sculpture, poetry, paintings, etc inspired by mythology, religion, spirituality, literature, and the acute feeling of belonging to another time..place. and do be sure to scroll my page if you’d like or find me on instagram: @en_elysium

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ochipi · 2 years

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So I’m a Belgian field archaeologist and art historian who was the only one from my year to actually do archaeology and to not like modern art. This is what my -peers- would say compared to •me• the weird one out of all seven of us.

- “oh my god we have to visit the exhibition on Delvaux!”

• “what the bag maker?”

- “do you know that there were still mammoths around when the Egyptian piramides were build?”

• “I only really care for the mammoths tbh”

- know Latin. Know basic Greek and Roman myths. Also handy for art

• the fuck you tryna say that Odin is Jupiter? Also this dope ass Old High German magic spell that cures horse legs

- afraid to get dirty.

• Shit forgot to wash my hands. Nearly finished the sandwich anyway. Might as well keep going

- think Norse mythology is only cool in marvel movies

• Völsunga vs Tolkien: dragon, ring, dwarves, pile o’gold. I see no difference

- “why do you enjoy classical art so much? It’s so many portraits and landscapes?”

• *tries not to get infuriated trying to enjoy the depth, angle, light and photo realism of a 33 cm tall goldfinch while they shove a picture of white paint smeared open on a 3 meters tall canvas in my face*

Why did I even make this post?

#norse mythology #roman mythology #greek mythology #archaeology #archaeologist #field archaeology #field archaeologist #art historian #art history #art history meme #archaeology meme #history meme #university #art #paul delvaux #Odin #loki #Freya #Frigga

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theatrum-tenebrarum · 2 years

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The Seraphim

"We stand directly in the sight of God – the Seraphim."

Seraphim Tetramorph, Cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova, Monreale, Sicily, 12th century

Their name, woven from a fiery song, comes from Hebrew saraf, meaning „to burn“ / „to scorch“. In the Bible, the Seraphim are mentioned by Isaiah, when the prophet recounts the vision of these beings. They are described to be standing over Adonai and having six wings. According to Isaiah, they use two wings to cover their faces, with another pair they cover their feet and they use the remaining two to fly. The prophet also recounts the powerful voices of these beings, as well as their ability to instantly remove evil. We are introduced to the latter by a certain Seraph that brings a piece of hot coal to Isaiah's lips and proclaims that by this act all evil is ritually cleansed from his soul.

Ninth Vision of Hildegard of Bingen, Personification of God’s Power, 12th century

It's interesting to note that the word „seraph“, when appearing elsewhere in the Old Testament, is referring to venomous snakes. It is unclear why, although some have suggested that the Seraphim, beings recounted by Isaiah, were in some way serpentine. When mentioning snakes himself, the same prophet also describes them as flying.

Seraphim and Angels, 'Queen Mary Psalter', 14th century

The visual image of these beings most probably has its roots in the Assyrian-Babylonian iconography. That is no surprise since Hebrew culture was influenced by the Mesopotamian world, amongst others. Therefore, earlier artists of the Christian world most likely translated the Assyrian winged genies - daimons into another visual and cultural language. That is how the story of angels in art begins.

Seraphim are commonly depicted with six colored wings. However, the iconographic distinction of angelic hierarchies had diminished over time as artists left the imagination of the hierarchies to the eye of each beholder.

Apkallu from the Nimrud palace in Mesopotamia, 9th century BC, State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich, Germany

-Heidi (@theatrum-tenebrarum)

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vintage-ukraine · 2 years

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Ukrainian art historian Lyudmyla Miliayeva on an expedition to Chernihiv, 1969

#Lyudmyla Miliayeva #Chernihiv #art historian #Ukrainian #Ukraine #vintage photography #1960s

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flowersfrombefore · 5 months

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Moodboard of me after looking at Michelangelo’s David for the 5 billionth time

#brb I think I need to change my major to art history #art history #art history memes #Michelangelo #Michelangelos David #college #art historian #Renaissance art #so normal about it so normal about it so normal #ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh #sculpture is the best form of art change my mind

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literarystudiesblog · 10 months

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The semester is coming to an end. It has been horrible :D. I’m taking a break from uni for the next couple of semesters :))

#light acamedia #study motivation #studyblr #studying #studyspo #university #dark academia #dark aesthetic #art history #bookshelf #light academism #dark academism #college #art historian #literary studies #literature

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bugslutthings · 1 year

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My favorite current little trinket about tumblr is that classical art blogs have been struggling to find paintings for YEARS and argue the meanings of all the silly little demons and skelies while actually getting a degree for it. AND THEN a fucking BL SHITPOST BLOG dumps out all their life’s work, fitting perfectly to the aesthetic and character themes of their blog, never saying A FUCKING WORD. Chad behavior.

#oc art #csm manga #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #art historian #art students #virgin vs chad #waste of space #yoshiden

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