Majnun Spying on Layla’s Camp, circa 1556-1565 illustrated folio from Haft Awrang (“7 Thrones”). Awrang was classic of Persian literature composed by the Persian poet Jami. #painting #awrang #poetryillustration #persian #jami

The Palace of Venaria, designed and built from 1675 by Amedeo di Castellamonte in Venaria Reale, near Turin, is a former royal residence and gardens. A masterpiece of Baroque architecture, was filled with decoration and artwork. #amedeodicastellamonte #architecture #palace #…

Vintage horror collage by Matt Cunningham #illustration #collage #vintage #mattcunningham

Fire, 1566, by Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books. Fire is part of “Four Elements” series of oil paintings depicting human faces in profile made u…

Cupid pursuing Psyche, 1843 by Welsh Neoclassical sculptor John Gibson, who studied in Rome under Antonio Canova. #neoclassicism #sculpture #cupid #artlovers #johngibson

American gothic, 1930 by American painter Grant Wood, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. #artinstitutechicago #painting #american #gothic #grantwood

El cuadro de los abanicos, by Spanish surrealist painter Esteban Frances. #surrealism #painting #surrealart #estebanfrances

Marilyn Monroe embraces the Discobolus of Myron. Photo by Milton Greene, 1956. #sculpture #photography #marilynmonroe #discobolus #miltongreene

Moonlit, 1909-1910 by Russian-German-Swiss expressionist painter Marianne von Werefkin. #painting #expressionism #moonlight #mariannevonwerefkin

Hyperrealistic painting by Italian painter Marco Grassi. #painting #hyperrealism #hyperrealistic #art #marcograssi

Faun and Bacchante, 1837 by Boris Orlovsky, 1837. The State Russian Museum (Mikhailovsky Palace). #sculpture #faunandbacchante #mikhailovsky #saintpetersburg #borisorlovsky

The Voice, by Serbian digital painter and illustrator Ivana Besevic. Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. "In contrast, since the outbreak of COVID-19, emerging data and reports from those on the front lines, have shown that all types…

Circe, 1889 by British painter Wright Barker. #painting #oiloncanvas #artwork #wrightbarker

Art and Resistance Photograph Series, by photographer Luis Carlos Ayala capturing artistic interventions during the mobilizations in Bogota. “2019 was a year that has made clear the need to resist, persist, and seek change” as the artist states. Models / Dancers: Diva Lopez…

The Bookworm, by Amagappa Shoujogun. Part of Horror Anthology Comic Shikaku. #illustration #manga #horrorart #amagappashoujogun #anime #mystery #shikaku

St. Louis Post-Dispatch,1908 Missouri. #st.louis #post #bang #gun #dispatch

Yuanyang II (Coffee Kiss), 2002 by Hong Kong artist Johnson Tsang. #sculpture #slabbing #throwing #coffeekiss #kiss #contemporarysculpture #johnsontsang

The Orange Seller, by Catalan painter Enrique Serra Auque, #painting #oiloncanvas #orange #artwork #enriqueserraauque

Portrait of Dr. Haustein, 1928 by Christian Schad, #painting #oiloncanvas #museothyssen #christianschad #portrait #shadow #haustein

A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), 1902, is a French adventure short film directed by illusionist, actor and film director Georges Méliès who led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema. #filmmaking #cinema #moon #film #georgesméliès