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All that embodies artistic expression. Picture beauty in paintings, sculpture, ceramics and craft
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Neil Marcus helps us re-imagine disability through art. Body Freedom, Freedom Art, What Is Disability, Troilus And Cressida, Underwater Images, Salman Rushdie, Disabled People, Oral History, Performance Artist
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In Edward Hopper's painting "Cape Cod Morning," what is the woman looking at? An @americanartpin curator helps answer the mystery. Rembrandt, Edward Hopper Paintings, Hopper Art, American Realism, American Artists, American Painting, Edouard Hopper, Art Sur Toile, Art History
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In Edward Hopper's painting "Cape Cod Morning," what is the woman looking at? An @americanartpin curator helps answer the mystery.
Citation: John F. (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy telegram to Robert Richman, 1961 Jan. 13. Institute of Contemporary Arts records, Archives of Am... Union Symbol, Archives Of American Art, Institute Of Contemporary Art, John Fitzgerald, Step Brothers, Jammin, Rich Man, Smithsonian, Jfk
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Citation: John F. (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy telegram to Robert Richman, 1961 Jan. 13. Institute of Contemporary Arts records, Archives of Am...
"My Kid Could Do That" ...said no one ever. Landscape Wallpapers, Landscape Art, Landscape Paintings, Oil Paintings, Fantasy Landscape, Sunrise Landscape, Fantasy Art, Watercolor Paintings, Western Landscape
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Recent scholarship associates this sculpture of a bodhisattva (enlightened being) with Kaikei, a master sculptor who contributed to the revival of Buddhist sculpture in the Kamakura period. | Bodhisattva | early 13th century | Kaikei (Japanese, active ca. 1185 - 1220) | Kamakura period | Wood with lacquer, gold, copper, and crystal | Japan | Gift of Charles Lang Freer | Freer Gallery of Art | F1909.345 Japanese Culture, Japanese Art, Kamakura Period, Asian Sculptures, Freer Gallery, Jizo, Smithsonian Museum, Religion, Turning Japanese
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Recent scholarship associates this sculpture of a bodhisattva (enlightened being) with Kaikei, a master sculptor who contributed to the revival of Buddhist sculpture in the Kamakura period. | Bodhisattva | early 13th century | Kaikei (Japanese, active ca. 1185 - 1220) | Kamakura period | Wood with lacquer, gold, copper, and crystal | Japan | Gift of Charles Lang Freer | Freer Gallery of Art | F1909.345
Perhaps the definition of the word "masterpiece"... The Peacock Room at the Freer. Arts Crafts Style, Arts And Crafts Movement, Kid Friendly Art, Peacock Room, James Mcneill Whistler, Dc Travel, Museum Collection
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Perhaps the definition of the word "masterpiece"... The Peacock Room at the Freer.
Citation: Original plaster of Greek Slave, 1843 / Hiram Powers, photographer. Hiram Powers papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Ancient Times, Ancient Art, Ancient Egypt, History Photos, Greece Culture, Art Painting, Paintings
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Citation: Original plaster of Greek Slave, 1843 / Hiram Powers, photographer. Hiram Powers papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Citation: Armory Show postcard with reproduction of Marcel Duchamp's painting Nude Descending a Staircase, 1913. Walt Kuhn, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Marcel Duchamp, Ashcan School, Reproduction, The Road, Social Realism, Ap Studio Art, Art Appliqué
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Citation: Armory Show postcard with reproduction of Marcel Duchamp's painting Nude Descending a Staircase, 1913. Walt Kuhn, Kuhn family papers, and Armory Show records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Citation: Al Held with his work in his studio, 1966 / Andre Emmerich, photographer. André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Artist Studio, Artist At Work, Drawing Tools, Painting & Drawing, Expressionist, Art Studios, Photo Studio
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Citation: Al Held with his work in his studio, 1966 / Andre Emmerich, photographer. André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Citation: Sam Francis in his studio, 1989 Nov. / unidentified photographer. André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Artist House, Space Art, Art Spaces, Work Space, Action Painting, Craft Studio
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Citation: Sam Francis in his studio, 1989 Nov. / unidentified photographer. André Emmerich Gallery records and André Emmerich papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Citation: Jackson Pollock painting, ca. 1947 / Herbert Matter, photographer. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Jackson Pollock Art, Jackson Pollack, Artist Art, Visual Artist, Artist Studio Space, Pollock Paintings, Painters Studio
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Citation: Jackson Pollock painting, ca. 1947 / Herbert Matter, photographer. Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Citation: Carving of Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore, ca. 1934 / unidentified photographer. Mount Rushmore monument photographs, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Us History, American History, Vintage Pictures, Old Pictures, Old Photos, Monte Rushmore, Happy Presidents Day
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Citation: Carving of Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore, ca. 1934 / unidentified photographer. Mount Rushmore monument photographs, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Description: Painter John Singer Sargent in his studio in Paris, with the painting Madame X. Sargent faces his painting The Breakfast Table, 1884, in progress. #Masterpiece John Singer Sargent, Sargent Art, Portrait Of Madame X, Studios D'art, Art Parisien, Beaux Arts Paris
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Description: Painter John Singer Sargent in his studio in Paris, with the painting Madame X. Sargent faces his painting The Breakfast Table, 1884, in progress. #Masterpiece
Citation: Georgia O'Keeffe, ca. 1920 / Alfred Stieglitz, photographer. Miscellaneous photographs collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'keeffe, Famous Artists, Female Artists, Wisconsin, Portraiture, Portrait Photography, Plant Photography
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Citation: Georgia O'Keeffe, ca. 1920 / Alfred Stieglitz, photographer. Miscellaneous photographs collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
This “snakewood” illustration is one of forty-nine framed black and white prints bequeathed to the Smithsonian by William F. Bucher of Washington, D.C. Bucher, a cabinetmaker, framed each photograph in wood of the same species as the tree depicted in the print. The illustration represents snakewood. #masterpiece Black And White Prints, National Museum, Museums, Masterpiece, Species, Washington, Photograph, Exhibition
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This “snakewood” illustration is one of forty-nine framed black and white prints bequeathed to the Smithsonian by William F. Bucher of Washington, D.C. Bucher, a cabinetmaker, framed each photograph in wood of the same species as the tree depicted in the print. The illustration represents snakewood. #masterpiece
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
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Zitkala Sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white mixed ancestry. Photographed by Gertrude Käsebier. Käsebier photographed Zitkala Sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. #masterpiece Native American Beauty, Native American History, American Heritage, American Indians, American Story, American Quotes, European American, American Symbols, American Art
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Zitkala Sa, "Red Bird," also known as Gertrude Simmons (1876-1938), a Yankton Sioux woman of Native American and white mixed ancestry. Photographed by Gertrude Käsebier. Käsebier photographed Zitkala Sa in tribal dress and western clothing, clearly identifying the two worlds in which this woman lived and worked. #masterpiece
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
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This half-length Daguerreotype portrait of Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, inventor of this photographic process (1839), was taken by American photographer Charles R. Meade when he visited Daguerre at his home in Bry-sur-Marne, France, in 1848. #masterpiece #seriouslyamazing Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, French Inventors, Wet Plate Collodion, History Of Photography, Meade, Daguerreotype, Inventions
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This half-length Daguerreotype portrait of Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, inventor of this photographic process (1839), was taken by American photographer Charles R. Meade when he visited Daguerre at his home in Bry-sur-Marne, France, in 1848. #masterpiece #seriouslyamazing
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
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Autochromes are among the first commercially successful forms of color photography. The color dyes in the photographs are held by potato starch. #seriouslyamazing Belle Epoque, Edwardian Fashion, Edwardian Era, Vintage Fashion, Edwardian Clothing, 1900s Fashion, Fashion Goth, Historical Costume, Historical Clothing
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Autochromes are among the first commercially successful forms of color photography. The color dyes in the photographs are held by potato starch. #seriouslyamazing
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
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The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden on Mount Desert Island, Maine, is a masterpiece of garden design. Landscape Architect Beatrix Farrand was commissioned to design the East-meets-West garden after Abby and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. returned from an inspiring tour of Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and the Phillipines. This glass lantern slide is part of the Archives of American Gardens. Mount Desert Island, American Garden, Garden Lanterns, Phillipines, Entrance Gates, Landscape Architect, Abby
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The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden on Mount Desert Island, Maine, is a masterpiece of garden design. Landscape Architect Beatrix Farrand was commissioned to design the East-meets-West garden after Abby and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. returned from an inspiring tour of Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, and the Phillipines. This glass lantern slide is part of the Archives of American Gardens.
Stephen James Ferris (1835–1915), a Philadelphia painter and etcher, collected over 2,000 European and American prints representing old master and contemporary printmakers. Ferris may well have mined this large collection for inspiration for his own work (an example of which, a portrait of a Mexican girl, is shown here), but he was also deeply interested in art for its own sake. #seriouslyamazing #masterpiece Stephen James, Mexican Girl, Fresh Hair, Old Master, Woodcut, Love Art, Ferris, Sake, Philadelphia
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Stephen James Ferris (1835–1915), a Philadelphia painter and etcher, collected over 2,000 European and American prints representing old master and contemporary printmakers. Ferris may well have mined this large collection for inspiration for his own work (an example of which, a portrait of a Mexican girl, is shown here), but he was also deeply interested in art for its own sake. #seriouslyamazing #masterpiece
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
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This 1863 painting was a first view of the west for some easterners. #masterpiece #seriouslyamazing Canvas Painting, Surface Art, Fashion Art, Affair
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This 1863 painting was a first view of the west for some easterners. #masterpiece #seriouslyamazing
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
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"Cape Cod Morning" by Edward Hopper, 1950 #seriouslyamazing Johannes Vermeer, Edward Hopper, Paul Cezanne, Mauve, Mystery Of History, Soul Art
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"Cape Cod Morning" by Edward Hopper, 1950 #seriouslyamazing
Henri Matisse exaggerated the female figure in this terracotta sculpture. #seriouslyamazing African Art Museum, Indian Museum, American History Museum, African American Museum, Modern Sculpture, Lion Sculpture, Air And Space Museum, Sacred Feminine
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Henri Matisse exaggerated the female figure in this terracotta sculpture. #seriouslyamazing
Perhaps his most famous muse, Andy Warhol printed Marilyn Monroe's lips onto canvas in 1962. #seriouslyamazing Andy Warhol, Marilyn, Pop Art, Art Photography, Fine Art, Prints
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Perhaps his most famous muse, Andy Warhol printed Marilyn Monroe's lips onto canvas in 1962. #seriouslyamazing