Archive for the 'White art/architecture' Category

13 November, 2019

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“Portrait of Nicolaes Ruts” (1631) by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). Early Rembrandt, like this one, is hard to beat. (His later works were dark and rather sloppy, due to his age, no doubt).

28 August, 2019

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867), oil on canvas, titled “The Princess de Broglie” (1853).

7 June, 2019

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Seen on a forum: “Life is short. Art is long.” Yes. After you’re long dead, that painting will still thrill, if it isn’t junk.

22 May, 2019

Posted by Socrates in art, jewed art, jewed culture, jewed media, Socrates, Western civilization, Western culture, Western decline, When Victims Rule (book), White art/architecture at 11:16 am | Permanent Link

(Above: a real sculpture: “Two Sisters” by Auguste Moreau, bronze, circa 1880). Genuine art is something that a non-artist could not create. But any machinist, foundry worker or metal fabricator could create that steel rabbit which sold for much more than any Rembrandt masterpiece (a “second-class” Rembrandt was on sale in 2004 for $46 million). […]

27 April, 2019

Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 3:04 pm | Permanent Link

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, “Portrait of Hippolyte-Francois Devillers” (1811)

26 March, 2019

Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 3:08 pm | Permanent Link

Frank Frazetta (1928-2010); titled “Deathdealer V”

26 February, 2019

Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 3:37 pm | Permanent Link

Custom knifemaking (as opposed to factory-made knives), which began to rise in popularity in the 1980s. It is almost exclusively a White/male art form. Some custom knives are “user” knives, while others are artsy wall-hangers/display queens. Some examples of custom knives: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. [Video about custom knifemaking, duration is 1 hour].

12 February, 2019

Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 1:42 pm | Permanent Link

Bronze sculpture: Lute Player, by the French artists Detrier and De Blezer, circa 1875.

4 February, 2019

Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 11:19 am | Permanent Link

William Bradford, “Shipwreck Off Nantucket” (1861).

14 January, 2019

Posted by Socrates in art, Socrates, White art/architecture at 4:03 pm | Permanent Link

Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov, “Overgrown Pond,” 1879.