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  • descriptions in alt text paraphrased from wikipedia articles or online museum exhibitions where appropriate (linked in caption)
  • gallery template by respectfulfalta
  • inspiration from blamensir's wunderkammer

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an oil painting depicting a scene at the seaside featuring several figures, including a ploughman in the foreground and a shepherd looking up at the sky. a figure (presumably icarus) can be seen drowning in the bottom right while an angler continues his work next to him.

landscape with the fall of icarus by pieter bruegel the elder* (circa 1560)

an oil painting depicting the banishment of lucifer and his fallen angels from heaven.

the fall of the rebel angels by pieter bruegel the elder (1562)

a painting depicting a pale naked figure devouring a small human form against a dark background.

saturn devouring his son* by francisco goya (1820)

an oil painting depicting the artist (gustave courbet) from the front. he looks directly at the viewer with wide eyes and his mouth half-open. both his hands seem ready to pull out his hair. there is a strong contrast between the light colour of his skin and hair, and the dark colour of his hair, which is further emphasised by harsh lighting.

le désespéré by gustave courbet (1843 to 1845)

an oil painting depicting ophelia (from william shakespeare's play, hamlet) floating in a river before her suicide. flowers float around her and the river bank surrounds her with greenery.

ophelia by john everett millais (1851 to 1852)

a painting depicting a woman scowling and biting blooms from the bouquet in her hand.

love's shadow by frederick sandys (1867)

an oil painting depicting russian tsar ivan iv vasilyevich (commonly known as ivan the terrible) cradling the tsarevich (i.e. his son) ivan ivanovich in his arms. the tsarevich is bleeding from a wound in his head, and sheds a tear. ivan brings his hand to the wound, his eyes bulging.

ivan the terrible and his son ivan by ilya repin (1883)

an oil painting depicting a pale woman wearing a black dress with jewelled straps standing against a dark brown background.

portrait of madame x by john singer sargent (1884)

an oil painting depicting a knight in armour lying on a blanket with a wreath on him (indicating death) while a dog sits attentively by his side, looking at his face.

requiescat by briton rivière (1888)

a painting depicting a man (pygmalion) kissing a naked woman (galatea) standing on a marble pedestal, with galatea seen from behind.

pygmalion and galatea by jean-léon gérôme (1890)

an oil painting depicting a branch of an almond tree with white flowers against a blue background.

almond blossoms by vincent van gogh (1890)

a painting depicting two women sharing a bed, gazing at each other.

le lit by henri de toulouse-lautrec (1892)

an oil painting depicting a scene from john keats' ballad, la belle dame sans merci. a knight in armour throws back his arms in surrender while a woman sits on a horse, bending down as if to kiss him.

la belle dame sans merci by frank dicksee (1901)

an oil painting depicting a couple in an intimate embrace.

the kiss by gustav klimt (1907 to 1908)

an oil painting depicting a view of the sea, with the sun and its light being the primary focus.

the sun by edvard munch (1911)

an oil painting set in a white void, depicting the artist (norman rockwell) producing a self-portrait from the rear view. he leans to his left, looking into a mirror. rockwell is a thin bespectacled man. to his right is his canvas, where he sketches himself “in his idealized art style“. on the right side of the canvas are self-portraits by Albrecht dürer, rembrandt, vincent van gogh and picasso, and on the left is a page of sketches.

triple self-portrait by norman rockwell (1960)

an advertisement for whitman's sampler. it features an illustration depicting a couple. a woman leans over a man and kisses him on the forehead, holding a box of chocolates in one hand. the man, still holding a newspaper, smiles.

whitman's sampler easter sunday advertisement by al parker. taken from page 10 of life magazine (volume 54, number 14) (5 april 1963)

a letter board mounted on a brick wall. in capital letters, it reads: "the writer (she/her) is a trans woman and lebanese-canadian who also identifies as queer. her work is about" the rest of the statement has been cut off due to the size of the letters on the board.

artist bio by anna daliza (2021)

a screen print depicting an orange dog behind a yellow fence looking at three other orange dogs chasing each other in a circle, invoking henri matisse's painting, dance. in the bottom left corner black text reads: "Here's the life I've always longed for"

here's the life i've always longed for by anna haifisch (2022)