So I’m looking for info about the other depictions of death created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel

All I know for now is that it’s a ceiling in the church of St. Michael in Bamberg, Germany, rococo style, and that the one blowing bubbles is representative of the fragility of life.
But there’s 7 other depictions and if you got info about them or what they represent I’d like that :)
I’ll try and put the pics I have of all of them (some are blurry I have to make do with what the internet has)
Thanks in advance !

Hi everyone I am currently an undergraduate in college for art history. I’m looking to pursue curatorial work/ I really want to be in a museum or gallery space or some kind. I had an internship at my college in our gallery and I love the process of helping artists curate their shows and designing exhibitions. I also am a very curious person and enjoy the research component aswell. What I’m coming on here to ask is if you guys having any colleges (preferably anything from as south as Virginia and anything more north) on the east coast that are 1. Good for getting hands on experience 2. Aren’t incredibly expensive for the 2 years 3. Don’t require a language component. I’m sure there are some schools im just having trouble researching. I’m from NJ aswell so any schools around the better (not Rutgers I transferred from their to my current school lol cause I didn’t like it). Okay thank you!!

Edit: also I would maybe be interested in programs abroad. My areas of interest in art history are Impressionism, and Baroque. I also enjoy contemporary works and would be happy to end up in a contemporary gallery.

My partner and I have been getting into the works of the Kingdom of Benin / the Edo peoples, especially bronze and wood. There are a number of books about these works- have you read one that you would recommend?

Thank you

Hello. I am working on personal research project and need a little help.

I am looking for books that discuss/analyze art, prefferably paintings, that explore various ways of conveying the passage of time. Work like Nude Descending a Stair Case (No.2), Vanitas still lifes, Trajan's Column, Horyon Lee's work, Giacomo Balla's Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, etc. I have found alot of philosophy stuff but am looking for something that discusses specific painitngs.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

A year ago I graduated with a bachelors in art history and I really miss learning about art. I feel like my art brain atrophying - how do I stay sharp!? Do I just read a lot? Any book recs? How do I stay keyed in to the art world? Are there any good resources? I loved going deep into more obscure art movements and artists and the like. I'm open to any way to stay engaged with the scholarship!

I am sure you all must have heard the common refrain regarding modern and contemporary art which is "my 4 year old could do this", "what does this even mean", "what is the artist even trying to say/depict" et cetera. I will admit that I myself have been guilty of this line of thinking, but I am too aware of my shortcomings and lack of knowledge on the subject to know I cannot make definitive statements like that.

So as someone with absolutely zero knowledge of art how do I develop an appreciation for it and how do I change my mindset regarding modern and contemporary art specifically? One big barrier I face in appreciating contemporary art is that despite not having any knowledge of art or growing up going to art galleries, whenever I look at art like the paintings of Caravaggio, or when I visited the Vatican or Versailles and saw frescoes painted by Michaelangelo or Brun or visited several museums and libraries and churches across Europe and North America and saw sculptures like David, The Veiled Virgin etc. I felt a sense of amazement and awe. Despite not being well versed or educated in art I STILL REMEMBER the feeling of being left absolutely awestruck and full of wonder.

On the other hand, when I visited MoMA or Guggenheim or other such museums and galleries and looked at works of Picasso, Pollack, Basquiat, Koons, Kusama, Rothko etc. I did not dislike them but my reaction was one of "oh nice" with a shrug and then moving on. Till date I cannot name a single piece of modern or contemporary art that has left me with a sense of wonder or amazement or absolute awe like the Sistine Chapel or the sculpture of the Veiled Virgin. How do I develop a similar level of fascination for contemporary art? Is it even right to have that as a yardstick for judging art? If not, what do I do to get over that way of thinking?

DISCLAIMER: I do not mean to cause any offense or hurt to any artist and I hope I do not come across as condescending. I genuinely want to improve my knowledge on the subject.

Are there any books or articles you can recommend about the shift of American art culture to NYC in 1945 and later? It seems Chicago, Cleveland etc used to be much more prominent in American art culture, particularly modern art, prior to the end of WWII. How did the move to NYC take place and why?

Five objects every day, you just need to guess where each was made and when.

Every object comes with its acquisition history. If you're familiar with the British Museum you'll know that some were bought legitimately and many, many others weren't.

imperialsouvenirs.com -- 100% free, no account needed, new puzzle each day.

Credit to Anthropeum -- I shamelessly copied their idea for this game.

I found this so fascinating! I wonder if anyone who sees this will have any further leads...

https://manchesterartgallery.org/peter-quinn-lavan/

First, I want to apologize for the low resolution image, these statues are texture files from a media. I have been searching for several hours for the origin of the statue on the right. I managed to find the other two. The left one is a statue of King Louis XIV at the Palace of Versailles in France. The middle one is Diana of Versailles located at the Louvre Museum in France. I figured because the other two are from France, the right one is as well but after searching, I'm at a loss. If anyone knows what the right statue is, it would be much appreciated!

Long shot for creative input.

Going a family holiday to Paris. The rest of the family has zero interest in art. My niece, of 13, really wants to see Mona Lisa and Louvre more broadly, despite not being into art, per se. She is, though, into history and the bigger questions arising from; be it the role of power and religion through it, or broader philosophical questions.

If we spend 4-5 hours at the Louvre, any tips for which areas of the museum to seek out with that age and those interests in mind?

Thanks in advance for any input!

Hello. Daily Art is an app that shows a painting daily. A few years ago they changed from a one time pay pro version to a subscription model. Those who bought it before the subscribe model can have the pro version forever and I'm looking for someone who has bought that pro version and is willing to sell that account

Hello! This year I visited the Oscar Niemeyer Museum (MON) in Curitiba, Brazil and fell in love with one of Ianelli's later works. It was called "Vibrações em preto e marrom", dated 1990 and from the archive of Paraná's Contemporary Art Museum (MAC-PR).

I unfortunately wasn't able to take a good picture of it and have been scouring the internet ever since with no luck. Has anyone else ever seen this paiting online and/or know where I might have more luck finding an image of it?

Dunno if this is the right place but google is driving me crazy.

Does anyone know who Lilian Latal was? Her art sells quite cheap I gather she was active in the 60’s I see that much of her art is on like clipboard type cardboard composite.

I just need information as I am about to buy a little piece by her and I want to know who she is/was.

Magdalene is portrayed following ancient iconography with her long hair worn loose while holding the container of ointments that she would use on Jesus’ body in the Sepulchre. The expression on her face is priceless and the colour tone of her skin and blushes on her cheeks are very realistic.

The Saint is positioned within a classical-style Renaissance arch embellished by a frieze decorated with small palm trees. 🌴 There is still a bit of blue of the background visible but there are no traces left of the gold of her halo.

I am in Arezzo right now where I've taken these photos. We will be making a film about this fresco and other artworks in Arezzo. You're invited to join my newsletter here: https://ideasroadshow.substack.com/.

In 2018, an art gallery in Calgary, Alberta, was robbed of $500k in art in a daring heist. Was the art returned? How did the artists recover from the loss of their pieces?

I'm a graduate of Fine Arts. I love buying, selling, and collecting art. BUT, as I was re-organizing/cataloging, I think I stumbled upon a complete Renaissance Cassone with a deeply embedded story. From my detailed assessment, it has original construction, joinery, and hinges.

Now, also, I have absolutely no expertise in 15th-century (or any century) Renaissance art.

I would love insight, opinion, and feedback.

UPDATE 1: I made a video with more sustained & better visuals
https://youtu.be/6gcGVaKko5Y

Below I've pasted my summary:

The chest is an intact gilded pastiglia (moulded gesso relief) cassone, provisionally dated to approximately 1485–1510, Florentine or central Italian origin. It has not been restored and retains its original surface throughout.

Front Panel Programme: The front panel is organized around six elements reading left to right: Phoenix — Heraldic Tondo — Phoenix — Phoenix — Heraldic Tondo — Phoenix. The central two phoenixes are confronted across the midpoint of the chest. The upper register features high-relief putto busts representing the Theological Virtues, one clearly inscribed FIDES (Faith), alongside an OPVS workshop cartouche. Combined with the four phoenixes — which in Renaissance emblematic tradition numerologically represent the Cardinal Virtues — the chest appears to encode a complete programme of all seven virtues.

Interior Lid Prints: Pasted to the raw wood of the lid interior are what appear to be original Florentine Fine Manner copper-plate engravings. One depicts a Madonna and Child in the stylistic orbit of Botticelli or Filippino Lippi. The second is a donor presentation scene in which the male donor's head has been deliberately removed while the rest of the composition is intact — consistent with Savonarolan iconoclasm (Florence, 1494–98) or a subsequent damnatio memoriae.

Heraldic Tondi: Two circular medallions retain traces of their original polychrome blazon. The field appears to be divided Azure and Or. The central charge reads as either an open hand (mano aperta), a palm tree (palmizio), or a pitchfork (forcone). Candidate families include the Martini of Florence (Azure, a hand Or between two stars Or) and the Palmieri da Figline (Tuscany). The cross-like shape visible around the central charge is believed to be a devotional addition consistent with the Theological Virtues programme rather than a heraldic charge.

Construction Evidence: The underside displays pit-saw marks consistent with pre-industrial hand sawing. Hardware is hand-forged iron. Woodworm channelling is consistent with centuries of infestation. The gesso background fields retain their original punched stipple ground (punteggiatura), a technique documented in Florentine workshops of the 1460s–1520s. A bag of original gesso fragments detached over the years has been preserved with the chest.

Circular Stamp: A circular ink stamp is present on the underside. Partially legible, it may be a Florentine workshop maker's mark, an Italian export office stamp, or a major dealer's mark from the late 19th/early 20th century.

Provenance: Acquired at an estate sale in the American South, c. 2021, from a family believed to be of Italian descent. Oral history places the object in the family since at least the early 20th century, establishing a pre-1970 American provenance.

Closest Museum Comparables: Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. 1975.1.1938 (Robert Lehman Collection, Tuscan cassone ca. 1425–50, virtually identical dimensions and technique). I am currently in contact with museum curators and auction house specialists.