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[image] Make Baroque great again. Now. Sofort. Agora. Ahorita.

[video] POV: You realize one lifetime is not enough to soak up #Rome's treasures.

[image] "Prague is full of dreams that fade into other dreams. In Prague everything is strange, or if you prefer, nothing is strange. Anything can happen there". Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer and poet.

[image] "A hundred times I have thought: New York is a catastrophe. And fifty times: it is a beautiful catastrophe". Le Corbusier, French-Swiss architectural designer and painter.

[image] In honor of #July4th, some of my favorite American impressionist works. From left to right: The River Epte, Giverny | John Leslie Breck, 1887 AD; April | Childe Hassam, 1920 AD; Summertime | Mary Cassatt, 1894 AD; Fishing for Oysters at Cancale | John S. Sargent, 1878 AD.

[image] "Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city". Anatole Broyard, American writer and editor.

[image] La Torre de Belém (The Tower of Belém). Enrique Casanova, 1882 AD. Perhaps Lisbon's most important landmark. #fine #art #painting #Portugal

[image] Sommer im Fjord (Summer in Fjord). Adelsteen Normann, circa 1918 AD. Hands down, the best day trip from Oslo. #fine #art #painting #norway

[video] POV: God invited you to his cottage... ...And it happens to be the Villa Capra @ #Vicenza.

[image] Knowledge is beautiful. And sacred. 📍 Università di Bologna @ #Italy📷.

[image] Obliterate minimalism with whatever you call this. 📍 Appartements Napoléon III @ Paris, #France.

[video] POV: You were looking for an "off the beaten track" attraction in Italy... ...And bumped into a masterpiece by Antonio Canova. 📍 Musei di San Domenico @ #Forlì.

[image] Innenansicht des Petersdoms in Rom während der Quarant'Ore (Interior of St Peter's, Rome, during the Quarant'Ore). Rudolf von Alt, 1836 AD. If you're been there and it makes you happy, clap your hands. #fine #art #painting #Italy

[image] Rouen Cathedral | David Roberts, 1831 AD. Just a 495 feet tall, 996 years old colossus built on Gothic and Romanesque architecture. #fine #art #painting #France

[image] Knowledge is beautiful. And sacred. 📍 Barokní knihovní Klementinu (Clementinum Library) @ #Czech Republic.

[image] Santiago de Compostela's Cathedral in Spain. William Wiehe Collins, circa 1892 AD. Europe's most famous pilgrimage site, perhaps? #fine #art #faith #painting

[image] Athena portrait on a tetradrachm from Syracuse, Sicily. Circa 400 BC.

[video] POV: Art will fill your spirit with light as no earthly possession ever could. 📍 Scuola Grande di San Rocco @ #Venice.

[image] "Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea". Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek poet and philosopher.

[image] Florenz, Porcellino-Brunnen (Porcellino Fountain in Florence). Max Albert Hauschild, circa 1895 AD. They say putting a coin in its mouth guarantees you'll return to the city... I’m going to put in about ten, just for good measure. #fine #art #painting #Italy

[video] POV: You learn the difference between a superb collection and a treasure. 📍 Musei Vaticani @ Vatican City.

[image] "We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts have their root in Greece". Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Romantic poet. (Not valid for those born in India and similar countries).

[image] Die Karlskirche im Winter (St. Charles's Church in Winter). Anonymous Painter, 1912 AD. Not good enough to impress the folks at Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts. #fine #art #painting #Austria

[image] Kaien på Feste i nær Moss (The quay at Feste near Moss). Hans Gude, 1898 AD. In honor of the late King Harald V of #Norway, deceased earlier today. #fine #art #painting #nature

[image] Piazza San Marco, Venezia (St. Mark's Square, Venice). Francesco Guardi, 1765 AD. Let's just say that this is Venice's ultimate postcard for a reason. #fine #art #painting #Italy

[image] La Crucifixion du Christ (The Crucifixion of Christ). Simon Vouet, circa 1637 AD. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. #fine #art #catholic #painting

[image] Rom, Blick auf das Pantheon (Rome, view of the Pantheon). Veronica Maria Herwegen-Manini, circa 1933 AD. There's nothing I can say that will do justice to this landmark. For real, I'm not even trying. #fine #art #painting #Italy

[video] Do you know what's better than The Three Stooges? Scenes from The Three Stooges featuring a stunt dummy.

[image] Ένας πιστός φίλος είναι καλύτερος από δέκα χιλιάδες συγγενείς (One loyal friend is better than ten thousand relatives). Euripides.

[video] POV: You find out how the dynasty behind Italian Renaissance got laid to rest. 📍 Cappella dei Principi @ #Florence.

[image] Sunlight and Shadow | Albert Bierstadt, 1862 AD. YES, he paints more than just landscapes. NO, I didn't know that. YES, guy is a master at everything he does. #fine #art #American #painting

[image] Goddess Latona and her children, Apollo and Diana. William Henry Rinehart, 1874 AD. Just imagine the amount of hell these kids did raise growing up. #fine #art #mythology #sculpture

[image] Christus overhandigt Petrus de sleutels (Christ’s Charge to Peter). Peter Paul Rubens, 1616 AD. "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell will not overcome it". Matthew 16:18–19. #fine #art #catholic #painting

[image] Die Nacht (The Night) | Johannes Schilling, 1858 AD. Part of the "Vier Tageszeiten" (Four Times of Day) series, along with Der Morgen, Der Mittag and Der Abend (Morning, Noon, and Evening). 📍 Schlossteichpark @ Chemnitz, #Germany.

[image] We live in the ruins of a superior civilization.

[image] L'Art et la Littérature (Art and Literature). William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1867 AD. A little drop of joy before the day's first (and pointless) MS Teams meeting. #fine #art #literature #painting

[image] Tête de Christ (Head of Christ) | Gabriel Tyr, 1850 AD. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. #fine #art #catholic #painting

[image] Working from home is not the same as having a home office. Stick to the second.

[image] "Kraków is a prism through which the fatherland becomes prettier". Jan Izydor Sztaudynger, Polish poet and satirist.

[image] Isabella and the Pot of Basil | William Holman Hunt, 1867 AD. Spoiler: There is an human head buried in the pot. #fine #art #painting #insanity

[video] POV: You just found out for whom the bell tolls. 📍 Piazza San Marco @ #Venice.

[image] El Bautismo de Cristo (The Baptism of Christ). Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1655 AD. #fine #art #catholic #painting

[image] Roses and Lilies | Mary Fairchild Low, 1897 AD. As Thomas Hood says in his "I Remember, I Remember" poem: "I remember, I remember, the roses, red and white... The vi'lets, and the lily-cups, those flowers made of light!". #fine #art #painting #childhood

[image] Yes, I'll have a latte macchiato and some phenomenal architecture, please. 📍 New York Kávéház (New York Café) @ Budapest, #Hungary.

[image] A feast for the soul before you feed your body. 📍 The Elms @ Rhode Island, #USA.

[image] Tanečnice Flamenca (Flamenco Dancer). Léopold Schmutzler, 1894 AD. ¡Olé! #fine #art #dance #painting