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Vincent van Gogh - La Berceuse (Woman Rocking a Cradle; Augustine-Alix Pellicot Roulin), 1889. Oil on canvas

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC:

Of the five versions of Van Gogh’s portrait of Augustine Roulin, wife of his friend the postmaster of Arles, the present canvas is the one the sitter chose for herself. Van Gogh remarked that “she had a good eye and took the best.” He began the portraits just before his breakdown in Arles, in December 1888, and completed them in early 1889. As he worked on the successive versions, the composition (which he titled “La Berceuse,” meaning “lullaby, or woman who rocks the cradle,” indicated by the rope the sitter holds) took on added meaning. As he revealed in his letters, the maternal image became the locus of literary and symbolic associations, ranging from the writings of Dutch and French novelists to the consoling music of Berlioz and Wagner. Van Gogh envisioned “La Berceuse” as the center of a triptych, flanked by “Sunflowers,” like candelabra.

egonschiele: Harbor of Trieste

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egonschiele:

Harbor of Trieste

Global City by Two Deck Watch:

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Global City by Two Deck

Watch:

fckyeaharthistory: Mark Rothko - Untitled, 1949. Oil and...

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fckyeaharthistory:

Mark Rothko - Untitled, 1949. Oil and acrylic with powdered pigment on canvas

n4th: amazing.

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n4th:

amazing.

immaginaria: Silenus with The Child Dionysus Roman Copy of...

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immaginaria:

Silenus with The Child Dionysus

Roman Copy of Greek Original By the School Of Lyssippus (C. 300 B.C.)

fckyeaharthistory: Claude Monet - The Parc Monceau, 1878. Oil...

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fckyeaharthistory:

Claude Monet - The Parc Monceau, 1878. Oil on canvas

fckyeaharthistory: Oskar Kokoschka - Charles Bridge, 1934. Oil...

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fckyeaharthistory:

Oskar Kokoschka - Charles Bridge, 1934. Oil on canvas

fckyeaharthistory: Vincent van Gogh - Irises, 1890. Oil on...

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fckyeaharthistory:

Vincent van Gogh - Irises, 1890. Oil on canvas

merelyliving: Egon Schiele, Mountain Torrent, 1918

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merelyliving:

Egon Schiele, Mountain Torrent, 1918

"Art, on the other hand, provides insight into the more fleeting, experiential qualities of mind –..."

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“Art, on the other hand, provides insight into the more fleeting, experiential qualities of mind – what a certain experience feels like. A brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels like. Both perspectives are necessary if we are to fully grasp the nature of the mind, yet they are rarely brought together.”

- The Age Of Insight | Wired Science | Wired.com (via denyinghipster)