did-you-kno:

17-year-old Vinnie Ream got to meet with Abraham Lincoln every day for 5 months straight. Senators hired her to sculpt a bust of her choosing, and she picked Lincoln, who gave her his time each day. She was also hired to sculpt his memorial statue, despite a senator’s warning that her age and sex would cause her to fail. She was the first woman commissioned by the US government, and her work still stands in the Capitol Rotunda today. Source Source 2

archaeoart:

Monumental sculpture, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, circa 1885.

immensities:

Water Sculptures by German artist Malgorzata Chodakowska

noisy-pics:

Artworks by Vasil Peychev

zombeesknees:

#i’m generally in favour of images where the lady is clothed and the dude is all ‘check out my apple-butt on display’  #also i like to think these figures are watching other people watching art

cressus:

     No one before Bernini had managed to make marble so carnal. In his nimble hands it would flatter and stream, quiver and sweat. His figures weep and shout, their torses twist and run, and arch themselves in spasms of intense sensation. He could, like an alchemist, change one material into another - marble into trees, leaves, hair, and, of course, flesh.  
     -   Simon Schama’s Power of Art. Bernini

rosslynpaladin:

luvmocha:

fatalperfume:

christel-thoughts:

talesofthestarshipregeneration:

goldenluxe:

Who made this goddess? I love her! The eyes,nose,lips and that haiiirr

anyone know the artist?

looks like Mark Newman. 

http://marknewman.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/

^^ this one is called “Grandpa’s Favorite”. 

^^ this one is called “Iris in Bloom”.

he’s awesome. 

You never see classical inspired sculptures with POC.. So this is really something to me. Absolutely beautiful.

Beautiful, you just have to admire.

Go look at his art

blackmountainmass:

These swept concentric with the protuberances across the glacier, and remained upon its surface even after the swellings had disappeared.

[Text: The Glaciers of the Alps, by John Tyndall; Images: Antonio Corradini]

rosalarian:

pourquoi-nutmeg:

nortonism:

The thing about this is that sculptures like these in art history were for the male gaze. Photoshop a phone to it and suddenly she’s seen as vain and conceited. That’s why I’m 100% for selfie culture because apparently men can gawk at women but when we realize how beautiful we are we’re suddenly full of ourselves…

YES.

Girls don’t let anyone tell you loving yourself is vanity.

owl-vortex:

Animals made out of fruit and vegetables

In honor of out trip to the zoo today…