Cats!
Look at all the cats you can in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection!
Recreations of Famous Art
Bored Panda has created a gallery of people’s recreations of famous works of art at home. “The Getty Museum challenge, where you have to recreate your favorite work of art with 3 things lying around your home, was inspired by the Tussen Kunst en Quarantaine (Between Art and […]
“On the Concept of the Renaissance and Outkast’s ‘Hey Ya.'”
“Being a medieval historian means quite a few things. Among other things, it means you get irrationally irked by the popular usage of medieval as a pejorative, make literally no money at all ever (Haha – I’m not joking, tho. HELP.), and spend a lot of time being […]
The Illustrated Voyages Extraordinaires of Jules Verne
Open Culture has a bit on the 4,000 illustrations in Jules Verne’s works, including a link to all of them. “Verne and his editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel commissioned these illustrations from no fewer than eight artists, a group including Edouard Riou, Alphonse de Neuville, Emile-Antoine Bayard, and Léon Benett […]
“Watch the Titles: Dr. No“
At Forget the Film, Watch the Titles, Liselotte Doeswijk has a nice analysis of Maurice Binder’s opening titles for Dr. No. “The mid 1950s was an interesting time for title sequences. The growing popularity of the rivaling medium of television prompted film studio’s to rethink their promotion strategies. […]
Free Art Books!
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has made 502 art books free and available online for your enjoyment!
The Cultural Gutter 