So Speaks Kirby (The art of Jack Kirby)

I decided to finish up my week of animators with a comic book artist and one of the world's most prolific character designers.  You might not like this style, but you probably love one or more of his characters.

Wikipedia link to Jack Kirby

He's Not The Artist You Want, But The Artist You Need (Art of Bruce Timm)

Batman: The Animated Series was something new when it premiered. It wasn't the Superfriends, it wasn't Adam West's Batman. It was a serious take on Batman in the vein of the first Tim Burton Batman movie.  The artists and art direction were amazing, and DC Animation still leads Marvel on the small screen.  Bruce Timm was part of this resurgence.

Wikipedia article on Bruce Timm

That's All Folks! (The art of Tex Avery)

What do you say about Tex Avery? He informed my childhood artistic sensibilities.

Wikipedia article about Tex Avery

Link to the Cartoon Art Museum

When You Wish Upon A Star...(Art of Walt Disney and Osamu Tezuka)

When you ask two artist friends what is a style of art that should be posted - you get varied responses, but when it comes to animation, both have strong opinions.  So today I am featuring two artists and the rest of this week will feature classic animation artists.

Walt Disney and Osamu Tezuka are both legends in their respective countries, but both are legends in animation and usually I post stills. I have decided to post stills of or based on their work and some video clips.

Wikipedia article for Walt Disney

Wikipedia article for Osamu Tezuka

Youtube link for Episode One of Kimba the White Lion (a.k.a. the idea for The Lion King)

Youtube link for the Flower romance scene in Bambi

Archive - Flawed Gods (art of Alex Ross)

Originally posted on February 17th.

A little Iliad, a little Aeneid, and some Helen of Troy (art of Luca Ferrari)

A friend's birthday today who I dubbed Helen of Troy...so today's artwork is the painting Venus Preventing Her Son Aeneas From Killing Helen of Troy by Luca Ferrari.

Wikipedia link to Luca Ferrari

Wikipedia link to Helen of Troy

Project Gutenberg link to the Aeneid by Virgil

Youtube link to Bette Davis Eyes

Bonus artwork from Jacques-Louis David - Paris and Helen

Wikipedia link for Jacques-Louis David

Land Shark - Get in the Water! (Art of Bruce Weber)

While working this morning, CBS did a segment on Bruce Weber.  While known for his fashion photographs, I found a piece I found perfect for the last few days of summer.

Sea by Bruce Weber

Wikipedia page for Bruce Weber

Bruce Weber's official website

Archive - Not Gluten Free! (Art of Van Gogh)

Part of the Wheat Fields series - posted February 16
Wheat Field with Cypresses

Wikipedia Link on Wheat Fields series

Archive - Stay Up All Night to Get Lucky (Part of The Loves of the Gods by Carracci)

Posted on February 12th on my Facebook - Jupiter and Juno, part of The Loves of the Gods

Wikipedia article on the Fresco

A Nice Day for a Rubber Ducky! (Art of Florentijn Hofman)

I saw the article on my twitter feed about the 61 foot tall duck that was sailing into the Port of Los Angeles - an art project created by Florentijn Hofman.

A quote appearing in Time, “The Rubber Duck knows no frontiers, it doesn’t discriminate people and doesn’t have a political connotation,” he said in a statement on the festival’s website. “The friendly, floating Rubber Duck has healing properties: it can relieve the world’s tensions as well as define them.”

He has done other works as well, like this statue called Steelman.

A link to his website which shows his other projects

Wikipedia page for Florentijn Hofman

Archive - Old School (The School of Athens)

Wikipedia article on the painting

Thirtieth Anniversary is a Pearl Mosque (Art of Vasily Vereshchagin)

You wake up, look at Tumblr - which leads you to Carlo Mollino and his car, which leads you to Dr. Tasveer and his photos of architecture in India, and that leads you the Pearl Mosque and a painting by Vasily Vereshchagin. [See random art]

It appears this painting was sold by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 2011 (http://voiceofrussia.com/2011/09/30/57150381/).

Wikipedia link about the mosque

Wikipedia link about Vasily Vereshchagin

Archive - Don't Lose Your Head (Caravaggio)

The idea is to flood Facebook with art, breaking the monotony of banality and bit strips. Whoever likes this will get an artist. Publish a piece by that artist with this text. The home museum for this painting is in Rome. (Posted on February 9th)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Beheading_Holofernes_(Caravaggio)

Oh Death (Mask that is - of Queen Elizabeth I)

Watching Supernatural and realized I have yet to post a death mask. So today's art is a death mask of Queen Elizabeth I.

A link to the Laurence Hutton collection of masks at Princeton

Wikipedia article on death masks

Youtube link to Jen Titus's "O Death"


I have also decided to post the art I started with on Facebook in additional posts.

End of Summer Barbecue (Art of Archibald Motley)

End of summer - decided to look around locally and at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth you can see an Archibald Motley exhibit for another week.  Today's selection is Barbecue.

Wikipedia article on Archibald Motley

Link to the Nasher Museum at Duke

The Dark Side of Friday (Art of Storm Thorgerson)

Today's art comes from Storm Thorgerson, the artist behind one of the most well known album covers of all time, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

The following is from the Cranberries's album Wake Up and Smell the Coffee.

However, you have to include a few others...

A link to Storm Thorgerson Studio - http://www.stormthorgerson.com/

Wikipedia article on Storm Thorgerson

Youtube link to the Cranberries's song, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (I think)

It's a Fine Day for a Wailing River...

Gustave Dore's Dante and Virgil traversing Cocytus

The Sisters of Mercy is one of my favorite bands and I had always wondered about some of their album covers.  For the EP Body and Soul, a modification of Gustave Dore's work was used.  His engravings have been used by other artists as well.

More of Gustave Dore's Dante themed work

Wikipedia page on Gustave Dore

Youtube link to the Sisters of Mercy EP

New Day, New Order

Since yesterday was Joy Division, today's art is from the band that emerged after the unfortunate suicide of Joy Division's lead singer, Ian Curtis.  Power, Corruption, and Lies was released by Factory Records. The painting used for the album cover is "A Basket of Roses" by Henri Fantin-Latour.

Wikipedia's article on Henri Fantin-Latour

Wikipedia's article on the album - Power, Corruption, & Lies

Youtube video link for the album.

Art for Tuesday.  Today's album cover is from one of my favorite albums, Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures.  The album was designed by Peter Saville and used a modified radio wave image.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Pleasures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Saville_(graphic_designer)

This week's art theme is album covers. One of my favorite designers and artists is Roger Dean. While he is probably best known for Yes and Asia album covers, I wanted to do something a little different.
The album artwork for Paladin's "Charge!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Dean_(artist)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRLP7dDszVM

Beginnings...

In February, a friend posted on Facebook about posting a piece of art.  Several friends got on board and posted some of their favorite works of art, but somehow I have managed to keep going.  Most of my selections are visual pieces, but not all of them.  I post whatever strikes my fancy based on a mood, a reading I am doing for my degree in History, or any old thing.  Some selections might not be safe for work, but I hope they are at least thought provoking and enjoyable.  My format is the art and then links about the artwork or artistic movement. As my posts continue, I hope you enjoy them...and I always take suggestions.