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Framed Artwork, Themes in Art

Framed Artwork

Where did all the frames go?

Most of Obelisk’s images of artwork don't include the frame. The majority of my sources for artwork imagery: museum archives, Google Art Project, WikiCommons, etc, default to frameless images, I assume because professional photography of 2d artworks usually happens when a painting is being refurbished or documented, behind the scenes, removed from their display frames. Shooting this way is much easier, and lends itself to a better image. read more

The Etruscans, 400BCE

Chimera of Arezzo

This is an undeniably modern interpretation. The chimera, like most beasts of antiquity, was the bad guy. Child of the giant serpent Typhon and the half woman half snake Echidna (you know her from the Starbucks logo) the Chimera was an abominable thing, unnatural combination of lion and goat, with the head of a snake for a tail. Her brothers and sisters live in legend. read more

Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans

What's in a name?

Names are assigned to us before we are aware of their meaning, and we grow into them as much as they come to reflect us. In Japan artists often changed names after milestones in their lives, but in the west, once you've been given a name, you're usually stuck with it—a rigidity that makes claiming a new name even more powerful magic. read more

Toyen, The Artists

Sascha Schneider, 1904

To Sascha Schneider the male body was perfection, and the world its antagonist. Schneider worked in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during the development of Freikörperkultur, free body culture, also called the Health and Hygiene movement. Freikörperkultur aimed to counteract the restraint and stress of industrialization with a restorative mix of open air nudity, exercise, and healthy diet. read more

Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider

Born on October 4

Jean-François Millet, The Artists

Portrait of Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

A peasant I was born, and a peasant I will die

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Artists

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

Elizabeth Jane Gardner, The Artists

Portrait of Elizabeth Jane Gardner

Elizabeth Jane Gardner

Dado, Miodrag Đurić, The Artists

Portrait of Dado, Miodrag Đurić

Dado, Miodrag Đurić

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