Art History - Blog Posts
5.16.22
peet’s coffee and my ophelia essay crunch
“Study (seated woman in quasi-classical dress)” by Harold Speed (1905)
“Jeune fille romaine nourrissant des colombes” By Stefan Bakałowicz (1857-1947)
Ozma of Oz by John R. Neil
The Lost Princess of Oz By L. Frank Baum, illustrations by John R. neil (1917)
5.10.22
had no classwork today so i got some personal reading done
“The Bride To Be” By Pio Ricci (1850-1919)
“The Roses of Heliogalabus” By Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1888)
“Oppressit in tricliniis versatilibus parasitos suos violis et floribus, sic ut animam aliqui efflaverint, cum erepere ad summum non possent.”
“In a banqueting-room with a reversible ceiling he once buried his guests in violets and other flowers, so that some were actually smothered to death, being unable to crawl out to the top.”
“News from Sebastapol” By Charles West Cope (1875)
this painting brought me to tears. had to share immediately
Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley in The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
5.9.22
coffee and a trip to the library today
Ozma of Oz illustration by John R. Neill
“From my rotting body flowers shall grow and i am them and that is eternity,”
-Edward Munch (1863-1944)
“To the Return of Times Lost” By Charles Amable Lenoir (1860-1926)
“Ophelia (And He Will Not Come Back Again)” By Arthur Hughes (1865)
“Ophelia” by John William Waterhouse (1894)
Hans Zatzka (1859-1949)
In Bath, England (2018)
“Juliet” By Thomas Francis Dickinson (1877)
“The Property Room” By Arthur Hughes (1879)
“The Countess Brownlow” By Sir Frederic Leighton (1879)
“A Tale From The Decameron” By John William Waterhouse (1916)
Nell Brinkley (1986-1944)
date unknown
Portrait of Mrs. Waldorf Astor, 1908 by John Singer Sargent
Photograph of Nancy Astor as viscountess in 1908. She was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament from 1919 to 1945.
Open now!
I recently opened an etsy shop full of vintage books and storage items.
The Pretentious Academic is about quality and beauty in the everday.
There will be a wider variety of items in the future but I wanted to start posting things now.
Some items include:
A set of four F. Scott Fitzgerald novels. Publication dates range from 1948-1969
The Study Of American Folklore, 1968
Metal Index Card File (multiple listings with different colors and sizes)
A large 4x6 index card drawer set
Francis Bacon - Blood on Pavement (1988) Oil on canvas 198 x 147.5 cm Courtesy private collection @tate / tategalleries
Simon Bisley Rough Sketch of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian - the finished Drawing was published in “Simon Bisley’s Illustrations From the Bible: A Work in Progress”
pencil on paper, 20th century
cw: self harm, eating disorder
David Nebreda, Autoportraits
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (detail) - Gerard van Honthorst, c.1620.