Actually there is! Monasteries had large vegetable gardens; one of the major tasks of a monk was to tend the garden. You know who loves to eat low-growing fruits and vegetables and aromatic herbs? Snails. The monks were constantly battling the snails more figuratively to keep them out of their garden plots.

Even nowadays, gardeners share tips online on how to keep the number of snails in their garden in check. And based on how much more wildlife was close to human dwellings back then, they had Even More Snails.

Those books you didn't care about have the secrets of the universe in them, and also sexy naked people.

History of Art, University of Chicago

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

tag yrself art history edition

life imitates art and vice versa

The reason it reminds you of a Renaissance paintings is because of how the people’s gestures and gazes direct your eye between each other and ultimately toward the central motif of the Beib getting choked.

It’s also the colour scheme and the lighting. The deep red and the pale greens, the lighting so dark that some figures are obscured but the others stand out with brighter lighting. Even the circular pattern in the back references halos or other decorative features meant to draw attention. 10/10 good Renaissance art.

And I enjoy the subject matter too.

OMFG this is brilliant

I HAVE BEEN LAUGHING AT THIS FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES STRAIGHT OH MY GODD

A Walk Through Art History

I designed these shoes with a unique goal in mind: to create a shoe as a summation of an entire culture’s art. Each shoe possesses design qualities, color palettes, and designs only found in the respective culture. This project allowed me to investigate art historical cultures in a special way by challenging myself to translate an entire style (or series of styles) onto a single object.

Conveniently, I was able to use these designs as the concentration section of my AP Studio Art portfolio and received a score of a 5! 

 I possess full federal copyright of these designs. 

This is my favorite post on tumblr

Soooooo rad 😝😝

Amrita Sher-gil is considered one of the most important women painters of 20th Century India. Known for her paintings of women, as well as her many affairs with both men and women, she is sometimes known as ‘India’s Frida Kahlo.’

 Born to a Punjabi Sikh aristocrat and a Hungarian Jewish opera singer, Sher-gil learned to paint at age eight. She studied in Florence and Paris, and was influenced by European painters of the time, like Cezanne and Gauguin.

After returning to India in 1936, she was inspired by the Bengal School of Art, and toured South India, where she found her calling- to paint the lives of Indian people, particularly villagers and women.

 Just days before the opening of her first major solo show, Sher-gil became suddenly ill and died. She left behind a large body of work, which the Government of India has declared a National Treasure, and her legacy has influenced generations of Indian artists. (The portrait is approx. 9″ x 12″ and is available here). I’ve also included some of her paintings in this post.

Sorry. couldn’t resist making this when I discovered the painting.

*artist paints a woman who's not upper class*

Art Historians: “She’s a prostitute”