Life is Short, Art is Long

El Greco. The Annunciation. 1590s. Oil on canvas. View high resolution

El Greco. The Annunciation. 1590s. Oil on canvas.

El Greco. View of Toledo. c.1604-1614. Oil on canvas. View high resolution

El Greco. View of Toledo. c.1604-1614. Oil on canvas.

James Abbott McNeil Whistler. Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket. 1874. Oil on Canvas. View high resolution

James Abbott McNeil Whistler. Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket. 1874. Oil on Canvas.

Sofonisba Anguissola. Infantin Isabella Clara Eugenia. 1599. View high resolution

Sofonisba Anguissola. Infantin Isabella Clara Eugenia. 1599.

Alessandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus. c.1485. Tempera on canvas. View high resolution

Alessandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus. c.1485. Tempera on canvas.

La critique est aisée, mais l’art est difficile.
— Destouches
Mauve? Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.
— Whistler
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland. 1871-3. Oil on canvas. View high resolution

James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Symphony in Flesh Color and Pink: Portrait of Mrs. Frances Leyland. 1871-3. Oil on canvas.

Gustav Klimt. The Virgin. 1913. View high resolution

Gustav Klimt. The Virgin. 1913.

Ultralite Powered by Tumblr | Designed by:Doinwork