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Day Two | Icon | Art History Post Prompt
For day two what is more iconic in Western art than a classic Madonna and Child, with “Child” loosely translating to “Baby Jesus But Actually Tiny Man.” In this painting Jesus is described as being “dressed like an ancient philosopher.”
This painting is by Italian painter Berlinghiero Berlinghieri, painted (more than likely) sometime during the 1230s. It is one of only two paintings that can be confidently attributed to Berlinghiero.
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Day One | Antiquity | Art History Post Prompt
Aphrodite, otherwise known as the Crouching Venus, is Roman marble sculpture created during the Antonine period (second century AD). This piece in particular is a Roman copy of the Hellenistic original, created in 200 BC.
Among the many, many October prompt lists for artists, I thought it’d be fun to adapt one I found for Art History post purposes. I have found one from @avacairen (twitter) from 2018 but, hey, it works. Here we have Day 1: Antiquity.
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