Why did Vincent van Gogh paint this skeleton smoking a cigarette in 1886? pic.twitter.com/MCnw1NqeCB
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) October 14, 2022
A deep-dive on the Capriccio, one of the most beautiful & fascinating genres of art.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) May 20, 2022
They are landscape paintings of imaginary or altered places, usually focussing on architecture.
A Thread. pic.twitter.com/T9bDMOBx6e
This painting is 600 years old.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 27, 2022
And that mirror in the background is barely ten centimetres across, yet it contains a reflection of the entire room.
Including the artist at work, one of the greatest painters who ever lived, a man called Jan van Eyck... pic.twitter.com/tjesFI9E5h
Thread of the most beautiful paintings of storms at sea:
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) November 26, 2022
The Great Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa by Hokusai (1833) pic.twitter.com/ngsioDHNLE
Michelangelo's David was unveiled on this day in 1504.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 8, 2022
For 418 years it has been one of the most famous statues in the world.
But why? What's so special about David? pic.twitter.com/wwBc6R7Q73
Why did M.C. Escher draw this impossible world in 1953? pic.twitter.com/Wi8aCp0m0w
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) December 11, 2022
A brief guide to the Romantic Era of music, painting, and literature (peak years 1800-1850)
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) May 15, 2022
This is the currency of the soul: your mind & heart will become wealthier.
And that is most important treasury of all. pic.twitter.com/8w9hWkLxzS
When art & literature combine...
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Roland at Roncevaux, by Gustave Doré (oil on canvas, 114 × 149 cm, c. 1877)
An analysis of this painting & the epic poem it was inspired by: pic.twitter.com/u4JGnKQvFl
Is there a more imaginative work of art than the Garden of Earthly Delights?
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) July 5, 2022
Welcome to the wonderful & terrifying world of Hieronymus Bosch: pic.twitter.com/sYwrHDbr9P
One piece of art from every decade since the year 1300, in chronological order.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) October 11, 2022
1300-1310: The Bronze Head of Ife, Nigeria
1/83 pic.twitter.com/18TQwQow8N
This image was not generated by AI.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) December 9, 2022
It's a 450 year old painting called The Librarian, by the wildly inventive artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
And his other paintings only get stranger... pic.twitter.com/DvgqvrRFdU
Why did Claude Monet love the colour blue so much?
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) November 4, 2022
Well, it all began with four friends and a mistake... pic.twitter.com/bANYyeyiVT
Over 1,000 years ago, it was the closest painting has ever come to poetry...
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 11, 2022
An introduction to traditional Chinese landscape art: pic.twitter.com/Q7rYbSVVUe
Is AI art really art?
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) December 13, 2022
That's one of the biggest and most interesting questions of the 21st century.
And the answer might have something to do with this 500 year old drawing from the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci... pic.twitter.com/4XMGsPMWQD
These huge "keyholes" in the city of Sakai, Japan, are actually tombs built for the Emperor Nintoku over 1,500 years ago.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 20, 2022
Since the dawn of civilisation humans have been building large and elaborate tombs. Here's what some of them have looked like... pic.twitter.com/coLZWpsd3o
This painting is over 100 years old.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) October 16, 2022
It's by Zinaida Serebriakova, a wonderful painter with a fascinating life whose story is worth knowing... pic.twitter.com/kAIE0XKCac
This painting is from 1833.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) August 12, 2022
It's by Thomas Cole, an artist of extraordinary imaginative power.
But The Titan's Goblet isn't even his masterpiece... pic.twitter.com/5ZNmnxqVgC
This painting is over 200 years old.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) August 30, 2022
It's by William Blake: the most radical, terrifying, and visionary artist you'll ever know... pic.twitter.com/RdYn971Ei8
"Is this even art?" is the wrong question.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) August 22, 2022
Here's the right question: *why* is this art? pic.twitter.com/ys7IpFeM5V
Why did René Magritte paint a man with his face hidden by an apple in 1946?
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) November 20, 2022
And why did he call it The Son of Man?
Welcome to the uncanny world of Surrealism... pic.twitter.com/Y46BtRXpkL
This may seem like an ordinary portrait, but look closer.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) November 15, 2022
That grey mark at the bottom is actually a skull when viewed from the right angle.
It's The Ambassadors, painted by Hans Holbein the Younger nearly 500 years ago, and one of art's greatest mysteries... pic.twitter.com/i5vIihyXRR
Girl with a Pearl Earring, painted by Vermeer in 1665, might just be the most famous and beloved portrait in the world.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) November 29, 2022
But who is the girl?
Well, that's the thing. There was no girl, because this isn't a portrait... pic.twitter.com/buumvQVuHB
Why did artists in the past paint the same thing over and over again? pic.twitter.com/zrJ6zIMpKj
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) December 26, 2022
Victor Hugo is best-known as the author of the beloved novel Les Misérables.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) July 10, 2022
But he was also a visionary artist who created drawings like the Octopus, from 1866.
Let's enter the nightmarish world of Victor Hugo's surreal imagination: pic.twitter.com/p1Ih0V8oPj
What the hell is so special about the Mona Lisa? Why is it so famous?
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 23, 2022
There are many reasons, but one in particular that you probably haven't heard of.
It's called sfumato... pic.twitter.com/g4B4lNwKSv
An introduction to Impressionism: pic.twitter.com/Z4h3SlZPjl
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 20, 2022
This self-portrait, from 1556, is by Sofonisba Anguissola.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) December 16, 2022
She was regarded by everyone from the Pope to Michelangelo as the greatest female artist of the Renaissance.
Here is the story of her long and fascinating life... pic.twitter.com/JlVKnCJtwD
The Battle of Alexander at Issus, by Albrecht Altdorfer
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) May 27, 2022
(1529, oil on canvas, 158 x 120 cm) pic.twitter.com/OCBsLUlHDx
The Problem with Modern Art: pic.twitter.com/dQLkZXwmTu
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) July 9, 2022
A brief history of humanity in 19 works of art:
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) December 15, 2022
1. The oldest art in the world - these 41,000 year old hand-paintings in the Cave of El Castillo, Spain. pic.twitter.com/l0l39cOGad
A short biography of (nearly) every person featured in Raphael's legendary painting, The School of Athens.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) May 25, 2022
A collective self-portrait of the Renaissance. pic.twitter.com/cpnqXYmYLh
Today is the winter solstice - the first day of the season. So here is a thread of the most beautiful paintings of winter:
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) December 21, 2022
The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565) pic.twitter.com/RWCfDs3gGw
Human Fragility by Salvator Rosa (1656, oil on canvas) pic.twitter.com/ToujW001PR
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) May 31, 2022
A compilation of the beautiful engravings of Gustave Doré paired with quotes from the works of literature they were inspired by.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) June 12, 2022
Starting with Dante's Paradiso:
"In fashion then as of a snow-white rose
Displayed itself to me the saintly host." pic.twitter.com/LhWvX077jh
In 1823 Francisco Goya painted Saturn Devouring His Son on the walls of his own house.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 4, 2022
Why? pic.twitter.com/ID6V84Xgfo
14 beautiful, terrifying, or bizarre paintings you've never heard of:
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 16, 2022
Starting with this 800 year old Tibetan thangka of Akshobhya... pic.twitter.com/fylSRekTAZ
Are video games art? pic.twitter.com/ztaEo6z5Dt
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) September 2, 2022
A brief introduction to Renaissance art: pic.twitter.com/ROvbMjJnzQ
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) July 22, 2022
This painting is 400 years old.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) July 24, 2022
Long before Picasso or Munch there was an artist so unique he transcended genre and style.
His name was El Greco... pic.twitter.com/LHiKgJzCK2
This is The Fall of Babylon, from 1819.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) August 17, 2022
It's by John Martin, a painter whose vision of apocalypse and catastrophe was uniquely terrifying... pic.twitter.com/Hi49jCXHD0
This painting is by Albert Bierstadt.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) August 26, 2022
He was part of the Hudson River School, a group of 19th century artists who painted the most breath-taking landscapes you've ever seen... pic.twitter.com/bANMmSBzny
If you were a tourist in Venice in the 1700s and you wanted a picture of the city, what would you do?
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) October 3, 2022
Before photography came the "veduta", a genre of highly-detailed landscape painting which depicted cities almost exactly as they looked... pic.twitter.com/3BIBY8Zji9
One painting from every year of the 20th century, in chronological order.
— The Cultural Tutor (@culturaltutor) October 5, 2022
1900: Sunbeams by Vilhelm Hammershøi
1/100 pic.twitter.com/6WfocTK4gr