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Original Fine Art By © Abbey Ryan in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

Still life in a box from The Freaky Table

Original Fine Art By © Abbey Ryan in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

Original Fine Art By © Abbey Ryan in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

Original Fine Art By © Abbey Ryan in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

Original Fine Art By © Abbey Ryan in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

Original Fine Art By © Abbey Ryan in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

Original Fine Art By © Abbey Ryan in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

Oil paintings by Abbey Ryan.

Oil paintings by Abbey Ryan.

Still Lifes / Vanitas / Bodegon-Collected works of Patinatur Studio - All Rijksstudio's - Rijksstudio - Rijksmuseum

Still Lifes / Vanitas / Bodegon-Collected works of Patinatur Studio - All Rijksstudio's - Rijksstudio - Rijksmuseum

Still Lifes / Vanitas / Bodegon-Collected works of Patinatur Studio - All Rijksstudio's - Rijksstudio - Rijksmuseum

Still Lifes / Vanitas / Bodegon-Collected works of Patinatur Studio - All Rijksstudio's - Rijksstudio - Rijksmuseum

Still Lifes / Vanitas / Bodegon-Collected works of Patinatur Studio - All Rijksstudio's - Rijksstudio - Rijksmuseum

Still Lifes / Vanitas / Bodegon-Collected works of Patinatur Studio - All Rijksstudio's - Rijksstudio - Rijksmuseum

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Learn how to make more mysterious photographs with silhouettes. Download PDF Silhouette Examples

Inspired by Dutch Golden Age paintings I create moody still life photos with objects, flowers, seedheads, products and food. See here >>

Still Life with Golden Bream is a painting by Francisco Goya which was uploaded on December 25th, 2016. The painting may be purchased as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more. All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days.

German Expressionism in Tim Burton’s films – J's

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Agnus Dei, c.1635-40 (oil on canvas) by Zurbaran, Francisco de (1598-1664)

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Characterized by a focus on emotion, German Expressionism responded to and signaled an era of radical change and a break from artistic traditions.

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

German Expressionism in Tim Burton’s films – J's

Welcome to WallArtPrints4u ✨ Sign up for our newsletter at http://bit.ly/EtsyCoupon4u to get a 10% discount coupon :-) ✨ If you would like any quotes added to the poster, let us know and we'll try to accommodate you! ✨ Perfect for framing George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer and producer who is remembered for his innovative work in radio, theatre and film. He is considered one of the greatest film directors of all time. His father was a…

In looking for photos for these Hitchcock posts, I have come across a few blogs viewing Hitchcock’s body of work in weekly posts over a year. With fifty-two extant feature films, this makes a whole…

Fanpop quiz: In the 1945 film noir The Spiral Staircase Dorothy played Helen Capel. What was unusual about Helen? - See if you can answer this Dorothy McGuire trivia question!

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Inspired by Dutch Golden Age paintings I create moody still life photos with objects, flowers, seedheads, products and food. See here >>

Henrik Kerstens’ favorite subject to photograph is his daughter, Paula. Her face serves as an excellent centerpiece to his original compositions and costumes. Artist’s website: Hendrik…

Inspired by Dutch Golden Age paintings I create moody still life photos with objects, flowers, seedheads, products and food. See here >>

In this post, I take a closer look at the remarkably sophisticated Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez. There is a lot of information surrounding this painting, but I will try and keep it simple. Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656 Key Facts and Ideas Las Meninas has been the focus of scrupulous research and commentary. It has taken me hours to filter through all the 'noise' and I don't want to add to it. So, here are some brief facts and ideas about the painting that I have personally found…

A visual essay on spectacular cinematography.

Photographer revisits femme fatale styles of the 1940s - Just what is it about the allure of those female stars of the 1940s film noir era? Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not, Rita

Rembrandt is considered one of the greatest masters in the history of painting, as well as a superb and prolific engraver...

Everything you need to know about German Expressionism.

Once you've learned the basics of lighting, composition, and camera settings, one of the hardest things to figure out as a photographer is your personal

Inspired by Dutch Golden Age paintings I create moody still life photos with objects, flowers, seedheads, products and food. See here >>

There are many photographers' whose work we are familiar with, and have had a great impression on us. George Hurrell is one of those photographers.

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LIFE.com celebrates film noir with a gallery of photos from some of the greatest films in the genre -- including more recent neo-noir gems.

Purchase Infanta Margarita Teresa in a White dress by Diego Velazquez as wall art, home decor, apparel, phone cases, greeting cards, and more. All products are produced on-demand and shipped worldwide within 2 - 3 business days.

Inspired by Dutch Golden Age paintings I create moody still life photos with objects, flowers, seedheads, products and food. See here >>

91-year-old fashion icon Iris Apfel stars in our autumn roundup of the new aesthetic

Inspired by Dutch Golden Age paintings I create moody still life photos with objects, flowers, seedheads, products and food. See here >>

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Painting, Oil on canvas, 55.5x32 cm. Origin: Spain, Circa 1630, Zurbaran, Francisco de. Personage: St Francis of Assisi. Source of entry: Marble Palace, Petrograd, 1919. Theme: The Bible and Christianity.

1605 Jeromos - Montserrat. Michelangelo Merisi (or Amerighi) da Caravaggio (1572-1610) The tough and violent Caravaggio is considered the father of Baroque painting. Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro became so famous that many painters started to copy his paintings, creating the 'Caravaggisti' style. Art critic Roberto Longhi brought Caravaggio's name once more to the foreground, and placed him in the European tradition: "Ribera, Vermeer, La Tour and Rembrandt could never have existed without him.

The following portraits are details of the paintings by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610).

Dark still life photography by Tracy Goldfinch Elson. Prints available @goldfinchelson

The final chapter of the life of Caravaggio, or Michelangelo da Merisi, with some of his most important paintings in Italy!

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Contour by Ksenia Taygind on 500px

On my Facebook page, I have already posted a few examples of chiaroscuro photographs that I made some time ago in Siem Reap and thought I'd write a post about them. Chiaroscuro photographs are a natural for the temples of Angkor Wat; an ideal place to apply this technique with its dark-light ambiance. Chiaroscuro is an Italian coinage word which literally means 'light-dark', and is a way to enhance a scene by placing light and darkness next to each other. I don't want to be wordy, but…

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

- The Freaky Table /

Since its founding in 1990, the Danziger Gallery has established itself as one of the leading photography venues in the world, known for the originality and diversity of its programming, its representation of established photographers, and the influence of its new discoveries. The gallery was the first to show Susan Derges’ "camera-less" photographs; Robert Franks from the Penn Collection; and the experimental work of artists such as Liz Nielsen and Yuji Obata. Moving this year to a bi-level…

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Chiaroscuro - moody lighting style. Loved by painters, cinematograpers and photographers through 400 years of art history. Learn more here >>

Dutch Golden Age painter Rachel Ruysch was a power woman. A super star artist + the mother of 10 children. Learn more about her here >>

Dutch Golden Age painter Rachel Ruysch was a power woman. A super star artist + the mother of 10 children. Learn more about her here >>

Dutch Golden Age painter Rachel Ruysch was a power woman. A super star artist + the mother of 10 children. Learn more about her here >>

A profile of one of the most successful still life painters of the 17th century.

Rachel Ruysch - Wikipedia