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Raw Emotion
Oskar Kokoscha’s Bride of the Wind (die Windsbraut), is an impassioned depiction of his tumultuous love affair with Viennese socialite Alma Mahler. Painted in 1913 during the chaos of World War I, Bride of the Wind seems to portray not only the extent of Kokoscha’s feelings for his lover, but ...
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Alphonse Mucha
Awe, Alphonse Mucha. Beautiful flowing lines and organic bold colors that make me feel relaxed just by looking at them. He is slowly becoming one of my favorites. I love how is work usually has different borders within one piece and a mix of different shapes that give it balance.
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‘art’ VS. ‘Art’
a couple days (months?) ago, caleb ross was giving us his thoughts on what constitutes art and Art (notice the capital ‘A’). in short, he relays that ‘art,’ while it may be personally relevant, adds more to one’s decor than to global conscience. and, ‘Art’ inherits “proper noundom” (caleb’s words) ...