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Description: Misfortunes of the Immortals

TitleMisfortunes of the Immortals

Creator nameErnst, Max

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1922

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsPhotomechanical reproduction

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/367489

Accession number66.757.2

SubjectsErotic artPlanets in artFemale nude in art

StatusReproduced in Max Erst and Paul Eluard, Les Malheurs des immortels (Paris: Librarie Six, 1922)

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Chapter I. Cross-Indexing the Cosmos

Kirsten Hoving

Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars

~THE AMERICAN ARTIST JOSEPH CORNELL (1903–72) devoted his career to constructing collages and assemblage boxes that juxtapose pictures and objects in playful and poetic ways. He created boxes with butterflies and birds, ballerinas and actresses, children from Renaissance paintings and...

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Kirsten Hoving

PublisherPrinceton University Press

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Chapter subject tags:Cornell, JosephChristian ScienceSurrealism--United StatesCollage, American--20th centuryAssemblage (Art)--United States--20th centuryFound objects (Art)

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Birth of Venus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1485

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on linen

Dimensions67 3/4 x 109 1/2 in. (172 x 278 cm)

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/birth-of-venus

Accession numberInv. 1890 no. 878

Birth of Venus

Primavera, detail of Venus, the Graces, and Mercury

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1480

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera grassa on wood

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/botticelli-spring

Accession number1890 no. 8360

Primavera, detail of Venus, the Graces,...

Primavera, detail of the Three Graces

Bather of Valpinçon

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1808

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions57 × 38 1/2 in. (146 × 97.5 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066528

Accession numberRF 259

Bather of Valpinçon

Sujet gracieux

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 31

Creator nameDevéria, Achille

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1845

Object typePrint

MaterialsLithograph

LocationFrom Maximilien Gauthier, Achille et Eugène Devéria, Paris, 1925, opp. p. 80

Sujet gracieux

Olympia

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameManet, Edouard

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1863

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions51 3/8 × 74 13/16 in. (130.5 × 190 cm)

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks/olympia-712

Accession numberRF 644

Olympia

Les Chérifas, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameConstant, Jean-Joseph-Benjamin

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1884

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions114 × 195 cm

LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Pau, France

Les Chérifas, detail

Grande Odalisque

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1814

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions35 3/4 × 63 3/4 in. (91 × 162 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065566

Accession numberRF 1158

Grande Odalisque

Venus Rising from the Sea (Venus Anadyomene)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1520

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationDuke of Sutherland Collection, Edinburgh, on loan to the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/artists/titian-tiziano-vecellio

Venus Rising from the Sea (Venus...

Venus Anadyomene

Bacchanal of the Andrians

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1523–1525

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions68 7/8 x 76 in. (175 x 193 cm)

LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid

https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/bacchanal-on-andros/

Accession numberP00418

Bacchanal of the Andrians

Models (Poseuses)

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1886–1888

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions78 3/4 × 98 3/8 in.

LocationThe Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/6994/Models-(Poseuses)/details

Accession numberBF811

Models (Poseuses)

Poseuses

Diana and Callisto

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1556–1559

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions73 5/8 x 80 1/2 in. (187.0 x 204.5 cm)

LocationDuke of Sutherland Collection, on loan to the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/object/NG 2844

Accession numberNG 2844

Diana and Callisto

Slave Market

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 25

Creator nameGérôme, Jean-Léon

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1866

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions33 3/16 × 24 13/16 in.

LocationClark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

http://www.clarkart.edu/Collection/5538

Accession number1955.53

Slave Market

Before the Operation

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameGervex, Henri

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1887

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions242 x 188 cm

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/avant-loperation-9549

Accession numberDO 1986 20

Before the Operation

Before the Operation: Dr. Péan Explaining the Use of Hemostatic Clamps

Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe)

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameManet, Edouard

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1863

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions208 × 264.5 cm

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/le-dejeuner-sur-lherbe-904

Accession numberRF 1668

Luncheon on the Grass (Le...

Luncheon on the Grass (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe)

The Source

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1856

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions64 1/4 × 31 1/2 in. (163 × 80 cm)

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-source-525

Accession numberRF 219

The Source

The Unpleasant Surprise

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameRousseau, Henri

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1901

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions76 5/8 x 51 1/8 in. (194.6 x 129.9 cm)

LocationBarnes Foundation, Philadelphia

https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/5434/Unpleasant-Surprise-(Mauvaise-surprise)/details

Accession numberBF281

The Unpleasant Surprise

La Gorgone e gli eroi

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameSartorio, Giulio Aristide

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1899

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions300 × 420 cm

LocationGalleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome

La Gorgone e gli eroi

The Three Graces

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameRubens, Peter Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1630–1635

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions86 7/8 × 71 3/4 in. (2.205 × 1.82 m)

LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid

https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-three-graces/145eadd9-0b54-4b2d-affe-09af370b6932

Accession numberP001670

The Three Graces

Les deux perles

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameQuesne, Fernand Le

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1889

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions194.3 × 162.5 cm

Les deux perles

Study for "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1907

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen ink on paper

LocationMusée Picasso, Paris

Study for "Les Demoiselles...

Study for "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"

Harem Scene

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameBompard, Maurice

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions40 × 56 cm

LocationMusée des Beaux-Arts, Marseilles, France

Harem Scene

Penance of St. John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1509

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions10 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.8 x 20.1 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1418802&partId=1

Accession numberE,1.246

Penance of St. John Chrysostom

Le Blanche et noire (White and black)

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameVallotton, Félix

Creator nationality/cultureSwiss

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1913

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions44 7/8 × 57 7/8 in. (114 × 147 cm)

LocationKunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

Le Blanche et noire (White and black)

Le Blanche et noire

Dryad

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1908

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions72 7/8 x 42 1/2 in. (185 x 108 cm)

LocationHermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/01.+Paintings/28568/?lng=en

Accession numberГЭ-7704

Dryad

Study of a reclining nude

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 31

Creator namePils, Isidore

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1841

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on fabric

Dimensions28 1/2 x 36 3/16 in. (72.5 x 92 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1939.63

Accession number1939.63

Study of a reclining nude

Academic Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 23

Creator nameWatson, John

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1855

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsAlbumen print

LocationVictoria & Albert Museum, London

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73182/academic-study-photograph-watson-john/

Accession number36373

Academic Study

Nude Study

Woman with a Dildo

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameRaimondi, Marcantonio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions5 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (14.1 x 7 cm)

LocationNationalmuseum, Stockholm

https://collection.nationalmuseum.se:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=174836&viewType=detailView

Accession numberNMG B 1169/1990

Woman with a Dildo

Death of Sardanapalus

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 23

Creator nameDelacroix, Eugène

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1827

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions395 × 495 cm

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065757

Accession numberR.F. 2346

Death of Sardanapalus

Death of Saranapalus

Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameChassériau, Théodore

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1841

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions45.5 × 35.5 cm

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010060208

Accession numberR.F. 3900

Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King...

Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus

Temptation of Adam and Eve, detail from Sistine Chapel

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1508–1512

Object typePainting

MaterialsFresco

LocationSistine Chapel, Vatican City

http://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/cappella-sistina/volta/storie-centrali/peccato-originale-e-cacciata-dal-paradiso-terrestre.html

Temptation of Adam and Eve, detail from...

Temptation of Adam and Eve

Ariadne Asleep on the Isle of Naxos (study of head and torso)

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 25

Creator nameVanderlyn, John

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1809–1812

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsCharcoal heightened with white on toned paper

Dimensions17 5/8 × 23 in.

LocationPennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

https://www.pafa.org/museum/collection/item/ariadne-naxos-study-head-and-torso

Accession number1985.7

Ariadne Asleep on the Isle of Naxos...

Ariadne: Study of Head and Torso

Description: From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried: 2. "You Became a Scientific...

From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried: 2. "You Became a Scientific Profile"

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 01

Creator nameWeems, Carrie Mae

Creator name (description)From an original daguerreotype taken by Joseph T. Zealy, 1850

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1995–1996

Object typePhotograph

MaterialsToned gelatin silver print. C-print with sandblasted text on glass

Dimensions26 3/4 x 22 in. (67.9 x 55.8 cm)

LocationMuseum of Modern Art, New York

https://www.moma.org/collection/works/45579

Accession number70.1997.1–34

From Here I Saw What Happened and I...

From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried: 2. "You Became a Scientific Profile

Death of Cleopatra

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameMakart, Hans

Creator nationality/cultureAustrian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1875

Object typePainting

Dimensions191 × 255 cm.

LocationNeue Gallerie, Kassel, Germany

Death of Cleopatra

Posed nude couple

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameMarconi, Gaudenzio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation datec. 1856

Object typePhotograph

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Posed nude couple

Nude couple posed in the classical idiom (probably imitating "The Rape of the Sabines")

William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1876–1877

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions20 1/8 x 26 1/8 in. (51.1 x 66.4 cm)

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/42507?

Accession number1929-184-27

William Rush Carving His Allegorical...

William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River

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