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Hi, I'm Lyra and I make videos about history and art.
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"We Finally Made It" (2021) by PQHAÜS #art #painting
In "We Finally Made It" by PQHAÜS, a girl in a cap and gown is shackled to a chain-link fence adorned with memorial portraits, creating a stark contrast between celebration and sorrow. The portraits on the fence serve as a poignant reminder of lives cut short, their placement in front of the school grounding the scene in both memory and loss. Just beyond the fence, the school building looms-a place that should signify accomplishment, yet now feels like a somber monument. Behind her sits an empty school bus, an emblem of journeys taken together, now abandoned, its stillness amplifying the absence of those who should have shared in this milestone.
The title, "We Finally Made It," feels like a haunting echo of what might have been-a celebration of unity and triumph, now painfully ironic. The girl stands alone in a barren landscape, devoid of the friends who should have surrounded her. Her solitude and the weight of the chain suggest an emotional paralysis, as if her grief shackles her to the past. Perhaps she carries survivor's guilt, the burden of continuing her journey while those memorialized in the portraits remain forever frozen in time.
It's bittersweet.
The title, "We Finally Made It," feels like a haunting echo of what might have been-a celebration of unity and triumph, now painfully ironic. The girl stands alone in a barren landscape, devoid of the friends who should have surrounded her. Her solitude and the weight of the chain suggest an emotional paralysis, as if her grief shackles her to the past. Perhaps she carries survivor's guilt, the burden of continuing her journey while those memorialized in the portraits remain forever frozen in time.
It's bittersweet.
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The Garden of Death (1896) by Hugo Simberg #art #painting #arthistory
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The Garden of Death (1896) by Finnish symbolist painter Hugo Simberg depicts a somber, otherworldly scene featuring Grim Reaper-like skeletons tending a garden, symbolizing renewal and mortality. Influenced by his rural upbringing, Simberg explored themes of life and death, often personifying nature and objectifying humanity. Simberg trained under symbolist Akseli Gallen-Kallela, whose fusion o...
Roses, Wine, and Death | The Roses of Elagabalus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema #painting #arthistory #art
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The Roses of Heliogabalus by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema captures one of the most infamous moments in Roman history: the lavish and grotesque banquet of Emperor Heliogabalus. Painted in 1888, this work of art depicts the Roman emperor reclining indulgently while his guests are suffocated under an overwhelming cascade of rose petals. Alma-Tadema draws from the Historia Augusta, which recounts how H...
Charles “The Mad” of France | Le roi fou ou la folie de Charles VI (1839) By François-Auguste Biard
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Charles VI of France (1368-1422), nicknamed "the Beloved" and later "the Mad," reigned from 1380 until his death. Ascending the throne at age 11 under the regency of his uncles, his early rule benefited from favorable military conditions left by his father, Charles V. However, Charles’s reign was overshadowed by his recurring psychotic episodes, which began in 1392. His first attack occurred du...
Love is always greater than hate | Anne Seymour Damer & Mary Berry #art #paintings #history
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Anne Seymour Damer (1748-1828) was a pioneering neoclassical sculptor celebrated for her remarkable achievements in an era when women rarely worked in sculpture. Horace Walpole, her cousin and godfather, called her a "female genius" who created lifelike busts that rivaled classical antiquity. Damer stood out in the male-dominated field of sculpture, exhibiting 32 works at the Royal Academy from...
I loved this story as a child | The Green Ribbon (2021) by northernblots #art #painting
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"The Green Ribbon" was popularized by Alvin Schwartz in his book "In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories". The story revolves around a young girl named Jenny, who always wears a green ribbon around her neck. She meets a boy named Alfred, and the two eventually become close friends, later falling in love and getting married. Throughout their relationship, Alfred repeatedly asks Jenny why s...
Portrait of Antonietta Gonzales (1595) by Lavinia Fontana #art #painting #history #arthistory
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The Portrait of Antonietta Gonzales by Lavinia Fontana depicts Antonietta Gonsalvus, a girl with hypertrichosis, a condition that causes excessive hair growth. Antonietta, shown in courtly attire, represents both nobility and the stigma of her condition, as people with hypertrichosis were often seen as "wild" and animal-like during the Renaissance. The painting was initially misattributed but l...
The Ghost (1898) by By Josef Mandl #art #painting #arthistory
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This painting, The Ghost by Josef Mandl, depicts a somber and unsettling scene of a disturbed graveyard. A faint, glowing figure stands at the center, looking down at what remains of their grave. The grave has been desecrated, with an overturned cross headstone and a broken casket, its contents exposed. At the ghost’s feet lie scattered bones, a stark reminder of the disruption of their final r...
Is she a ghost? | “Speak! Speak!” (1895) by John Everett Millais #art #painting #arthistory
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"Speak! Speak!" by John Everett Millais is a haunting depiction of love, loss, and longing. The painting captures a young man sitting up in bed, startled by the sudden appearance of a woman at the foot of his bed. His disheveled posture and outstretched hand suggest he has spent the night tormented by the memory of his lost love, with scattered letters and a flickering candle nearby hinting at ...
If he wanted too he would | The Blue Bird (1918) by Frank Cadogan Cowper #art #arthistory #painting
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After the king loses his wife, he remarries a widowed queen with a spoiled, selfish daughter named Truitonne. The king’s own daughter, Florine, is beautiful and kind-hearted, which sparks jealousy in the new queen and Truitonne. When Prince Charming visits to find a bride, the queen tries to force him to marry Truitonne by sabotaging Florine. However, the prince falls for Florine, enraging the ...
The Gilded Cage (1919) by Evelyn De Morgan #art #painting #arthistory
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Evelyn De Morgan’s The Gilded Cage explores the emotional and physical confinement of a young woman trapped by societal and marital expectations. Dressed in a radiant golden gown, she stands near a window, gazing longingly at the joyous revelers outside. The lively scene contrasts sharply with her reality, emphasizing her yearning for freedom. Her older husband, seated nearby, exudes authority ...
It reminds me so much of Edward Hopper | “Anubis Series” (2012 - Now) by Joanna Karpowicz #art
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Joanna Karpowicz’s Anubis series reimagines the ancient Egyptian god of the afterlife as a solitary figure navigating a surreal, noir-inspired modern world. Anubis, with his signature jackal head, takes on a more humanized role, reflecting on the complexities of existence, mortality, and the nature of human connections. The series dives deep into existential themes while blending mythology with...
Augustus at the Tomb of Alexander the Great (1878) by Lionel Royer #art #arthistory #painting
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Lionel Royer’s Augustus at the Tomb of Alexander the Great (1878) captures a symbolic moment where Emperor Augustus, fresh from his victory over Mark Antony and Cleopatra, pays homage to one of history’s most legendary conquerors. After annexing Egypt as his personal domain, Augustus visits Alexander’s tomb in Alexandria to place a golden laurel wreath upon it-a gesture of deep respect for Alex...
One morning at the gates of the Louvre (1880) by Édouard Debat-Ponsan #art #history #painting
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Édouard Debat-Ponsan’s One Morning at the Gates of the Louvre (1880) portrays the aftermath of the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, a harrowing event in French history. At the center of the scene stands Catherine de' Medici, dressed in black, surveying the carnage with an icy detachment. Known as the "Black Queen," Catherine's reputation for being calculating and ruthless is embodied in this m...
Victim of Fanaticism (1899) by Mykola Pymonenko #art #paintings #arthistory
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"Victim of Fanaticism" (1899) by Mykola Pymonenko captures the harrowing moment when a young woman is publicly condemned by her community for starting a relationship with a Christian. Pinned against a wooden fence with her clothes torn, she stands defenseless before an enraged mob. The scene is filled with tension, with the crowd shouting and brandishing sticks, their faces contorted with anger...
Victoria in Paintings: 😳 Victoria in Pictures: 🗿
Remember what happened to bank owners here in America during the Great Depression? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
weirdly comforting : )
If only people would stop using AI entirely
I like how in the last drawing, you can see how there are words within the fire that represent the corrup modern generation and how people have gotten worse and worse as a society
Non sense 😑
Queen Charlotte... ;)
Whites matter tho right?
😂❤
Chor Bazar
Looking like that might be modern day Trump 😂
And atheists believe human beings inherently have morals. I juts don't understand how blind they can be. Human beings are evil and always have been.
my friend’s family is planning to send her off next year to her home country to marry a 33 yo man. they don’t know she knows, and we’re trying to collect proof to go to the authorities. wish us luck!
Our history in this world is just death and destruction... It's heartbreaking.
Should have minded his own...
They may have ate her, but she ate 💅🏼
😢
We had a big shooting threat last year Every since then I have my phone on me not knowing if it’s going to happen
🥺
I thought they were friends lol
I didn't understand pls someone explain it better to me
We are the monsters. We are the real Monsters.
American school life is seriously derranged.
Hi my name is Iyana word can’t describe how I feel about this painting I cried truly for 2 hours may the lord forgive me
She was fond of looksmaxing 😂🙊
Everyone tried killing her,but she was so crazy for shri krushn bhakti that she did his lilao gungan in small galiyas of vrindavan. When her husband tried killing her by putting snake under her bed the snake turned into roses only because of shri krushn
Bro you're a certified Portrait Detective 🧐
God that brother is hot
There was a school shooting yesterday in Sweden 😭❤ RIP
Needs to ave case around it disgusting for people to do that
This is me omg😭😭
I dont why whites are more evil than any other groups 😮evry where they did evil thing
During this time women were not been shamed after showing their brest or upper part of their body The real shame or disrespect is that they pulled her by hair and dragged her in front of assembly of men and in front of her family and disrobed her 'without her concent ' . It is not about a woman getting shamed because her cloths are been taken off , its about men showing power over women in a brutal way .
Beautiful analysis
lost all my money bc my bank refused to recognize the fraud claims
I think when she was born i think her head almost cut
Rani to bauni nikli😅
Seems average.
I'd be depressed too if I ate too little... But there must be something else that made her depressed.
We don’t see love like this no more 😞
No this story is saying he removed her ribbon and cut her head off so he careful who you trust..
marie didint deserved that....she couldve be alive to this day...fly high marie..
Huge confusion. Either this is the truth of Tanatanis or this is fake.
Green ribbon means lifeline
The medieval times women and men "oh how we wish..." yall if you were lesbian or gay in medieval times and were caught with each other.... yall aimt even wanna know...
I love this song sm and it fits the theme of the video so perfectly
The ribbon was typed around her head keeping it on so what could’ve made head fall off in the first place?
Men and cameras are a match made in Hell
Based
I mean there's nothing they can do except keep an eye on his First Amendment rights as long as he doesn't actually commit a crime like arson on a bank it's perfectly fine but questionable ig?