Posts Tagged ‘art’

John Gast, American Progress

January 3rd, 2010

While shopping for Christmas gifts, I came accross a book that had John Gast’s, American Progress, on the cover. It’s a brilliant painting of Manifest Destiny. I enjoy propaganda.

John Gast - American Progress

John Gast - American Progress

John William Waterhouse Makes Stellar Art

November 16th, 2009

I was not productive today. I spent most of my day Google Imaging paintings. I started realizing that most of my time was spent tracking down painting of beautiful, mythological women. Apparently, this guy John William Waterhouse made that his niche. There is a website that deals exclusively in John Waterhouse prints. I cant afford that, so I just printed out about 40 paintings that I found via Google Images.

Pandora and her Box

Pandora and her Box