January's theme: Sculpture AUGUSTE RODIN (1840 – 1917), “Adam”, 1880-1881 (bronze cast made in 1910). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City US. #arthistory #art #Rodin #Sculpture

January's theme: Sculpture EDGAR DEGAS (1834 – 1917), “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen”, 1878-1881. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Although there are several of these figures in museums today, Degas only made this one, in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. #arthistory #art #sculpture

January's theme: Sculpture FRANZ XAVER MESSERSCHMIDT(1736 – 1783),“The Yawner”, c. 1770. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. Messerschmidt formally studied sculpture in Munich and later moved to Vienna, where he received several royal commissions for his work. #arthistory #art #sculpture

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 12 Jan is the start of Week B and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Books. Pics of books, pics that the word “book(s)” appears in, match a pic to a book title (you must say which book and by whom) - just anything to do with books! Use the # below and have fun😊

January's theme: Sculpture GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1598 – 1680), “David”, 1623-4. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini was the son of a sculptor and received his training under his father. #arthistory #art #sculpture #Bernini

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #Photography Urban geometric abstraction

January's theme: Sculpture MICHELANGELO (1475 – 1564), “Deposition”, c. 1547 – 1555. Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy. This statue, also known as “The Florentine Pietà”, was one of the last sculptures by the great Michelangelo. #arthistory #art #sculpture #Michelangelo

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #Photography Simon Pearce glass trees

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #Photography Galileo thermometer

January's theme: Sculpture DONATELLO (1386 - 1466), “Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata”, 1445 – 1453. Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy. #arthistory #art #Sculpture #Donatello

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #Photography Water lilies

January's theme: sculpture MIZTEC-AZTEC MASK, 1400 – 1520. British Museum, London UK. #arthistory #art #Sculpture #Aztecs

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #Photography Building reflections looking very abstract

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAbstract #Photography Tail lights on a foggy highway

January's theme: Sculpture IFE HEAD, 14th – early 15th century. British Museum, London, UK. This striking brass head from Ife, Nigeria was made with the lost wax casting technique and attests to the sophistication of the Yoruba culture in West Africa. #arthistory #art #Sculpture #Africa

January's theme: Sculpture THE GODDESS DURGA SLAYING THE DEMON BUFFALO MAHISHA, 12th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City US. This beautiful, intricate figure shows the Hindu goddess Durga at her triumphant defeat of the demon buffalo, Mahisha. #arthistory #art #Sculpture #India

Attention Alphabetters! Here we go again! Mon 5 Jan is the start of Week A and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Abstract. Abstract as in art, a concept, removal, summary - any definition of the word, however abstract😉 Creative as you like! Use the # below and have fun😊

January's theme: Sculpture EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF MARCUS AURELIUS, 173 - 176 CE. Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy. #arthistory #art #sculpture #AncientRome

January's theme: Sculpture KNEELING ARCHER (front and back views), c. 210 BCE. Lintong District, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China. Hidden for 2,000+ years, a chance discovery in 1974 revealed the astounding terra cotta army. #arthistory #art #Sculpture #China

January's theme: Sculpture NIKE OF SAMOTHRACE, 2nd century BCE. Louvre Museum, Paris, France. #arthistory #art #sculpture #Greece

How ridiculously silly that Bluesky slaps an Adult Content label on classical sculpture (and yet the earlier Cycladic figure went unslapped). So, here's the same post with visual editing (apologies to Zeus: you are magnificent!).

January's theme: Sculpture ZEUS OF ARTEMISION, 460 BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.

The theme for January: Sculpture ASSYRIAN WINGED GENIE RELIEF, c. 870 BCE. British Museum, London UK. This impressive alabaster relief plaque was originally part of the North-West Palace of Assurnasirpal II in Nimrud (Kahlu), now in Iraq. #arthistory #art #sculpture #AncientHistory

January's theme: Sculpture CYCLADIC FEMALE FIGURE, 2600 – 2400. British Museum, London UK. #arthistory #art #sculpture

December's theme: Pop Art TAKASHI MURAKAMI (born 1962), “Field of Flowers”, 2019. Private collection. The Japanese artist is one of the most recognizable Japanese artists working today. #arthistory #art #PopArt #Japan

December's theme: Pop Art COCO DÁVEZ (born 1989), “Freddie”, 2019. Private collection. Coco Dávez, aka Valeria Palmeiro, is a Spanish artist working in a Pop Art style today. #arthistory #art #PopArt #FreddieMercury

December's theme: Pop Art JEFF KOONS (born 1955), “Lips” from his “Easyfun-Ethereal” series, 2000. Commissioned for Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany. #arthistory #art #PopArt #JeffKoon

December's theme: Pop Art KEITH HARING (1958 – 1990), “Andy Mouse”, c. 1986. Private collection. Jumping forward a couple of decades into the 1980s, Pop Art still percolates across the art historical scene as an influential ethos around the world. #arthistory #art #KeithHaring

December's theme: Pop Art ERRÓ (born 1932), “American Interior, No. 1”, 1968. Museum Ludwig, Vienna, Austria. #arthistory #art #PopArt #ColdWar

December's theme: Pop Art GERALD LAING (1936 - 2011), “Brigitte Bardot”, 1968. Private collection. Laing was a British Pop Artist who eventually moved to New York City, where he became pals with Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.

December's theme: Pop Art ROBERT INDIANA (1928 – 2018), “Flag”, 1968. Private collection. Indiana, like Warhol, was enamored of the silkscreen print and used it to perfection for his bold, simple and brightly colored graphic images. #arthistory #art #RobertIndiana #PopArt

December's theme: Pop Art ANDY WARHOL (1928 – 1987), “Untitled” from series on Marilyn Monroe, 1967. Museum of Modern Art, New York City US. Warhol’s series of silkscreens featuring Marilyn Monroe in a variety of color combinations is perhaps the quintessential Pop Art icon. #arthistory #art #icon

December's theme: Pop Art DAVID HOCKNEY (born 1937), “A Lawn Being Sprinkled”, 1967. The British Hockney arrived in Los Angeles in 1964 and immediately fell in love with the California lifestyle. #arthistory #art #PopArt #Hockney

December's theme: Pop Art ED RUSCHA (born 1937), “Standard Station”, 1966. Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois US. Ruscha’s art chronicles American life and life on the west coast, with images connected to advertisement, to automobiles, to language, to Hollywood. #arthistory #art #PopArt #EdRuscha

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 22 Dec is the start of Week Z and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Zero. Pics where the word zero or the numeral 0 is visible. Clocks, song titles, street numbers, car regs- you’ll have more than you think! If not, seek them out 😂 Use the # below and have fun😊

December's theme: Pop Art SIGMAR POLKE (1941 - 2010), “Bunnies” 1966. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC. The German Sigmar Polke defies categorization: his inquisitive nature and inventive purpose have led him to create in many styles across multiple media. #arthistory #art #PopArt #SigmarPolke

December's theme: Pop Art R. B. KITAJ (1932 – 2007), “Walter Lippmann”, 1966. Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York US. The American artist R. B. Kitaj became one of the most prominent figures British Pop Art after moving to England in 1958. #arthistory #art #PopArt #RBKitaj

December's theme: Pop Art KIKI KOGELNIK (1935 – 1997), “Self-Portrait”, 1964. Private collection. Born in Bleiburg, Austria, Kogelnik moved to New York City in 1961 and became immersed in the art scene thriving there. #arthistory #art #PopArt

December's theme: Pop Art GEORGE SEGAL (1924 – 2000), “The Diner”, 1964-66. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. Although Segal began his art career as a painter, he is best known for his white plaster sculptures that he places in set scenes, like “The Diner”. #arthistory #art #sculpture

December's theme: Pop Art ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG (1925 – 2008), “Retroactive I”, 1964. Museum of Modern Art, New York City US. Rauschenberg was a big fan of President John F. Kennedy and of the advances in space technology during his lifetime. #arthistory #art #PopArt #Rauschenberg

December's theme: Pop Art EVELYNE AXELL (1935 – 1972), “Ice Cream”, 1964. Private collection. Evelyne Axell was one of the most influential female Pop Art artists and one of the few Belgian artists in the movement. #arthistory #art #PopArt #Axell

December's theme: Pop Art ROY LICHTENSTEIN (1923 – 1997), “Woman in Bath“, 1963. Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, Spain. The American Lichtenstein initially found his artistic muse in comic strips, appropriating scenes and translating them to an artist’s canvas. #arthistory #art #PopArt

Attention Alphabetters! Mon 15 Dec is the start of Week Y and the theme for the #AlphabetChallenge is Year Past. Highlights, events, celebrations, simple things, monumental things - whatever comes to mind as special or stand out from 2025 so far. Use the # below and have fun😊

December's theme: Pop Art ROSALYN DREXLER (1926 – 2025), “Lovers”, 1963. Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York US. Collage and paint. #arthistory #art #PopArt #RosalynDrexler #Elvis

December's theme: Pop Art WAYNE THIEBAUD (1920 – 2021), “Pie Counter”, 1963. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City US. Methinks that the American artist Wayne Thiebaud really enjoyed food! #arthistory #art #PopArt #WayneThiebaud

December's theme: Pop Art TOM WESSELMANN (1931 – 2004), “Still Life #35”, 1963. Dallas Museum of Art, Texas US. #arthistory #art #PopArt #TomWesselmann

December's theme: Pop Art PAULINE BOTY (1938 -1966), “The Only Blonde in the World”, 1963. Tate Museum, London UK. Boty was Britain’s first female Pop Artist and her work exudes a more feminist outlook than her contemporaries. #arthistory #art #PopArt #PaulineBoty

December's theme: Pop Art CLAES OLDENBURG (1929 – 2022), “Giant BLT (Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich)”, 1963. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City US. #arthistory #art #Oldenburg #SoftSculpture

December's theme: Pop Art DEREK BOSHIER (born 1937), “Viewer”, 1963. Private collection. The English Boshier combined a mix of high and low popular culture with a dark humor to artistically comment on the post-war consumerism flooding society in the 1960s. #arthistory #art #PopArt

December's theme: Pop Art MARISOL (MARISOL ESCOBAR) (1930 – 2016), “The Family”, 1962. Museum of Modern Art, New York City US. Marisol was born in France to Venezuelan parents, moved around quite a bit throughout her childhood and landed in New York City in 1950. #arthistory #art #PopArt #sculpture