The permanent collection of the (US) National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago contains more than 2,500 pieces of art by 250 artists, all of which can be seen at
NVAM Collection Online. The site includes biographical material on the artists who created the work.
Featured Artwork.
A small selection.
(Via. Images at links in this post may be nsfw, and/or disturbing to some viewers.)
posted by zarq
on Nov 12, 2012 -
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One afternoon in September 1958, a beautiful, distinguished and mysterious woman arrived at the door of number 46 rue Hippolyte Maindron. This was the Paris studio where Alberto Giacometti had been working since 1926, having arrived in the city four years earlier. [more inside]
posted by Trurl
on Dec 1, 2011 -
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Viktor Schreckengost who died last year at the grand age of 101, was regarded by some as the father of industrial design. Every adult in America has ridden in, ridden on, drunk out of, stored their things in, eaten off of, been costumed in, etc… and there is no going past his gorgeous
pedal cars. Some of his work can also be seen online at
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
posted by tellurian
on Apr 28, 2008 -
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"Another useful analogy might be with a clearing in the jungle. The web is certainly a jungle, and without a few clearings it is hard to see how the innocent can stay sane in there, and it might soon be hard to see anything at all." The words of poet and essayist
Clive James, whose eponymous site is an online galley/anthology of breathtaking writing, art, and video interviews. My favorites include Ophelia Redpath's
paintings titled after Shakespeare quotes, Laura Noble's
photos of rusty things, and, of course, a collection James's
outstanding poetry.
posted by eustacescrubb
on Mar 3, 2007 -
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Some believe that
Michelangelo's famous work the
Creation of Adam depicts God superimposed on a cross-section of a human
brain. Michelangelo routinely made use of symbolism and humor in both his painting and sculpture. Was he suggesting man created God? If so, this is delicious irony.
posted by gruchall
on Oct 10, 2003 -
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Apocalyptic image gallery A scholarly site with a large collection of images illustrating the Revelation of St. John, with emphasis on medieval painting, carving, and sculpture. Felix Just, S. J. has compiled a more diverse
collection that includes an extensive set of contemporary images. As a lover of all things nineteenth-century, I'm rather partial to
Francis Danby (I just saw
The Deluge at the Tate) and
John Martin.
posted by thomas j wise
on Aug 13, 2003 -
7 comments
