"Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria"
-By Placido Costanzi
I told you I'd update this, it's a lovely thread :)

The vibes are back

@THE_FILLMORE

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The Snake Charmer (La Charmeuse De Serpents) by Henri Rousseau, 1907

it never ends

Canonization scroll of Li Zhong by ???, 1641

My favorite by him:

The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso, 1904

It actually is the painting that inspired Paul McCartney for the melody that ended up being the song with Ye, All Day:

You know Picasso and me lived in the same city? The Picasso museum its a 25 min walk from my home

That’s crazy he also had a place near where I live back in France that they turned into a museum, mf balling

Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (Kop van een skelet met brandende sigaret) by Vincent Van Gogh, 1885

Fleetwood Mac’s “Tango In The Night” released in 1987 has an artwork in homage to that painting:

Even way before that, in 1967, The Beach Boys album Smiley Smile has an original artwork that is, as you can probably notice yourself, heavily inspired by Henri Rousseau’s style, which makes it for one of the bands very best album cover:

Mirror of Famous Generals of Japan (Dai Nippon Meisho Kagami) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1880: Kamitsukeno Yatsunada attacking Saohime’s castle from Dai Nippon Meisho Kagami, A set of 51 prints published between 1876 and 1882 by Funazu Chujiro.

One of the best designs from the set showing Saohime perishing in the flames of her brother’s castle – Saohiko – who had conspired with his sister to seize the throne.

David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio, 1607.

The Nostalgia of the Infinite by Giorgio de Chirico, 1911.