Death of Paolo and Francesca, circa 1887. Painted by Gaetano Previati.
This painting captures the tragic climax of Dante’s lovers, condemned for their forbidden passion. Rendered in rich, expressive brushwork, the scene shows the lifeless couple collapsed together, Francesca’s head thrown back in final repose while... See more
"Toward Dark" (oil on linen). I painted this image during a difficult time in my life. I wanted to show how anxiety and fear distort our perceptions, exaggerating challenging situations and turning them into nightmarish dramas. The previous post describes this image in more detail. @alexandregallery #surrealism #brettbigbee #alexandregallery... See more
A clip from “Zal and Simorgh (زال و سیمرغ)” (1977), by Ali Akbar Sadeghi, a Persian animation masterpiece that retells the Shahnameh epic of Zal, the albino child abandoned on Mount Alborz, rescued and raised by the mythical bird Simorgh, in Sadeghi’s surreal miniature-inspired style.
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I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses.
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously... See more