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Sourses

The Soul of the Renaissance

Raphael

Titel: Eight Apostles

Sixtinische Madonna | Raffaelo, Sanzio die sixtische Madona.… | Flickr

Selbstbildnis Raphaels :: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg :: Ressource :: museum-digital:brandenburg

School of Athens: Raffael 5 - A painting of a group of people in a building - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Image

Michelangelo

Pietà (Michelangelo) | The Pietà (English: "The Pity"; 1498–… | Flickr

David - By Jörg Bittner Unna jbittner@web.de - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=109719748

The creation of manThe Book,;-) | Macro Mondays theme Book. The Book is Michela… | Flickr

Da Vinci

Dame mit dem Hermelin - Dama z gronostajem - Traditional visual art under Public domain license

Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci's Portrait Mona | Free Photo Illustration - rawpixel

The Vitrivian Man - Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man | Free Photo - rawpixel

Supper - Von Paris Orlando - Eigenes Werk, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84332110

Art and self-care

Title: AI

A Few Wishes Left: My To-Want List for the Last Weeks of 2024

Title: AI

Berthe Morisot

Title: Photo by Patrick via Flickr Interior | Berthe Morisot 1872 | Patrick | Flickr

The Mirror | Berthe Morisot 1876 | Patrick | Flickr

Mr. Manet and His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival | Flickr

Forêt de Compiègne | Berthe Morisot 1885 | Art Institute of Chicago - Forêt de Compiègne | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Self-Portrait | Berthe Morisot 1885 | Art Institute of Chicago - Self-Portrait | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Girl Plaiting her Hair (La Natte) | Berthe Morisot 1894 | Art Institute of Chicago - Girl Plaiting her Hair (La Natte) | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Woman at Her Toilette | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu) - Woman at Her Toilette | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Young Girl with a Dog | Berthe Morisot 1887 | Patrick | Flickr

Edouard Manet: 1872 Berthe Morisot with a Bouquet of Viole… | Flickr

Creativity in dialogue

Alone in the studio - Daniel Chekalov via Unsplash

Together - Hillary Ungson via Unsplash

Co-working - Mika Baumeister via Unsplash

Olympic Rings | Andy Warhol und Jean-Michel Basquiat - Olympic rings | Exposition Basquiat x Warhol | Frédéric Renault | Flickr

Art by women: The Intimacy of Lotte Laserstein

Alone in the studio - Photo by Daniel Chekalov on Unsplash

Together - Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash

Co-working - Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

Olympic Rings | Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat - Olympic rings | Exposition Basquiat x Warhol | Frédéric Renault | Flickr

Art by women: The Intimacy of Lotte Laserstein

In my studio | Lotte Laserstein - Lotte Laserstein, In meinem Atelier - In my studio | Flickr

Symbols in art: The apple

Title - Apples (ca. 1878–1879) by Paul Cézanne. Original from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. - Apples (ca. 1878–1879) by Paul Cézanne. Original fro… | Flickr

Peter Paul Rubens, Das Parisurteil / The Judgment of Paris via Flickr Peter Paul Rubens, Das Parisurteil / The Judgment of Paris… | Flickr

Apple Logo Photo by Niko on Unsplash

New York Photo by Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash

Lucas Cranach der Ältere, Adam und Eva im Paradies (Sündenfall) / Lucas Cranach the Elder-Adam and Eve – via Picryl Lucas Cranach the Elder - Adam und Eva im Paradies (Sündenfall) - Google Art ProjectFXD - PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Public Domain Search

Joos van Cleve, Jungfrau mit Kind / Virgin and Child – via The MET Museum Joos van Cleve | Virgin and Child | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Vincent van Gogh, Gärtner am Apfelbaum / Gardener by an Apple Tree – The MET Museum Vincent van Gogh | Gardener by an Apple Tree | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Albrecht Dürer, Adam und Eva / Adam and Eve The MET Museum Albrecht Dürer | Adam and Eve | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Caravaggio, Baccus – Photo credit Jean Louis Mazieres via Flickr IMG_6305D Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) 1571-1610. Rome… | Flickr

Paul Cezanne, Stilleben mit Äpfeln und einem Topf Primeln / Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses The MET Museum Paul Cézanne | Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Paul Cezanne, Schale mit Äpfeln / Dish of Apples – The MET Museum Paul Cézanne | Dish of Apples | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

Rene Magritte, Son of Man – Restored by Shimon D. Yanowitz, 2009 (Bildquelle: Wikimedia Commons) By [1], Fair use (Old-50), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2040293

Abstract art

Titelbild - photo by Xavier von Erlach on Unsplash

Juan Gris - Portrait de Juan Leguay (Gris) | Huile sur toile, 55 x 46 cm… | Flickr

Wassily Kandinsky, Komposition VIII - Von Wassily Kandinsky - http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37610963

Hilma af Klingt – Ryan Dickey via Flickr www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/hilma-af-klint | Ryan Dickey | Flickr

Guggenheim New York - Bild von <a href="https://pixabay.com/de/users/kaipilger-5841200/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=2707258">Kai Pilger</a> auf <a href="https://pixabay.com/de//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=image&utm_content=2707258">Pixabay</a>

Joan Mitchell, Untitled - "Untitled" de Joan Mitchell (Fondation Louis Vuitton, Pari… | Flickr

The Courage to be Imperfect

Titel: Photo by freestocks on Unsplash

Figure Peter Hope: Photo by Nijwam Swargiary on Unsplash

Write without fear…: Photo by hannah grace on Unsplash

Francisco de Goya - Goya | Our Goya in Madrid walk visits key masterpieces by th… | Flickr

The Courage to be Imperfect

Title: Photo by Motoki Tonn on Unsplash

Samuel Beckett: Père Ubu via Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelrogers/2037391791

J.K. Rowling: Coddih via Diviant Art JK Rowling by coddih on DeviantArt

Robert F. Kennedy: By Jack de Nijs for Anefo - Nationaal Archief, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31357793

Keramik: Photo by Tom Crew on Unsplash

Interview Nadine Achtelik

All photos by Nadine Achtelik.

Art and cooking

Title: Ai created (Image Creator)

Fig - Photo by Louis Hansel on Unsplash

Raspberry cake - Photo by Christiann Koepke on Unsplash

Lachsstreifen - Photo by Jay Wennington on Unsplash

Essaydi Lalla - 2008 - Les Femmes du Maroc Grande Odalisque – Jonathan Dresner via Flickr Essaydi Lalla - 2008 - Les Femmes du Maroc Grande Odalisqu… | Flickr

Tagliatelle - Photo by Jean-claude Attipoe on Unsplash

Mound of Butter - Antoine Vollon (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C) - Mound of Butter (nga.gov)

Dessert Carousel - Wayne Thiebaud 1997. Oil on canvas (1920-2021) Nion McEvoy collection. UC Davis | via Flickr Wayne Thiebaud | Dessert Carousel, 1997. Oil on canvas (1920… | Flickr

Still life with apples and pears - Paula Modersohn-Becker | Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Birnen :: Kunsthalle Bremen :: museum-digital:bremen

Further images were created with AI via the Image Creator

Artemisia Gentileschi

Titel:
The Birth of Saint John the Baptist - GENTILESCHI, ARTEMISA | Copyright ©Museo Nacional del Prado

Self-portrait as La Pittura | Artemisia Gentileschi - Royal Collection Trust, Kensington Palace London

Susanna and the elders | Artemisia Gentileschi - Web Gallery of Art: Abbild Info about artwork, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50229

Judth beheads Holofernes

by Artemisia Gentileschi - Uffizi, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79711017
by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - http://www.allartpainting.com/judith-beheading-holofernes-p-1534.html, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7801179

Why creativity is essential

Title: Photo by laura adai on Unsplash

Fun facts

Title: by antonio molinari on Unsplash

Quiz:

Mona Lisa: by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

Picasso: By André Lenormand dit LEN - André Lenormand, catalogue exposition du 25 octobre au 26 novembre 1974, Musée des Beaux Arts- Nantes, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113595460

Mondrian: by Ernest Ojeh on Unsplash

Goya: By Max Alexander / PromoMadrid - https://www.flickr.com/photos/promomadrid/5786353391/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25237192

Plastic-free Acrylic Paint

All photos by Annett Wagner

Magic of giving

Titel: Photo ofJon Tyson on Unsplash

Christmas tree: Photo of Sarah Shull on Unsplash

Renaissance

Florence - Ali Nuredini on Unsplash

School of Athens - WikiImages on Pixabay

The vitruvian man - Welcome to All on Pixabay

Doubting Thomas - https://brandenburg.museum-digital.de/object/11898

Mona Lisa - Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash

David - Steve Barker on Unsplash

Raffael Monument - By Antoghine - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62728884

Botticelli - Virginie on Pixabay

Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait in Fur Coat, 1500, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek Munich,
URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/artwork/Qlx2QpQ4Xq

St. Peter's Basilica - Herry Sutanto on Unsplash

Trinity College - Zach Plank on Unsplash

Open Arts Dortmund

Title - Photo by Kai Oberhäuser on Unsplash

Thomas Converter - Heimatverein Hörde/Andreas Brücher https://nat.museum-digital.de/object/1205291

Phönixsee - Photo by C. Koch on Pixabay

Phönixsee Map - By J.-H. Janßen - Own work, CC0,

Pop culture

Die Runde der Gefangenen - Von Vincent van Gogh - The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151866

Warhol und Basquiat - Foto von Chalo Gallardo auf Unsplash

Balett der unausgeschlüpften Küken - Von Wiktor Alexandrowitsch Hartmann - http://www.geocities.jp/tatsuyabanno/Bilderausstellung/Bilderausstellung-e.html, Gemeinfrei, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=827969

Las Mininas - By Tulip Hysteria / Go to albums - https://www.flickr.com/photos/36417567@N03/31681397607/, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=111521032

Étretat - Foto von Bruno van der Kraan auf Unsplash

Alexei Bogoliubov - Sunset at Etretat - By Alexey Bogolyubov - the-athenaeum.org, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=78164139

Monet - By Ji-Elle - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15691014

Manneporte – By Claude Monet - This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57394002

By Marie-Claire - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107113423

Cliffs at Étretat (1870–1880) by Samuel Colman - Cliffs at Étretat (1870–1880) by Samuel Colman. Original f… | Flickr

Eugène Boudin - IMG_8815 Eugène Boudin. 1824-1898. Paris Deauville. Etreta… | Flickr

By Marie-Claire - Own work, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=107053539

Monet, Big sea at Etretat - IMG_7136 Claude Monet. 1840-1926. Paris. Grosse mer à Etre… | Flickr

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - At the Moulin Rouge | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Jean François Raffaëll - Place de la Trinité, Paris | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Gustave Caillebotte - Paris Street; Rainy Day | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Georges Seurat - A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

St. Ives

[ N] Ben Nicholson - St. Ives Harbour (1928) | Pencil and oi… | Flickr

The Blue Ship | Alfred Wallis | In the Paris, London, and St… | Flickr

Barbara Hepworth Studio | Craig Morey | Flickr

Rising Wind (1959) - Peter Lanyon (1918-1964) | Calouste Gul… | Flickr

Patrick Heron - Still Life, Lamp, Dahlias and Sunflower [1… | Flickr

Cadaques

Statue Dali - Bild von falco auf Pixabay

Pablo Picasso - The Port at Cadaques | Pablo Picasso (1881 -… | Flickr

L'atelier de Salvador Dali (Portlligat, Espagne) | La maison… | Flickr

Maine

Winslow Homer, Maine Coast - Winslow Homer | Maine Coast | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

The Gulf Stream | Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachus… | Flickr

Breaking storm - Breaking Storm, Coast of Maine | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

The Water Fan - The Water Fan | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Giverny

By Claude Monet - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116838088

Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer) | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Stack of Wheat | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Water Lily Pond | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Water Lilies | The Art Institute of Chicago (artic.edu)

Seerosen - By Rufus46 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=98660447

Cartagena - Bild von Neidy Girado auf Pixabay

Südstaaten - Foto von Ashley Knedler auf Unsplash

China - Foto von Clay Banks auf Unsplash

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub - Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese / rebuilt 1667 | Public house occupy… | Flickr

Guggenheim - Foto von Alex Eckermann auf Unsplash

Museumsinsel Berlin - Foto von Hiki Liu auf Unsplash

Rosetta Stone - Foto von Matteo Vistocco auf Unsplash

Florenz - Foto von Ali Nuredini auf Unsplash

Tokio - Foto von Yoav Aziz auf Unsplash

Hanging art

Title- Crew on Unsplash

Live your Dream - ROMAN ODINTSOV on Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/kunst-mauer-traum-holzern-5836182/

Red barstool - Max Rahubovskiy: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/brauner-holzstuhl-neben-schwarzem-tisch-6434608/

Pattern picture wall - Blue Bird: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/holz-kunst-mauer-malerei-7218107/

Petersburger Hängung

Down left - Antoni Shkraba: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/landschaft-kunst-kreativ-mauer-4348291/

Up left - Mikechie Esparagoza: https://www.pexels.com/de-de/foto/foto-des-zitierten-brief-brett-zitats-das-an-der-wand-gehangt-wird-1742370/

Right - Steph Wilson on Unsplash

A few of my favorite things

Virginia Woolf, A room of its own - Foto von Jocelyn Morales auf Unsplash

Books - Foto von Olga Dudareva auf Unsplash

The Language of Colors: How Colors Affect our Emotions

House wall - photo by leonides ruvalcabar on Unsplash
Dried flowers - photo by micheile henderson on Unsplash
Orange - photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash
Purple - photo by Daniel Lincoln on Unsplash
Pink - photo by Alex Gruber on Unsplash
Red - photo by Bruno Thethe on Unsplash
Blue - photo by Alessio Soggetti onUnsplash
Yellow - photo by J V auf Unsplash
Green - photo by Ash from Modern Afflatus auf Unsplash
Black - photo by Jeremy Bishop auf Unsplash
White, field - photo by Elise Wilcox auf Unsplash
White, sea - photo by Seif Eddin Khayat auf Unsplash
Gray - photo by Marten Bjork auf Unsplash
Brown - photo by Isaac Quesada auf Unsplash
Frog - photo by Geoffrey Baumbach auf Unsplash
Holi - photo by Shubham Bochiwal auf Unsplash

A new dawn: how I find inspiration for my new art series

Title (MOMA) - Photo by Sandy Ching on Unsplash

Atlantic Civilisation | André Fougeron - Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

Galaxies Forming along Filaments, like Droplets along the Strands of a Spider’s Web | Tomás Saracenos - Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash

Kissing Coppers by Banksy | via "Images on www.banksy.co.uk … | Flickr

America, Maurizio Cattelan | V | Flickr

Propped ( (Jenny Saville Scottish National Gallery of Mode… | Flickr - Photo by Jean Bigue

A new dawn: how I find inspiration for my new art series

Title - Photo by Eugene Zhyvchik on Unsplash

Nature:

Blossom - Eugene Zhyvchik on Unsplash

Country lane - Bernard Hermant on Unsplash

Mountain - Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

Field - Luigi Manga on Unsplash

Sunset - Tomas Robertson on Unsplash

Buds - Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Branch - Eugene Zhyvchik on Unsplash

Plant capsule - feey on Unsplash

Bouquet - OhTilly on Unsplash

Flowers - Chad Madden on Unsplash

Materials and Textures:

Linnen - Maite Oñate on Unsplash

Wood - Marina Reich on Unsplash

Dish - Kasia Sikorska on Unsplash

Pigments - laura adai onUnsplash

Paper - laura adai on Unsplash

Eggs - Annie Spratt on Unsplash

Sences:

Orange cream - Kelsey Curtis on Unsplash

Spice store - Andy Holmes on Unsplash

Paris - Celine Ylmz on Unsplash

Balls - Federica Gioia on Unsplash

Raspberries - Anita Austvika on Unsplash

Hummus - Brooke Lark on Unsplash

Lavender - Vaiva Deksnyte on Unsplash

Quiz: Which art type are you?

Abstract art - Foto von Toa Heftiba auf Unsplash

Green Sofa - Foto von Spacejoy auf Unsplash

Yellow armchair - Foto von Paul Esch-Laurent auf Unsplash

Woman portrait, white sofa - Foto von Toa Heftiba auf Unsplash

Art and Society

Paris - Photo by refocus on Unsplash
Pompeii - Photo by wouter.harteveld on Flickr.
Rome - Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash
George Floyd - Photo by mana5280 on Unsplash
Francisco de Goya - The shooting of the insurgents - Photo by Context Travel on Flickr.
Feminism - Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Art with Mask - Photo by Abdullah khudabardi on Unsplash
Boris Johnson - Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash
Tate Modern, London - Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash
Art gallerie - Photo by Sean Driscoll on Unsplash
Art class - Photo by Taylor Heery on Unsplash