inspired by the arts

An inkjet on canvas (left) and an oil on canvas (right) from <n>DEL CARMEN</n> gallery.

An abstract painting by <n>Willem de Kooning</n> from 1990.

<n>Garden of the Mogul princess Nurmahal in Kashmir</n>, a stage design for the opera <n>Lalla Rookh</n> by <n>Karl Friedrich Schinkel</n>, 1821.

Paintings by <n>Sergio Fiorentino</n> in his studio in Noto, Italy. Photo by <n>Helenio Barbetta</n>.

A line drawing by <n>Pablo Picasso</n> from the 1956 documentary <n>Le Mystère Picasso</n> by <n>Henri-Georges Clouzot</n>.

Detail of <n>Mother Mary</n> from <n>The Descent from the Cross</n> (c. 1435) by <n>Rogier van der Weyden</n>.

A detail from <n>Roger Freeing Angelica</n> (1819) by <n>Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres</n>.

Detail from a portrait of <n>Barbara of Portugal</n>, Queen of Spain, by an unknown artist, c. 1725-1730.

<n>Pietro da Cortona</n>'s fresco <n>Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power</n> at <n>Palazzo Barberini</n>, Rome.

<n>Noël-Nicolas Coypel</n>'s painting <n>The Rape of Europa</n> (1727), held at the <n>Philadelphia Museum of Art</n>.

Line drawing used for the branding of design software <n>Sketch</n>.

<n>The Apotheosis of Hercules</n>, a ceiling painting by <n>François Lemoyne</n> at the <n>Palace of Versailles</n>.

Abstract painting by artist <n>Donna Huanca</n>.

Detail from <n>The Birth of Venus</n> (c. 1486) by artist <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>.

A detail of <n>The Three Graces</n> from the painting <n>Primavera</n> by <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>, c. 1482.

<n>Poplars on the Epte</n> (1891) by <n>Claude Monet</n> at the <n>Scottish National Gallery</n>.

Detail of Venus from <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>'s 1486 painting, <n>The Birth of Venus</n>.

<n>Triumph of St. Ignatius of Loyola</n>, a <n>Baroque</n> <n>trompe-l'œil</n> ceiling fresco by <n>Andrea Pozzo</n> (1691-94).

Inspired by <n>Giacomo Puccini</n>'s opera, <n>The Fairies (Le Villi)</n> by <n>Bartolomeo Giuliano</n>.

<n>The Apotheosis of Hercules</n>, a ceiling painting by <n>François Lemoyne</n> in the <n>Palace of Versailles</n>.