This has been my desktop background for about 2 years now and

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the classic

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caspar david friedrich is a goldmine

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>>268137

Does this count as historical artwork?

These are nice but a touch depressing.

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>>268137
This is more like one of those thread reaction images people post on /a/. I wonder if /his/ will adopt them. Would discussion of the source images belong on /i/ though?

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>>268137
>Time for a change
You do realize that Windows has supported slideshow backgrounds since Windows Vista right? And that you can even make your background a video, right?

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>>268137

>>268298
This is perfect, thank you.

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I always found this painting very moving. The tight embrace of the brothers is what ties it all together for me, in the face of sacrifice for the good of Rome the combination of the salute and that steely grip on his brother's torso just seems so fantastic. No homo.

It's a pity stormfags ruined the salute though.

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>>268137
Still my favorite.

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This.

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Or this.

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or maybe this.

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This one by Couture is nice. You're supposed to look at it and say, "Wow, how degenerate," but it appears they're having a jolly old time and I like it tbqh

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>>272839
i dig it.
take this in return

>>268600
i always thought the sword guy face is badly done. the expression isn't fitting for the painting it looks like he looking above them randomly. they also look like theyre floating and not actually placed on the ground properly. the way he holds the swords isn't convincing and the helmets look too fantastical, the second ones especially annoying me

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>>272839

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>>268137

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>>271186
Fuck me I've had a recolor of this the whole time.

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>>273246
God tier artist though.

>>271195
This is my fav painting
Dat look on Ivan's face
Sends me shivers

>>268200
What are those stakes for? Are they for enemy sails? If so why would enemies be going so close to shore with sail ships anyway?

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This one has been my desktop for a while

>>271289

>jolly old time

Noone is smiling in that picture. all the dopamine is long gone

Op here. Saved every picture in this thread, Thank you.

>>273289
What's the name of this one exactly? I've seen it around a fair few times and it is fucking amazing. That water gets me going every time. I don't know how that dude pulled it off.

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>>271195
Currently mine
Previously it was this

>>274785
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Aivazovsky

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>>268200

>>275030
Thanks!

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>>268137
Mine
>god tier