#monochrome
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Knight, Death, and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer, 1513
This is one of three engravings from the same few years that historians consider his best — what it actually means has apparently been argued over for centuries.
Erisava: Every line's razor fine, and the knight looks unbothered with the two beside him.
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Nothing But Cheerful Looks Followed the Bat by Frederic Remington, 1900
From what I've read, he did a lot of paintings in black and white on purpose — they were headed for magazine pages, which could only print grey anyway.
Erisava: No colour at all, and it still feels like blinding midday sun. How?
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Enigma by Gustave Doré, 1871
It was painted the year Paris fell to the Prussians, and from what I've read it's one of a small set he made about that war — the smoking city in the background is meant to be Paris itself. Why there's a sphinx in the middle of it, no one seems to agree; even the title just shrugs.
Erisava: The whole thing's the colour of smoke. I can't look away from those two in the middle.
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Table at a Café by Juan Gris, 1912
The letters spelling 'DUBO' are part of a real liquor ad — cubists liked pasting bits of advertising text right into their paintings.
Erisava: It's called a café table. I just see grey triangles.