Out of the Commons

Mysterious Roving Rocks of Racetrack Playa by NASA Goddard Photo and Video A real life mystery that is worth looking into. These rocks ranging from less than a pound to over 700 move across the lakebed without any known means of locomotion. · See the original photo here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/sets/72157624578508329/with/4882084789/ · · #rovingrocks #thepioneersusedtoridethesebabiesformiles #playa #racetrackplaya #nasa #goddard #mystery #lakebed #desert #desertsky #bluesky #rocks #photos #naturephotography #photos #mountainphotography #mountains #interiordesign #interiordecorating #wallart #inspiration #decor #decorationideas #gicleeprint #artprints #pathinthedesert #timeinthedesert #wanderinginthedesert #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ9nSNkHO2N/?igshid=5tmocfzmwe5q

Autumn by Henry Wolf, born Eckwersheim, Alsace 1852-died New York City 1916 · #autumn #henrywolf #nyc #etching #blackandwhite #prints #ocean #lounging #interiordecorating #interiordesign #decor #decorationideas #uniquegifts #uniqueart #midcentury #midcenturymodern #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ7TDQuHx4g/?igshid=1ame3myk0hry2

A select piece of wall paper · · #wallpaper #wallpapers #wall #babyblue #dog #wolf #fox #tree #white #wallart #walldecor #decorationideas #decorationinspiration #uniquegifts #uniqueart #prints #gicleeprint #canvasart #art #artprints #animals #leaves #floraldesign #interiorstyling #outofthecommons #creativecommons #publicdomain https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ47WUgnBfm/?igshid=9a7jd9kgdv4f

Woman in a Blue Dress (recto) by Constantin Guys (French, 1805-1892) Called the painter of modern life Guys artist career didn't start until he was 40. · See the original here: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1933.417.a · · #woman #bluedress #constantinguys #french #painting #painter #modernlife #walldecor #wallart #decor #decorationideas #uniquegifts #uniqueart #prints #poster #portrait #brownhaircolor #clevelandart #secondfrenchempire #interiordesign #interiordecorating https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ2I1ernjeo/?igshid=mjmdgocc1giw

"The Dasht-e Kevir, or Great Salt Desert, is the largest desert in Iran. It is primarily uninhabited wasteland, composed of mud and salt marshes covered with crusts of salt that protect the meager moisture from completely evaporating. This image was acquired by Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+) sensor on October 24, 2000. This is a false-color composite image made using infrared, green, and red wavelengths. The image has also been sharpened using the sensor’s panchromatic band." · See the original here: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iran_(14399366592).jpg · · #dashtekevir #greatsaltdesert #iran #uninhabitedwasteland #earth #salt #brown #blue #nofilter #NASA #wallart #desert #decorationideas #art #photography #interiordesign #interiorstyling #abstractart #naturalart #canvasart #prints #designinspiration #uniquegifts #uniqueart #inspiration #spaceart #dune #poster #tapestry https://www.instagram.com/p/CJzYVlUnQ_S/?igshid=171essbvb2pq9

Screel Hill and Urr Water from Kypford. Frank Short (British, 1857-1945). Etching and mezzotint. Short was an educator and reviver of classic printing techniques like mezzotint and pure aquatint. · See the original here: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.142 · · #screelhill #urrwater #kypford #frankshort #etching #mezzotint #printmaker #water #blackandwhite #night #art #artist #drawing #walldecor #wallart #interiordesign #interiorstyling #decorationideas #prints #uniquegifts #uniqueart #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJwwJntH7-P/?igshid=ynjs3pyxh51t

Two-masted Schooner by Winslow Homer, American landscape painter and printmaker. He one of the foremost painters in 19th-century America. · See the original here: https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18174257/ · · #boats #winslowhomer #ocean #sea #sailing #sailingship #sketch #graphitedrawing #simple #simpleart #seascape #seascapeart #schooner #printmaker #art #artist #american #drawing #walldecor #wallart #interiordesign #interiorstyling #decorationideas #prints #gicleeprint #uniquegifts #uniqueart #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJuOqrSnL0G/?igshid=zkxwg80emkww

Designs for Three Chairs by Henri Jacob, 1753–1824 and Georges Jacob, French, 1739–1814 · Georges was one of the most successful chair makers of his time. Supplying elaborate chairs to french royalty. His younger cousin Henri worked along side him. Both of their maker's marks can still be seen on their surviving chairs today. · · #chairs #chair #chairdesign #furnituredesign #armchair #french #paris #georgesjacob #henrijacob #designer #interiordecor #interiordesign #art #drawing #sketch #wallart #neoclassical #gicleeprint #canvasart #prints #classicart #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJrv9iBHI6c/?igshid=1nw2kzmz77g5l

Drie mannenkoppen by Leo Gestel, a Dutch painter active in the early 1900s · See the original here: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-T-1960-748 · · #Driemannenkoppen #3 #mensheads #men #leogestel #dutch #painter #linedrawing #painting #headshots #faces #sideprofile #sideprofileselfie #people #art #wallart #decor #decorationideas #print #prints #canvasart #canvas #interiordesign #interiorstyling #modernart #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJpC-3HnH6l/?igshid=rhzdec90vu6q

Kifwebe (mask) a genre shared by the Luba and Songye. Two societies from the Congo river basin. Recognised by angular features and geometric grooves covering the mask. This mask is distinguished as being female by the use of white clay and the rounded form of the head crest. · See the original here: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/169088 · · #mask #kifwebe #congo #africa #african #culture #congoriver #geometricart #female #art #traditionalart #clay #geometric #wallart #prints #canvasart #decor #homedecor #gicleeprint #brooklynmuseum #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjij-uHVGA/?igshid=1orpbj14ckkch

Höghjuling- Velociped High bike or otherwise known as the Penny farthing. Popular in the 1870s and was the first machine to be called a bicycle. · See the original here: https://digitaltmuseum.se/021026290275/cykel · · Check out our website for prints: https://outofthecommons.com/collections/giclee/products/penny-farthing-giclee-art-print · · · #pennyfarthing #bicycle #bike #highbike #cykel #riding #classic #photos #photography #wallart #decor #modernart #mechanical #gears #wheels #tires #poster #prints #canvas #whitebackground #gicleeprint #artprints #interiordesign #decorationideas #design #designinspiration #inspiration #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJhK55fHz-n/?igshid=1vfzksg4jktdf

Times Building, Times Square, New York, anonymous, 1906 · The tower was originally built to be the headquarters of the New York Times. Now after over a century and a multitude of different owners it exists as the screen covered center of New years Eve traditions that we know today. · · See the original image here: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-F-F00847-CN · · · #newyorkcity #timessquare #timesbuilding #timesquare #newyears #newyearseve #newyear #balldrop2021 #building #structure #architecture #architecturephotography #cityscape #streets #1900s #prints #art #photography #wallart #walldecor #decoration #gicleeprint #style #canvasart #poster #modernart #classicart https://www.instagram.com/p/CJd8NbfncS_/?igshid=6z3fxjkn1cow

Surf on Rocks by William Trost Richards. Richards rejected the romanticized and stylized approach of other painters during his time and instead insisted on meticulous factual renderings. · See the original work better: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11911#:~:text=Title%3A%20Surf%20on%20Rocks,15%207%2F8%20in.%20( · · #surfonrocks #williamtrostrichards #preraphaelite #american #artist #realism #realisticdrawing #realistic #ocean #waves #surf #storm #factual #rocks #watercolorist #water #metmuseum #clouds #blue #sea #seawater #painter #painting #painter #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJcDHA2nu5a/?igshid=ntbkbthnnuk3

Cat and Dragonfly Paper Cutting by Ira Blount. Best described as a multi-talented artisan Ira Blount's work spans everything from basket weaving to calligraphy. He died this year at the good old age of 101 and his obituary is amazing. I aspire to be as active through out life as this man was. · Read his obituary here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx%3fn=ira-blount&pid=196277663 · · See the original image here: https://anacostia.si.edu/collection/object/acm_2011.0004.0109 · · · #irablount #catsofinstagram #cat #blackcat #dragonfly #papercrafts #basketweaving #artisan #artist #memphis #washingtondc #calligraphy #longlife #centenarian #africanamerican #blackmen #community #art #tuskegee #craft #anacostia #smithsonianmuseum https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbiG2YHqeg/?igshid=quyq4f28bjhh

Pearl White A post card featuring Pearl White an early American silent film actress. She was known as the queen of serials and for doing most of here own stunts. · See the original here: https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/2174104 · · · #pearl #white #pearlwhite #pearlfaywhite #actress #actor #stageactor #silentfilm #serial #stunts #atypical #women #blackandwhite #photo #postcard #clothing #apparel #look #1900s #childactor #comedy #physicalcomedy #film #movies #museumsvictoria #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJaByxiHgWv/?igshid=9zetrvciaxbi

Chicago, the Heart of Chicago by Donald Shaw MacLaughlan MacLaughlan was among a cadre of American artist studying and perfecting their art in Europe at the beginning of the 1900s.  · See the original here: https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/chicago-heart-chicago-evening-15407 · · · #chicago #heartofchicago #donaldshawmaclaughlan #etching #artist #midwest #streets #lines #smithsonianmuseum #americanart #evening #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYn-xNnRAg/?igshid=1ahrrjxd9ga0e

Napo River, Ecuador NASA's Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) captured this data on March 17, 2013. Shows a region of forested wetlands around the Napo River at a resolution of 20 feet per pixel. The system used microwaves instead of visible light allowing the instrument to make measurements of the land through dense foliage and heavy cloud cover. In this image yellow and orange colors indicate areas where vegetation has been inundated by flood waters beneath the forest canopy. Green areas are healthy forest vegetation and black is the open water of the Napo River and tributaries. · See the original image here: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/80982/penetrating-tree-cover-to-see-the-forest-floor · · · #ecuador #napo #naporiver #river #southamerica #equator #amazon #amazonriver #NASA #plane #UAVSAR #UAV #forest #green #microwave #nature #conservation #tributaries #andean #creativecommons #publicdomain #outofthecommons https://www.instagram.com/p/CJWxS57nygC/?igshid=1o2xr45rd31qj