The Vatican Library was founded
niedziela, Listopad 29th, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneThe Vatican Library was founded The total population of the world rose to 400 million, with a quarter in Europe and Russia King Ferdinand of Spain announced: 'Getgold, humanely if possible, but at all hazards, get gold.
Dramatic Light and Shade
sobota, Listopad 28th, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneDramatic Light and Shade BY THE START OF THE 17th century, Rome had become the main artistic centre in Italy, with Florence and Venice declining in importance.
Light and Space
środa, Listopad 25th, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneLight and Space Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was, with John Constable, one of two outstanding painters of the British School in die 19th century.
Anguished Vision
wtorek, Listopad 24th, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneAnguished Vision Post-impressionism is the name given to the group of painters working at the end of" the 19di century and the start of the 20th century.
Paving the Way
wtorek, Listopad 24th, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączonePaving the Way Like Titian and Manet before him, Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) is a hugely significant artist whose life straddled two major periods of change.
Domestic Intimacy
poniedziałek, Listopad 23rd, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneDomestic Intimacy The Dutch produced a succession of painters who all had their particular speciality, but there was no artist better at painting interior domestic scenes than Jan Vermeer (1632-1675).
The Free Handling of Paint
sobota, Listopad 21st, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneThe Free Handling of Paint Although respected and tdmired by the younger Impressionists, such as Monet, Renoir and Sisley, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) never actually exhibited with them, setting his sights on recognition from the established Salon.
THE AGE OF
sobota, Listopad 21st, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneTHE AGE OF ELEGANCE 01700-1780 In painting terms, a line can be traced from the uninhibited, spontaneous marks made by Titian in the 16th century, through the wild, dark adventurousness of the Baroque era, to the start of something altogether lighter and frothier ...
Direct from Nature
sobota, Listopad 21st, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneDirect from Nature In 19th-century France, when both Neo-Classicism and Romanticism had asserted very different influences over painting, there were artists whose work did not belong to either tradition.
Mystic Landscapes
czwartek, Listopad 19th, 2009 Posted in Bez kategorii | Komentarze są wyłączoneMystic Landscapes Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) was the most important visual artist of the Romantic movement in Germany, although his work was virtually forgotten at the time of his death and only rediscovered fully in die 20th century.