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The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise, [1] often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic. It is a vivid, often dramatic, verbal description of a visual work of art, either real or imagined. Thus, "an ekphrastic poem is a vivid description ...
The End of the World, commonly known as The Great Day of His Wrath, [1] is an 1851–1853 oil painting on canvas by the English painter John Martin. [2] Leopold Martin, John Martin's son, said that his father found the inspiration for this painting on a night journey through the Black Country. This has led some scholars to hold that the rapid ...
The first play in which Day appears as part-author is The Conquest of Brute, with the finding of the Bath (1598), which, with most of his early work, is lost. Day's earliest extant work, written in collaboration with Chettle, is The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green (acted 1600, printed 1659), a drama dealing with the early years of the reign of Henry VI.
By judging paintings based on their novelty and influence, the mathematical algorithm selected the most creative paintings and sculptures of each era. According to a computer these 20 paintings ...
The Seventh Plague of Egypt is an 1823 oil painting by the British artist John Martin. [1] It depicts the seventh of the biblical plagues of Ancient Egypt. [2] Moses can be seen with his staff in his hands, calling down the violent storm of thunder and hail onto the Egyptians holding the Israelites in slavery. [3]
Some of the most elaborate painting done by early Filipinos that survives to the present day is manifested among the arts and architecture of the Maranao who are well known for the Nāga Dragons and the Sarimanok carved and painted in the beautiful Panolong of their Torogan or King's House. Juan Luna, The Parisian Life, 1892
John Martin, Belshazzar's Feast, c. 1821; half-size sketch held by the Yale Center for British Art Belshazzar's Feast is an oil painting by British painter John Martin (1789–1854). It was first exhibited at the British Institution in February 1821 and won a prize of £200 (equivalent to £21,536 in 2023) for the best picture.
The painting was included in the game Civilization V. Players have a chance to view it upon completing a Great Artist. The painting is mentioned in Brad Watson's short story "Kindred Spirits" in his collection, The Last of the Dog-Men. The painting is depicted in Sean Price Williams's movie The Sweet East using the Schüfftan process. [11]