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Large rectangular semi-abstract design consisting of seven individual panes of glass that collectively portray the Sea of Galilee set against rectangles and circles in varying shades of blue from light to dark. In the detail are aquatic depictions of swirling water, foam and fish, picked out in black and white line. [46]
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane (1858) is a painting by American artist John Quidor, depicting a scene from Washington Irving's 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". The schoolmaster Ichabod Crane is fleeing on a white horse, pursued by the Headless Horseman on a black horse.
Eugène Delacroix, Horse Frightened by Lightning, 1825–1829, watercolour, lead white on paper, 23.6 × 32 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Rosa Bonheur, The Horse Fair, 1853–1855, Metropolitan Museum of Art. George Stubbs, born in 1724, became so associated with his equestrian subjects that he was known as "the horse painter". A childhood ...
Detail of 12th-century stained glass window in Strasbourg Cathedral; black and white paint has been used on the coloured glass. Secondly it refers to stained glass, used for windows. Here the design is made up using sheets of coloured glass, cut to shape and held in place by lead. The painting is the final stage, typically only in black. [2]
Roman glass cup from a grave in Emona (present Ljubljana). Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass.It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including glass jewelry and tableware.
"Night-Shining White" (Chinese: 照夜白圖) is a monochrome ink-on-paper painting by the Chinese artist Han Gan. It is an example of Tang dynasty painting, created in the middle of the 8th century (circa 750). The work depicts a cavalry horse owned by the Emperor Xuanzong (reign 712–56) of the Tang dynasty, tethered to a post. It is ...
One of the most prestigious stained glass commissions of the 19th century, the re-glazing of the 13th-century east window of Lincoln Cathedral, Ward and Nixon, 1855. A revival of the art and craft of stained-glass window manufacture took place in early 19th-century Britain, beginning with an armorial window created by Thomas Willement in 1811–12. [1]
The empress is shown dressed in military uniform, attended by a negro page. Elizabeth is shown to be in command of the horse, while her holding of a field marshall's baton represents her command over the sea. The painting was a notable success for Grooth, a former art curator turned painter. [1] Metropolitan Museum of Art