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The image depicts three of the Graces of classical mythology. It is frequently asserted that Raphael was inspired in his painting by a ruined Roman marble statue displayed in the Piccolomini Library of the Siena Cathedral—19th-century art historian [Dan K] held that it was a not very skillful copy of that original—but other inspiration is possible, as the subject was a popular one in Italy.
The Life of Christ is a series of seven paintings in tempera and gold on panel, attributed to Giotto and dating to around 1320–1325. Depicting the Nativity and Passion of Christ, and Pentecost, they are now housed in a number of museums: three are in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Isabella ...
Wallace Nutting (November 17, 1861 – July 19, 1941) was an American minister, photographer, artist, and antiquarian, who is most famous for his landscape photos of New England. He also was an accomplished author, lecturer, furniture maker, antiques expert and collector. His atmospheric photographs helped spur the Colonial Revival style.
Third Hallgarten Prize (1888) Second Hallgarten Prize (1895) Charles Courtney Curran (13 February 1861 – 9 November 1942) was an American impressionist painter. [1] He is best known for his canvases depicting women in various settings. [2] As well as for his leadership role at the Cragsmoor Art Colony. [3]
Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE RA (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if in Cookham, the small village beside the River Thames where he was born and spent much of his life.
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool: I am Half-Sick of Shadows, said the Lady of Shalott: 1916: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: Miranda - The Tempest: 1916: private collection: The Enchanted Garden: 1916: Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool: Tristan and Isolde with the Potion: c. 1916: private collection: Fair Rosamund: 1917: private collection
Art Students League. Known for. Painting. Style. Portraiture. Grace Spaulding John (1890 – 1972) was an American painter, author and lecturer born in Battle Creek, Michigan. Her early years were spent in Vermont, and around the age of thirteen she moved with her family to Texas. She studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, at the ...
Older prints can be divided into the fine art Old Master print and popular prints, with book illustrations and other practical images such as maps somewhere in the middle. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece, which is called a print. Each print is considered an original, as opposed ...