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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for Giovanni Battista), was an Italian Baroque painter working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault frescos in the Church of the Gesù in Rome.
Bernini is responsible for not only obtaining the commission for Gaulli, but also for inspiring some of the designs. [4] If not for Bernini's illusionistic merging of architecture and sculpture, in the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa at the Cornaro Chapel in Santa Maria della Vittoria, Gaulli's ceiling fresco may have turned out quite differently. [5]
The city's parks have been described as the "greatest outdoor public art museum" in the United States. [1] More than 300 sculptures can be found on the streets and parks of the New York metropolitan area, many of which were created by notable sculptors such as Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French, and John Quincy Adams Ward.
Category: Sculptures in New York City. ... Sculptures in the Museum of Modern Art (New York City) (16 P) O. Outdoor sculptures in New York City (2 C, 15 P, 2 F) S.
Roman Bronze Works, now operated as Roman Bronze Studios, is a bronze foundry in New York City.Established in 1897 by Riccardo Bertelli, it was the first American foundry to specialize in the lost-wax casting method, [1] and was the country's pre-eminent art foundry during the American Renaissance (ca. 1876–1917).
The following public artworks have been displayed in Manhattan in New York City: 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Memorial; 5 in 1; 107th Infantry Memorial; Admiral David Glasgow Farragut; Alamo; Alma Mater; Atlas; Ballplayers House Frieze; Bellerophon Taming Pegasus; Bent Propeller; Bethesda Fountain; Burnett Memorial Fountain; Bust of ...
Pages in category "Cast-iron architecture in New York City" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
John Collier, convert, sculptor of Catholic memorial at Ground Zero in New York City [673] James Collinson was a convert and Pre-Raphaelite. This is his 1878 depiction of the Holy Family. James Collinson [674] [675] William Congdon, after his conversion in 1959 he began his Crocefissi (Crucifixion) series [676]