The Rest on the Flight into Egypt. Oil on panel, 34 x 48 cm. 1647. Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland.
Les mer»Torso of the «Diadumenus» type Roman work of the Imperial period (first half of the second century CE?), after a bronze original by Polyclitus, c.440-430 BCE The Classical period is marked by great artists known to us solely through Roman copies of their works. The Romans were great lovers of Greek art and made numerous […]
Les mer»Fra Angelico
Les mer»Javier Sanchis Tour de Maillen in Vaud (Switzerland).
Les mer»August Sander
Les mer»Louis Janmot (Lyon, 1814 – 1892) Ondskapens vei (Le Mauvaus Sentier), 1854 Olje på lerret – 113 x 143 cm Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon Dette bildet, som er del av en syklus på 18 sådanne, viser malerens syn på den sekulære, antiklerikale utdannelsen i Frankrike etter revolusjonen (før Falloux-lovene). De to pikene klatrer i jakten […]
Les mer»Tête d’Iris dite «Tête Laborde» : fragment de figure féminine du fronton ouest du Parthénon Entre 448 et 432 avant J.-C. Louvre The sculptor and architect Phidias oversaw the reconstruction of Athens at the time of Pericles, around 450 BC. He was also in charge of the decoration of the Parthenon: a superb treasury (a […]
Les mer»Giovanni Duprè (Siena, 1817 – Firenze, 1882) Den døende Abel (1843) Marmor Eremitasjen, St. Petersburg
Les mer»Katedralen i Amiens (påbegynt i 1220 av Robert de Luzarches)
Les mer»Greece: Male torso Circa 480-470 BC This statue, now broken, was reused in the Roman theater at Miletus, as indicated by two holes made in the back in order to secure the statue with metal tenons. A characteristically Greek spirit of competition between artists lay behind the rapid strides made towards increasingly faithful depictions of […]
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