Who is this elegant lady? A noblewoman surely, and most likely a member of the court of Cosimo I de‘ Medici, Duke of Florence in the mid-sixteenth century.
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Charles Sheeler was a master of both painting and photography, and his work in one medium influenced and shaped his work in the other.[1] In 1927, he was commissioned to photograph the Ford Motor Company’s new River Rouge Plant near Detroit. Then the world’s largest industrial complex, employing more than 75,000 workers, the plant produced Ford’s Model A, successor to the famed Model T.
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The short biblical account of the Flight into Egypt (Matt. 2:13–14) was elaborated upon by Early Christian and medieval theologians.
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This gruesome scene is from the Old Testament story of David defeating the giant Goliath. David is shown swinging the slingshot that brought down Goliath, whose severed head lies on the ground.
the Bargello, Florence, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004, fig. 13 (p.
collection, Paris.[1] (Galerie Heinemann, Munich) from 1913; sold 1916 to Hans Wendland [b.
This small painting is less than 10 inches across, and it was surely made for the private devotions of the person who owned it. That the owner was of modest means is suggested not only by the painting’s size but also by the limited use of gilding.
country sale, Patterdale Hall, Ullswater, near Penrith, Cumbria, 8 August 1934); (P.
Filippino Lippi was the son of the painter Fra Filippo Lippi, who was undoubtedly the boy’s first master. After his father died in 1469, he became a pupil of Botticelli, who had a profound influence on his style.
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Renoir had his girlfriend Lise Tréhot pose as the ancient Roman goddess Diana. He chose a mythological subject and painted it at grand scale in hopes of getting this picture into the largest art show of the time, the Salon.
Paris, 1912: p. 7 repro. 1918 Vollard, Ambroise.
wistful children in the arts in this big, noisy, growing and groping America.� B
