Discover the lives of 15 LGBTQ+ artists and their art, much of which you can see at the National Gallery.
of making artworks for “large walls.� Kelly first made Color Panels for a bank
According to legend, John the Evangelist was exiled by the emperor Domitian to the Greek island of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Titian shows the saint as if on the peak of a mountain, reacting in awe and astonishment to the voice of God (“I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet.
The aqua-colored sky fills most of the composition behind Saint John, and a bank
Cole’s renowned four-part series traces the journey of an archetypal hero along the „River of Life.“ Confidently assuming control of his destiny and oblivious to the dangers that await him, the voyager boldly strives to reach an aerial castle, emblematic of the daydreams of „Youth“ and its aspirations for glory and fame. As the traveler approaches his goal, the ever-more-turbulent stream deviates from its course and relentlessly carries him toward the next picture in the series, where nature’s fury, evil demons, and self-doubt will threaten his very existence.
the lush riverbank fills the lower left corner of the composition; it and the far bank
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Back in his London studio, his sketchbooks served as a memory bank for ideas.
Niagara , located on the homeland of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), is among the greatest natural wonders of North America. Beginning in the late 17th century, the site became a popular but challenging subject for European artists.
Adamson believed that Niagara was purchased by this unidentified owner from the bank
This panel, along with The Birth, Naming, and Circumcision of Saint John the Baptist , and Madonna and Child with Five Angels were once part of the same altarpiece devoted to Saint John the Baptist (see Reconstruction ). The altarpiece’s original location is not known, though it was probably featured in a church dedicated to the saint in what is today the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, close to Giovanni Baronzio ’s home in Rimini.
hip-deep in a stylized river with a bearded man wearing a fur-like garment on a rocky bank
The bank Koenigs Amsterdam was also involved in the transaction.
During the Trojan War, the priest Laocoön angered the Greek gods, who sent snakes to kill him and his two sons. The legend became popular after a monumental, ancient marble sculpture of Laocoön and his sons was unearthed in Rome in 1506.
six people, all nude with light skin, stand or lie intertwined with snakes on a bank
long-limbed figure concealed only by a bit of striped brocade, reclines easily on the bank
Woman Holding a Balance is a superb example of Johannes Vermeer’s exquisite sense of stability and rhythm. A woman dressed in a blue jacket with fur trim stands serenely at a table in a corner of a room.
floats in the sky with both arms raised, and is flanked by people encased within a bank
