Architects trained as humanists helped raise the status of their profession from skilled laborer to artist. They hoped to create structures that would appeal to both emotion and reason.
the classical orders Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian in a consistent and appropriate manner
Signature: Signed inside foot in red: J.M.H.Inscription: Copernicus: (in gold panel below) Copernic. Systeme planétaire; (in banderoles) Motu/octave spherae; (in shield above) Thom
are painted in gray and white with gilt high-lights on a dark blue ground in a manner
He was an astoundingly inventive painter and draftsman, and, due to the continuity of the family trade and the industry that developed in prints after his works, Bruegel’s impact was widespread and long lasting.
engravings, capitalizing on the strong market demand for images in the style or manner
The Artist: Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440–1482), born in Ghent, was one of the leading Flemish artists of the second half of the fifteenth century. Initially, Hugo followed in the grand tradition of the illusionism of Jan van Eyck’s paintings, with a palette of richly saturated colors and a clear organization of space that depended on single vanishing-point perspective
The manner in which the ear cartilage appears pinched together above the earlobes
Ringmaster, publicist, and performer in a highly theatrical life, the legendary Nadar wore many hats—those of journalist, bohemian, left-wing agitator, playwright, caricaturist, and aeronaut.
Nadar made his finest portraits, always working at home in a relaxed and personal manner
When academic ideals faced challenges in the later nineteenth century, the delicate status of the nude was quickly exposed and subverted.
The rejection of academic manners in pursuit of a new form of truth reduced the appeal
The dining room, even in its unfinished state, was a splendid room, from which one looked out through the windows over a broad terrace to the verdant park.
: a genre scene set in the pastoral landscape of the Neapolitan Campania in the manner
Artists of the Neo-Impressionist circle renounced the random spontaneity of Impressionism in favor of a measured painting technique grounded in science and the study of optics.
His manner of weaving and layering small brushstrokes indeed achieved a tapestry-like
Curator Adela Oppenheim focuses on the architecture of The Temple of Dendur as a setting for the cultic worship of Isis.
The brothers were believed to have drowned in the Nile, a manner of death that could
The city’s architecture, which is inflected by its geographic position and by the particular conditions of a maritime environment, and the wealth and richness of its painting, sculpture, and decoration attracted ever larger numbers of visitors.
Special fairs were held to interest buyers in the books, glass, lace, and all manner
