Rejecting the idealized classicism of academic art and the exotic themes of Romanticism, Realism was based on direct observation of the modern world.
such as La Caricature and Le Charivari, satirizing government officials and the manners
Initially trained as a lawyer, Matisse developed an interest in art only at age twenty-one.
early work, which he began exhibiting in 1895, was informed by the dry academic manner
Rubens and van Dyck are among the finest draftsmen of all times. The works they left behind probably count, respectively, some 700 and 200 sheets.
In preparing a painting, Van Dyck in his early years followed the manner Rubens had
Over the course of his long career, Goya moved from jolly and lighthearted to deeply pessimistic and searching in his paintings, drawings, etchings, and frescoes.
glorify leisure activities of the rich, poor, young, and old in a playful Rococo manner
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, Tournus 1725–1805 Paris) ca. 1760–80 Girl’s Head Manner
As a painter of religious pictures, mythological scenes, classical and modern history, and portraits, Rubens had a broader impact than Van Dyck. But as a portraitist, Van Dyck was far more influential, especially in England.
Similarly, a sincere emotionalism lends substance to the seemingly nervous manner
Chief Digital Officer Loic Tallon announces the launch of The Met Collection API, the next step in making the Museum’s collection one of the most accessible on the internet.
To broaden the global reach of our collection, we need to make it available in a manner
Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High speaks with Curator Carmen C. Bambach about the power of Michelangelo’s drawings and the artist’s savvy shaping of his own history.
He apparently cleaned himself up, bought new clothing, and cultivated the manners
Lairesse was celebrated in his lifetime as a painter and advocate for an idealizing manner
The first comprehensive survey of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings ever presented in America, this international loan exhibition brings together nearly 120 works of extraordinary beauty by one of the great masters of all time, surveying his staggering contribution as an artist, scientist, theorist, and teacher.
an art-historical term created to describe his seamless blending of tone in the manner
