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
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
In the still small but gay and colorful pavilion devised by Le Vau, now his favorite architect, the young sovereign surrounded himself with sensuous Italian or Flemish cabinets.
were redecorated in 1654–55 with frescoed and stuccoed ceilings in the Bolognese manner
Inscription: Recto, lower right, in pen and brown ink: A.V. Dyck.Verso, lower right, in graphite: 1972.118.279Marking: Recto, lower left, collector’s mark of Sir Joshua Reynolds (Lugt 2364)Recto, lower left, collector’s mark of Thomas Hudson (Lugt 2432)Recto, lower right center, collector’s mark of Prosper Henry Lankrik (Lugt 2090)Recto, lower right, collector’s mark of Baron Louis-Auguste de Schwiter (Lugt 1768)Verso, lower left, collector’s mark of Pierre Olivier Dubaut (Lugt 2103b)Verso, bottom right, MMA stamp
sophisticated and privileged members of the Caroline court in a suitably glamorous manner
Perseus and the horse are shown in the traditional black-figure manner, while the
appropriate to the entry of a villa-park, his gate is designed in a heavy rustic manner
The position of the figure resembles the manner in which the bodies of the deceased
