4] Dou was renowned for the remarkable detail of his works, and his meticulous manner
The artist, who was enrolled in the Arte dei Medici e Speziali in Florence between 1346 and 1348, must have been an established artist by this time, not only because a document datable between 1348 and 1349 lists him among the best Florentine painters of the day,[1] but also because various paintings identified as his work seem to date to the 1340s or even earlier. Knowledge of Puccio in the art historical literature was confined for a long time to the signed polyptych in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence (no.
characteristics clearly distinguish his paintings from the more composed and solemn manner
The paints are applied in a somewhat dryer, thinner manner than are those in A Bearded
Gentile da Fabriano’s patrons were princes, the church, and various city governments as well as the customary merchant clients. His art has a cosmopolitan flavor, in which brilliant color, textural richness, and ornamental pattern are combined.
Gentile’s art is typical of the International Style, a manner of painting which became
Particularly fascinating is the manner in which Backhuysen has indicated the spray
Willem Kalf, baptized in Rotterdam on November 3, 1619, was one of the foremost still-life painters of the seventeenth century. His father, Jan Jansz Calff (Kalf), was a well-to-do textile merchant and town council member who died in 1625.
His luminous manner of painting highlights has often been compared to that of Vermeer
Documents indicate that Willem Claesz Heda was born in Haarlem on December 14, 1594. This evidence is supported by an inscription designating his age—“aetate 84�—found on a 1678 portrait of Heda by the Haarlem painter Bray, Jan de .
Schrevelius, who wrote that Heda painted “fruit and all kinds of knick-knacks� in the manner
Born in Paris in 1832 to a wealthy family, Edouard Manet showed promise in drawing and caricature from an early age. After twice being denied admission to France’s prestigious Naval College, he enrolled in 1850 at the studio of academic artist Thomas Couture.
He soon adopted a free manner of painting that opposed the polished surfaces revered
In 1775, Gilbert Stuart set sail for London where Benjamin West welcomed the destitute young man into his home. The Skater marks the end of his five-year apprenticeship to West.
of vigorous movement at all — had absolutely no precedent in Britain’s „Grand Manner
One of the most iconic works by the American photographer Margaret Bourke-White, Fort Peck Dam, Montana was published on the cover of the inaugural issue of Life magazine on November 23, 1936. Assigned by Henry Luce to cover the massive New Deal project, Bourke-White photographed the dam, the spillway, and daily life in the surrounding boomtown.
Even her own persona was crafted in this manner as newspapers remarked on her daring
