Thomas Cole turns the landscape into a backdrop for a medieval tale in The Return , one of a pair of luminous paintings set at sunrise and sunset. Cole drew on several sources, including Scottish historian and poet Sir Walter Scott’s popular verses about warfare between the English and the Scots.
of Design, New York, 1838, no. 65, as The Return, Scenes Illustrative of Feudal Manners
; Pompadour apparently had no compunction about seeing herself depicted in this manner
varnish obscures the folds of the cloak and the definition of forms, and it hides the manner
nurtured me from a boy up to a virile age, and taught me to cast aside uncivilized manners
overflowing wicker basket with still-life elements grouped around it in a semicircular manner
overflowing wicker basket with still-life elements grouped around it in a semicircular manner
The artist would give the maximum amount of information in the clearest manner possible
inspiration, he also began rendering distant landscapes in a broadly suggestive manner
This transcendent view down the Rhine River from the hillside vineyards near Oberwesel, Germany, is a masterpiece by one of the great icons of British art, J. M.W.
right to improve the composition, framing the sun-glazed view down the river in a manner
Reynolds sought to elevate British painting, including portraiture, to the lofty realms of classical expression. After traveling to Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Venice, Reynolds became the first president of the Royal Academy, which had been founded in 1768.
The pyramidal composition of the sitters, Lady Delmé’s encircling arms and quiet manner
