be found on a festive occasion and present them in a harmonious and convincing 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
By the time Cassatt exhibited this painting at the eighth and final impressionist exhibition in 1886, her reputation as a painter of mothers and children had been well established. Critics had long commented on her ability to portray her subjects in a tender, yet unsentimental, way:
revealing the identity of the little girls specifically, Cassatt depicted them in a manner
the Dutch concern for orderliness and cleanliness, as well as their sympathetic manner
The elegant manner in which Hanneman portrayed Henry, Duke of Gloucester, is more
After learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting in his native Leiden, Rembrandt van Rijn went to Amsterdam in 1624 to study for six months with Pieter Lastman (1583–1633), a famous history painter. Upon completion of his training Rembrandt returned to Leiden.
Washington, 1975: 292, repro., as Manner of Rembrandt. 1985 National Gallery of
The Corner family was one of the wealthiest and most influential in Venice. The boy on the left is Marco Corner, named after his uncle, Cardinal Marco, who is shown here handing his namesake a benefice—a church appointment providing income and property in exchange for pastoral duties.
Titian, three half-figures, portraits of the old family Cornaro of Venice” (Victoria Manners
In about 1600, Hendrick Goltzius, who was famous across Europe for his extraordinary abilities as a draftsman and printmaker, turned his talents to painting. In 1616 he painted this magnificent image of Adam and Eve reclining in the Garden of Eden like mythological lovers.
created an early example of what would be called the baroque style, a naturalistic manner
mother of four than to Anna Amalie the abbess, albeit one who lived in a secular manner
The moderately rich oil paint is generally applied in an opaque manner in applications
