Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works came from the best–known episodes from ancient literature, but his conception of the stories was varied and original.
used by Tiepolo elsewhere but never in such a dramatic and emotionally intense manner
however, has revealed that the apparent objects in the scales are painted in a manner
appreciated the artist’s mastery at rendering fabrics with his smooth and modulated manner
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.
Once Rembrandt had blocked in the form in his customary manner and painted the woman
This small panel once decorated the predella of an altarpiece along with nine other small portraits of apostles, three of which are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art: Matthew , Simon , and Thaddeus .
marriage that evolved to become the international style, a refined and courtly manner
Roses was painted shortly before Van Gogh’s release from the asylum at Saint–Rémy. He felt he was coming to terms with his illness—and himself.
The Sphere (13 July 1929): 105, repro. 1931 Mannes, Marya.
the true leading star’ in art.” [2] The young artist sits in a remarkably casual manner
In much the same manner that Vermeer has refined his composition by eliminating extraneous
by Titian and that they were combined in the present unsatisfactory way in the manner
The paint is applied alla prima (wet-on-wet), in an opaque, vigorously brushed manner
