Bacchus and Ariadne by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo https://www.nga.gov/artworks/46060-bacchus-and-ariadne
There are white buildings with brown roofs in the distance in front of rocky, powder-blue
There are white buildings with brown roofs in the distance in front of rocky, powder-blue
Discover works by Thomas Gainsborough and learn about the artist
· oil on canvas · Accession ID 1937.1.93 Artwork Thomas Gainsborough, A Rocky
The demands placed on John Singer Sargent by his unparalleled success as a painter of Gilded Age portraits on both sides of the Atlantic began to tire him soon after the turn of the 20th century. In 1907–1908 he declared that he was „shutting up shop in the portrait line“ to focus on landscapes, informal figure studies (including Nonchaloir [Repose ], 1911, National Gallery of Art), and mural paintings.
Recenter Visual Description From a low vantage point, we look up a steep, rocky
by a stone-gray structure with a squared opening and, to the left, with a brown, rocky
Its Christian subject matter, simplicity of organization, and lack of shock value separate The Sacrament of the Last Supper from most of Salvador Dalí’s other works. Dalí’s reputation from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s was founded on his surrealist manner and use of Freudian dream imagery.
periwinkle-blue water stretches from behind the table to a row of low, gossamer-white, rocky
Use your smartphone to explore a wide range of works through the voices of National Gallery of Art curators. Set your own pace by listening to as many stops as you like in the order you choose. Don’t forget to bring your headphones! To listen to information about a work of art, enter the stop number in the box below, select „go“, and press the play button when the stop appears. This tour is available in Español, Français, Pусский, 中文, 日本語, and 한국어.
Audio Tour Stop 31 Mountains and Sea, Helen Frankenthaler Mountains and Sea is
Musician Daniel Ho spent much of his childhood on the water, so he relates to Thomas Cole’s river paintings. Ho responds to Voyage of Life with an original suite. Starting with simple harmonies to represent childhood, he gradually introduces complexity.
just depicting the visual facts of nature—whether that’s trees, fields, rocks, mountains
Jan Both was one of the most important Dutch painters of Italianate landscapes. In 1637 or 1638 he joined his older brother Andries in Rome and stayed there until his return to his native city of Utrecht in 1642.
illuminates four men standing in pairs on either side of a dirt road that winds between rocky
In The Spirit of War , a rugged mountain landscape provides the backdrop for a medieval
Description A turreted, sprawling stone castle, bronzed by the setting sun, crowns a rocky
Titian shows the saint as if on the peak of a mountain, reacting in awe and astonishment
Description From far below, we look up at an older man with standing on a cliff edge or rocky