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
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, PуÑ�Ñ�кий, ä¸æ–‡, 日本語, and í•œêµì–´. Â
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
Many artists have painted, photographed, and drawn nature’s magnificent sculptures.
painter Jacob van Ruisdael is known for paintings of massive trees towering above a rocky
See how six artists envisioned the Bard’s plays, from “Romeo and Juliet� to “King Lear.�
glance, Scottish artist David Young Cameron’s watercolor looks like an abstracted rocky
This tour offers vivid descriptions of specific works on view in the East Building. Though designed for people with vision loss, this tour is a useful tool for guided looking for all visitors.
The male sleeps in the shadowy recesses of the rocky cave.
Cole’s renowned four-part series traces the journey of an archetypal hero along the „River of Life.“ Confidently assuming control of his destiny and oblivious to the dangers that await him, the voyager boldly strives to reach an aerial castle, emblematic of the daydreams of „Youth“ and its aspirations for glory and fame. As the traveler approaches his goal, the ever-more-turbulent stream deviates from its course and relentlessly carries him toward the next picture in the series, where nature’s fury, evil demons, and self-doubt will threaten his very existence.
painting across a lush landscape and into the distance before disappearing beyond two rocky
Like Duccio’s The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel , this small panel was part of the Maestà , one of the most important masterpieces in the history of Western painting.
Controls Zoom In Zoom Out Recenter Visual Description A man stands on a rocky
The people and animals in this colorful procession are on their way to see the infant Jesus and honor his birth. The procession winds around a hill, under an ancient arch, and to the manger.
The crowd gathers along a pathway that winds around a rocky mountain at the top middle
