Further complicating matters, there is no consistent use of Roman and Arabic numbers
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.
The Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses provided Dutch artists with a wide range of
How do portraits influence the way we see historic figures? David shows Napoleon Bonaparte working tirelessly for the people of France.
Book A copy of Plutarch’s Lives, a series of biographies of famous Greek and Roman
close in the early 13th century, but after c. 1250 survived principally in the Holy Roman
This Coronation of the Virgin may be the first time the subject, which originated in the West, appears in Venetian art. Some of the earliest representations were carved above cathedral doorways in France—and certain elements in the Gallery’s painting—its elaborate halos, for example—share in the decorative elegance of Gothic art.
The roman numerals “CCCXXIIIIâ€� are painted on the base of the throne, near Jesusâ
close in the early 13th century, but after c. 1250 survived principally in the Holy Roman
Sandro Botticelli, a Florentine, painted several versions of the theme of the Adoration of the Magi. The Magi, or wise men, were particularly venerated in Florence, as one of the city’s leading religious confraternities was dedicated to them.
"Botticelli’s Horsetamer: A Quotation from Antiquity which Reaffirms a Roman Date
Corbusier, history offered ample evidence to support his views: "Egyptian, Greek or Roman
Venus and Adonis,� Artibus et Historiae 33, no. 65 (2012): 104, with reference to Roman
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.
revolt that led to the overthrow of monarchical tyranny and the creation of the Roman
