Thomas Cole turns the landscape into a backdrop for a medieval tale in The Return , one of a pair of luminous paintings set at sunrise and sunset. Cole drew on several sources, including Scottish historian and poet Sir Walter Scott’s popular verses about warfare between the English and the Scots.
Washington, 1857: 6, no. 4. 1882 Macleod, William.
Renaissance artist Raphael was famous in his own time. It is easy to understand why.
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The Dutch and Flemish took extraordinary delight in depictions of the natural world as an expression of God’s everlasting blessing. The flower paintings of Jan Davidsz de Heem celebrate the beauty of flora while at the same time exemplifying the concept of Ars longa, vita brevis (art is long, life is short) embodied in the Dutch still-life paintings of the seventeenth century.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Admission is always free 6th and Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20565 Only
Admission is always free 6th and Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20565 Only
Admission is always free 6th and Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20565 Only
