Although the museum is one of the youngest in the United States, it is fairly large and comprehensive museum, a significant representation of European art, ranging from antiquity to the present day. The museum was inaugurated only in 1965. However, a large part of the collection came from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, which was established a century earlier. The museum is also known for its Modern art items as well.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburugh Jerry Daperro
The National Gallery Scotland is one of the finest in the world. It has a comprehensive collection including works by Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch masters. Its collections covered all the major developments in European paintings between the 15th and the 19h century. Also it includes a rich collection of Scottish paintings. It is a home of Scottish art and painting. The gallery is situated in the heart of Edinburgh. The gallery is also benefit from the exchange program of paintings with the National Gallery London. The gallery is well worth a visit.
Within its elegant neoclassical exterior designed by William Henry Playfair, are housed works by the greatest names in Western art including Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Veazquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Watteau, Tiepolo, Canova and many of the Impressionists and Post impressionists. The Gallery also contains the most comprehensive collection of Scttish art from the 11C to the 19C.
This is the first of four Powerpoint on US gallery to be released on the next few day. In 1974 Norton Simon agreed to take over the Pasadena Art Museum, giving his collection a permanent home. In 1995, the museum began a major renovation and design. It also included a new theatre. Norton Simon started collecting seriously in 1964, when he purchased the entire European collection of the Duveen Brot. Today, his collection on European paintings is broadly based and methodological. The collection covers the whole span of European painting developments from the early Renaissance to modern days. All the mainstream movements are represented by works from the masters. However, one noticeable absence are paintings from America. In 1970s the collection started to include Asian Arts. Today, there are some 4,000 works in the collection. On European paintings the collection would complement to that of the more well-known Paul Getty Museum. Ion paintings, it must rank as one of the best on the west coast of America.
The Museum of Capodimonte is situated on the Capodimonte hill of Naples overlooking the Bay of Naples. The building is surrounded by a beautiful park. It is part of the Galleria Nazionale of paintings as well as a museum, with palatial rooms to visit. It is one of the largest museum in Italy and one of the most under-rated in its class. Its collection covers works of the period between 13C to 20C, including older works from the Farnese ‘primitive’ paintings. Simone Martini, Raphael, Titan, Caravaggio, Masaccio, Lorenzo Lotto, Giovanni Bellini, Giorgio Vasari and many others famous names are included in its collection.
The building is surrounded by a beautiful park. Friendly warning. It is located on the Capodimonte Hill outside of the main city. If you go to visit the gallery you must take the public transport to get there, but watch out for pick pockets. So be careful and hide your money well.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMAJerry Daperro
Although the museum is one of the youngest in the United States, it is fairly large and comprehensive museum, a significant representation of European art, ranging from antiquity to the present day. The museum was inaugurated only in 1965. However, a large part of the collection came from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, which was established a century earlier. The museum is also known for its Modern art items as well.
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburugh Jerry Daperro
The National Gallery Scotland is one of the finest in the world. It has a comprehensive collection including works by Italian, French, Flemish & Dutch masters. Its collections covered all the major developments in European paintings between the 15th and the 19h century. Also it includes a rich collection of Scottish paintings. It is a home of Scottish art and painting. The gallery is situated in the heart of Edinburgh. The gallery is also benefit from the exchange program of paintings with the National Gallery London. The gallery is well worth a visit.
Within its elegant neoclassical exterior designed by William Henry Playfair, are housed works by the greatest names in Western art including Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Veazquez, Rembrandt, Rubens, Watteau, Tiepolo, Canova and many of the Impressionists and Post impressionists. The Gallery also contains the most comprehensive collection of Scttish art from the 11C to the 19C.
This is the first of four Powerpoint on US gallery to be released on the next few day. In 1974 Norton Simon agreed to take over the Pasadena Art Museum, giving his collection a permanent home. In 1995, the museum began a major renovation and design. It also included a new theatre. Norton Simon started collecting seriously in 1964, when he purchased the entire European collection of the Duveen Brot. Today, his collection on European paintings is broadly based and methodological. The collection covers the whole span of European painting developments from the early Renaissance to modern days. All the mainstream movements are represented by works from the masters. However, one noticeable absence are paintings from America. In 1970s the collection started to include Asian Arts. Today, there are some 4,000 works in the collection. On European paintings the collection would complement to that of the more well-known Paul Getty Museum. Ion paintings, it must rank as one of the best on the west coast of America.
The Museum of Capodimonte is situated on the Capodimonte hill of Naples overlooking the Bay of Naples. The building is surrounded by a beautiful park. It is part of the Galleria Nazionale of paintings as well as a museum, with palatial rooms to visit. It is one of the largest museum in Italy and one of the most under-rated in its class. Its collection covers works of the period between 13C to 20C, including older works from the Farnese ‘primitive’ paintings. Simone Martini, Raphael, Titan, Caravaggio, Masaccio, Lorenzo Lotto, Giovanni Bellini, Giorgio Vasari and many others famous names are included in its collection.
The building is surrounded by a beautiful park. Friendly warning. It is located on the Capodimonte Hill outside of the main city. If you go to visit the gallery you must take the public transport to get there, but watch out for pick pockets. So be careful and hide your money well.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMAJerry Daperro
Although the museum is one of the youngest in the United States, it is fairly large and comprehensive museum, a significant representation of European art, ranging from antiquity to the present day. The museum was inaugurated only in 1965. However, a large part of the collection came from the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, which was established a century earlier. The museum is also known for its Modern art items as well.
Museo Del Prado - National Gallery MadridJerry Daperro
The Prado is unique among the world’s great museums. Its collection is astonishingly rich, with master paintings from the 13C to the 18C. It is one of the more complete wider representation of European schools of paintings. Assembled by the Spanish kings for their palaces, its treasures are now housed in the grandiose Neo-Classical palace designed in 1787. The Prado contains the most important collection of Spanish masters to be found anywhere in the world. It has the finest works included paintings by El Greco, Zurbaran, Velazquez, Murillo, Goya etc. The great strength of the museum is that it has also amassed extensive collections of other European artists. As the Low Countries were once part of the Spanish Empire, its collection included works by Rogier van der Weyden, the unsurpassed works of Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, etc. Rubens’ works are well-represented.
The building was based on the plan, designed by Bertram Goodhue. It layout reminds one of an ancient Roman countryside villa, with several courtyard surrounded by exhibition rooms, with low roofs. Its collection features painting by van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, the American artists, with emphasize of paintings connected to Hawaii. Because of its racial diversity of Hawaii, it also houses a collection of traditional South Asia & South Asian art, together with Chinese, Japanese and Hawaian art. It also used as a venue for contemporary arts. I particularly enjoyed getting acquaintance of art connected to Hawaii.
The Prado is unique among the world’s great museums. Its collection is astonishingly rich, with master paintings from the 13C to the 18C. It is one of the more complete wider representation of European schools of paintings. Assembled by the Spanish kings for their palaces, its treasures are now housed in the grandiose Neo-Classical palace designed in 1787. The Prado contains the most important collection of Spanish masters to be found anywhere in the world. It has the finest works included paintings by El Greco, Zurbaran, Velazquez, Murillo, Goya etc. The great strength of the museum is that it has also amassed extensive collections of other European artists. As the Low Countries were once part of the Spanish Empire, its collection included works by Rogier van der Weyden, the unsurpassed works of Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, etc. Rubens’ works are well-represented
Dulwich Picture Gallery boosts one of the of the finest smaller collection of Old Master in the world, full of household names and hidden gems. Its collection reflects the taste and market opportunities of its time by concentrated on European paintings of the 17C and 18C, the period sometimes known as ‘The Age of Baroque’. The gallery is situation in the Southeast of London, only about 5 miles from the centre of London. It about half an hour by bus or 12 minutes by local trains, depart from Victoria station..
The Pinacoteca Nazionale of Bologna is one of those provincial gems in a country full of artistic treasures. It collection is stunning, fully documented the history of the city in its contribution to Italian art. The gallery is housed in the old Jesuit convent. It is located within walking distance from the city centre, in the university district. Its original formation is much older and linked to the foundation of the modern academy and the new university. Its included some of the major paintings produced in city, with emphasis on works by the Bologna School of painters. Among it wide collection are works by famous artist like Giotto, Franca, the Carracci family of painters, Raphael, Reni and Perugino, with paintings spanning from Gothic to the 18C. The majority of the images were taken during my visit to the city in 2017.
Jacques Louis David (1749—1825) was a very important painter during the late 18C and the early 19C painting. He was the master of Neo-classicism and later Romanticism. At time he was somewhat artistic Czar of the time. Neoclassicism was a ‘modernising’ artistic movement of the time after the decline of the aristocratic art of Rococo. In 1782 he became an Academician and in 1784 he returned to Rome to paint the Oath of the Horati (1785), an important painting in the history of painting. It was more like the underground art of its days. During the French Revolution, he became a Deputy and involved with the politics of the day. Many well-known painters of the early 19C were his pupils, including Gerard & Ingres. As a painter, his portraits were supreme. Due to the changing politics of France, he imposed self-exile and cut off from the main stream of Romanticism in France.
The Wallace Collection (is) the finest collection of art ever assembled by one family and now s national museum. Five generations of collections, four Marquises of Hereford and Sir Richard Wallace, each made their own special contribution. The Wallace Collection a national museums in the heart of London, own one of the finest collection of fine and decorative art in the world. The Collection was bequeathed to the British nation by the widow of Sir Richard Wallace in 1897. The Collection was assembled entirely in the 18C and 19C. It is an oasis of European art in the heart of London, with emphasizes on French arts.
“Like other regional museums in (France), the Lyon Museum of Fine Art was founded immediately following the French Revolution. In accordance with the ideals being promoted at that time, the works of art confiscated during the Revolution were to be conserved and made accessible to as man as possible. They were also to bolster the Lyon silk industry by providing study models for the factories’ artisans and designers.
More than two hundred years later the collections’ encyclopaedic orientations has made the Lyon Museum of Fine Arts one of the foremost museums in France…..”
Museo Del Prado - National Gallery MadridJerry Daperro
The Prado is unique among the world’s great museums. Its collection is astonishingly rich, with master paintings from the 13C to the 18C. It is one of the more complete wider representation of European schools of paintings. Assembled by the Spanish kings for their palaces, its treasures are now housed in the grandiose Neo-Classical palace designed in 1787. The Prado contains the most important collection of Spanish masters to be found anywhere in the world. It has the finest works included paintings by El Greco, Zurbaran, Velazquez, Murillo, Goya etc. The great strength of the museum is that it has also amassed extensive collections of other European artists. As the Low Countries were once part of the Spanish Empire, its collection included works by Rogier van der Weyden, the unsurpassed works of Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, etc. Rubens’ works are well-represented.
The building was based on the plan, designed by Bertram Goodhue. It layout reminds one of an ancient Roman countryside villa, with several courtyard surrounded by exhibition rooms, with low roofs. Its collection features painting by van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, the American artists, with emphasize of paintings connected to Hawaii. Because of its racial diversity of Hawaii, it also houses a collection of traditional South Asia & South Asian art, together with Chinese, Japanese and Hawaian art. It also used as a venue for contemporary arts. I particularly enjoyed getting acquaintance of art connected to Hawaii.
The Prado is unique among the world’s great museums. Its collection is astonishingly rich, with master paintings from the 13C to the 18C. It is one of the more complete wider representation of European schools of paintings. Assembled by the Spanish kings for their palaces, its treasures are now housed in the grandiose Neo-Classical palace designed in 1787. The Prado contains the most important collection of Spanish masters to be found anywhere in the world. It has the finest works included paintings by El Greco, Zurbaran, Velazquez, Murillo, Goya etc. The great strength of the museum is that it has also amassed extensive collections of other European artists. As the Low Countries were once part of the Spanish Empire, its collection included works by Rogier van der Weyden, the unsurpassed works of Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, etc. Rubens’ works are well-represented
Dulwich Picture Gallery boosts one of the of the finest smaller collection of Old Master in the world, full of household names and hidden gems. Its collection reflects the taste and market opportunities of its time by concentrated on European paintings of the 17C and 18C, the period sometimes known as ‘The Age of Baroque’. The gallery is situation in the Southeast of London, only about 5 miles from the centre of London. It about half an hour by bus or 12 minutes by local trains, depart from Victoria station..
The Pinacoteca Nazionale of Bologna is one of those provincial gems in a country full of artistic treasures. It collection is stunning, fully documented the history of the city in its contribution to Italian art. The gallery is housed in the old Jesuit convent. It is located within walking distance from the city centre, in the university district. Its original formation is much older and linked to the foundation of the modern academy and the new university. Its included some of the major paintings produced in city, with emphasis on works by the Bologna School of painters. Among it wide collection are works by famous artist like Giotto, Franca, the Carracci family of painters, Raphael, Reni and Perugino, with paintings spanning from Gothic to the 18C. The majority of the images were taken during my visit to the city in 2017.
Jacques Louis David (1749—1825) was a very important painter during the late 18C and the early 19C painting. He was the master of Neo-classicism and later Romanticism. At time he was somewhat artistic Czar of the time. Neoclassicism was a ‘modernising’ artistic movement of the time after the decline of the aristocratic art of Rococo. In 1782 he became an Academician and in 1784 he returned to Rome to paint the Oath of the Horati (1785), an important painting in the history of painting. It was more like the underground art of its days. During the French Revolution, he became a Deputy and involved with the politics of the day. Many well-known painters of the early 19C were his pupils, including Gerard & Ingres. As a painter, his portraits were supreme. Due to the changing politics of France, he imposed self-exile and cut off from the main stream of Romanticism in France.
The Wallace Collection (is) the finest collection of art ever assembled by one family and now s national museum. Five generations of collections, four Marquises of Hereford and Sir Richard Wallace, each made their own special contribution. The Wallace Collection a national museums in the heart of London, own one of the finest collection of fine and decorative art in the world. The Collection was bequeathed to the British nation by the widow of Sir Richard Wallace in 1897. The Collection was assembled entirely in the 18C and 19C. It is an oasis of European art in the heart of London, with emphasizes on French arts.
“Like other regional museums in (France), the Lyon Museum of Fine Art was founded immediately following the French Revolution. In accordance with the ideals being promoted at that time, the works of art confiscated during the Revolution were to be conserved and made accessible to as man as possible. They were also to bolster the Lyon silk industry by providing study models for the factories’ artisans and designers.
More than two hundred years later the collections’ encyclopaedic orientations has made the Lyon Museum of Fine Arts one of the foremost museums in France…..”
Ever since Peter the Great, it was Russian policy to become a major European power. He lead a cultural revolution with an aim to transform the traditional and medieval social and political system into a modern society. In 1764, two years after Catherine the Great on the throne, She brought out Gotzkowski’s collection of 225 paintings, mainly Dutch and Flemish paintings. Politically, Empress Catherine’s patronage would enhance her image of an enlightened monarch. The Gotzkowski’s collection makes up the core of the paintings in Hermitage. In general the Hermitage collection is quite representative of the development of European arts since the 17C. After Catherine the Great, successive monarchs had added to the collection. It is really surprising to find large number of Impressionists paintings and modern paintings in the collection.
Wallace Collection, London Painting only 3.0Jerry Daperro
The Wallace Collection (is) the finest collection of art ever assembled by one family and now s national museum. Five generations of collections, four Marquises of Hereford and Sir Richard Wallace, each made their own special contribution. The Wallace Collection a national museums in the heart of London, own one of the finest collection of fine and decorative art in the world. The Collection was bequeathed to the British nation by the widow of Sir Richard Wallace in 1897. The Collection was assembled entirely in the 18C and 19C. It is an oasis of European art in the heart of London, with emphasizes on French arts.
The Courtauld Institute is offering a range of courses on the history of art and architecture, It is one of the academic establishments that make up the University of London. The Courtauld Gallery was established in 1932.as an integral part of the Courtauld Institute. Its collections now numbers some 520 paintings, 7000 drawings, 20000 prints and over 550 works of decorative art and sculptures, from the 1300 to 1970. On painting, it is particularly noticeable for its collection on the Impressionists.
From the New South Wales Art Gallery, Sydney website :-
"Established in 1871, the Gallery is proud to present fine international and Australian art in one of the most beautiful art museums in the world. We aim to be a place of experience and inspiration, through our collection, exhibitions, programs and research."
"Modern and contemporary works are displayed in expansive, light-filled spaces, offering stunning views of Sydney and the harbour, while our splendid Grand Courts are home to a distinguished collection of colonial and 19th-century Australian works and European old masters. There are also dedicated galleries celebrating the arts of Asia and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art.
Tate Britain at Pimlico London by the bank of the River Thames. It houses 500 years of British paintings From Hogarth to Turner, From Gainsborough to Francis Bacon, the vitality and quality of British art across the centuries shines outfrom the works of the nation’s most famous artists. It is different from Tate Modern that houses the Modern Arts. The collection also included sculpture the well known piece, the Kiss by Rodin. It also has a substantial collection of drawings,watercoours and modern prints. It also have a very large collection of Turners.
Encouraged by the success of Romanticism in portraying the exceptional and the exotic subjects. Several French painters travelled to North Africa and Middle East painting scenes of ‘Oriental’ history and the contemporary life. Delacroix was one of the first and the most convincing. Many others followed, notably Gerome. Other preferred to used their imagination and let it run wild, depicting their version of the imaging ‘Orient’, like Ingres A particular popular theme was the harem. Since no European man had ever been into a harem their works were mostly frictional. British painters like John Frederic Lewis and William Holman Hunt also embarked on their journey of discovery. Both men also spent part of their life living in the Middle East. They have also bought back images of what they experienced in the ‘Orient’.
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Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the leading member of the Impressionist group and the one who longest practised the principles of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation and painting directly from the object, in necessary out of door. Cezanne is said to have described him as ’only one eye, but my God what an eye!’. Monet is also the one who took impressionism into new contradictory way to become, in the 1940s, a major influence on Abstract Expressionism.
Galicia is a green rain-swept region remarkable for its coastal cliffs and bays (rias). Traditionally, it was seen as a poor agricultural region whose economy did not lend itself to modernization. It was never conquered by the Moors. Bordering Portugal to the south and enclosed by the waters of the Atlantic, Galicia could offer its inhabitants little on the way of new land for cultivation. Overpopulation and unemployment forced many to emigrate. Galicia has always maintained strong links with the sea, with A Coruna, a port for commerce and industry. However fishing is vital to the economy and Galician seafood is the best in Spain.
Clara Peeters (1594-c1659) was active between 1607 and 1621. Unlike many of the women painters of her time, she specialized on Still-life. She was a pioneer female painter. Early female painters were mostly portrait painters. There is not much known about her life as well. Her paintings of tables of food and other objects ware early manifestations of naturalism. As far as we know, her paintings of fish are the first that were dedicated to this subject.
Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) lived in Bologna, Italy. She was a contemporary of Sofonisba Anguissola, who was internationally known. Her father was a distinguished printed of the School of Bologna. Her earliest work was printed in 1575, ‘The Child of the Monkey’, At 23. She specialised in painted portraits and mainly on women of nobleman and of high society. She was particularly skilled in painting dresses. Her relationships with female clients were often warm and some became godparents of her children.
Fontana married artist Gian Zappi in 1577. She gave birth to 11 children. After the marriage Fontana continued to paint to support her family. Zappi cared for the household and served as assistant agent in selling his wife’s painting. He also depicted small elements of her pictures such as draperies and another details.
Lavinia was elected an honorary member of the University of Bologna and was honoured as a doctorate in 1580.
In 1603, she and her family moved Rome on the invitation of Pope Clement VIII and appointed as a portraitist in the Vatican. Her career flourished in Rome. She was elected to the San Luca Academy in Rome. She died in 1614 and left behind over 100 of her work.
Anguissola was the first Western female painter that had gained an international fame. At an young age, she was introduced to Michelangelo, who immediately recognized her talent. In the late 1550s, she established herself, as a professional painter, in her native Italy. She was recruited to the Spanish court about 27 year ago. Her marriage was arranged by the Spanish King Philip II, to a Sicilian nobleman. Two years later her husband died and she remarried again to a sea captain Orazio Lomellino. In later year, she became quite famous and many young artists came to visit her and to discuss the arts with her. Amongst them was the young Anthony van Dyck, who painted one of Anguissola last portrait. More importantly she was a pioneer who had shown other women to pursue serious careers as professional painters.
The world’s oceans and seas cover 71% of the surface of the Earth. It makes the Earth unique within the Solar System. It is also where life first began. Today the ocean is regarded as the last major frontier on Earth for exploration and development of resources to sustain mankind in the future. The sea also has an irresistible attraction on us, drawing us nearer to the shores. The sound of the waves lashing on the sandy beaches, the gentle breeze of a hot summer evening, the shimmers of silver lights, the fisherman coming home with their catch, the long voyages of container carriers that link the world economy are all part of our acquaintance with the sea. In its fury, it can unleash power that can destroy cities, sending ships and army to the bottom of the sea. No wonder, apart from our scientists, the seas is often a favourite subject for artists, poets and musicians. The song La Mer was an example, composed and sang by Charles Trenet’s in 1946 offers us a romantics version of our encounter with the sea.
“Caravaggio (1571-1610) is one of the most revolutionary figures in art. His intense naturalism almost brutal realism and dramatic lighting had a wide impact on European artists, including Orazio Gentileschi, Valentin de Boulogne and Gerrit van Honthorst. Each absorbed something different from Caravaggio, propagating his style across Europe. But by the mid-17C, Caravaggism was at odds with a prevailing preference for classicism and the reputation of these artists waned, not be revived until the mid-20C.” Beyond Caravaggio Introduction.
The British Isles are situated at the edge of the European continent. Historically the Roman invaded Britain in 43 AD and ruled for 350 years. This was followed by successive settlements by northern European. The last successful invasion was by the Norman from France in 1066. Today Britain is administratively divided into four main regions – Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Culturally, British influence has been very important in the world. Many former colonies have inherited the political culture and the social practices from Britain, in particularly the English speaking countries of the world. Economically, Britain was the first country to begin the process of Industrial Revolution. Britain is rich in energy resource but poor in material resources. As an island country, maritime trading has been and important development in its economy. Geological its landscape is varied with many types of habitats.
In 1794. during the French Revolution, the commissioners appointed in our country seized art works of every kind from churches, monasteries, abbeys guildhalls and the houses of so-called emigres, i.e. the French bourgeois residing in Belgium. Whilst many of these conquetes artistiques were taken away to the Louvre in Paris and in Versailles, some 1500 items, mainly paintings, considered to be less valuable, were left in Brussel. Even if there were no masterpieces among them, they were to form the basis of what is now the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
Van Dyck was among the greatest and the most successful portraitists who has ever lived. He dazzled 17C contemporaries not only in his native Netherlands but also in Italy and above all in England. His influence on subsequent portrait painting in Britain proved so great that it lasted to the beginning of 20C.
P Bruegel’s greatness is so widely acknowledged today that it is hard to imagine that in his life his supremacy was not recognised. He was immensely popular, but many contemporaries regarded his work as old-fasioned.
The greatest Flemish artist of 16th century. This realistic and landscape painter, gives us a gleam of life in the Low Country 400 years ago. His paintings are full of details & messages and so interesting to look at. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525/30-69), nicknamed ‘Peasant Bruegel’, was the most important satirist in the Netherlands after Bosch and one of the greatest landscape painters. After he became Master in the Antwerp Guild in 1551, he went to France and Italy, travelling as far south as Sicily. He was impressed by the landscape of Italy but not so on the Italian paintings. From his painting, he gave us insights to the peasant life and their relationship with nature of 16C in the Low Countries. He was an educated man, well able to associate with his distinguished clients and sophisticated enough disguised his political opinions as a biblical story.
The greatest Flemish artist of 16th century. This realistic and landscape painter, gives us a gleam of life in the Low Country 400 years ago. His paintings are full of details & messages and so interesting to look at. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c1525/30-69), nicknamed ‘Peasant Bruegel’, was the most important satirist in the Netherlands after Bosch and one of the greatest landscape painters. After he became Master in the Antwerp Guild in 1551, he went to France and Italy, travelling as far south as Sicily. He was impressed by the landscape of Italy but not so on the Italian paintings. From his painting, he gave us insights to the peasant life and their relationship with nature of 16C in the Low Countries. He was an educated man, well able to associate with his distinguished clients and sophisticated enough disguised his political opinions as a biblical story.
British Museum has a “permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. The British Museum was the first public national museum in the world.
The Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the Anglo-Irish physician and scientist Sir Hans Sloane. It first opened to the public in 1759, in Montagu House, on the site of the current building. The museum's expansion over the following 250 years was largely a result of British colonisation” Wikipedia.
London is one of the financial centre of the world. It is also an important centre for performance, arts, museums, theatres and fashion. What is particularly noticeable is that London is made up of two city centres. The City of London for finance, the West End for entertainment and the political entre of Westminster.
Yellowstone is US first National Park. It is also the world’s oldest. The park was created in 1872. Today National Parks are established for purpose of conservation. These are designated areas of natural beauty, an island in a developing world.
Today, Yellowstone National Park is probably the best known in the world and easily accessible. Wildlife abounds from the smallest to the largest mammals found in North America. The wolf, here, is a recovery story that is a major restoration of the balance of nature. There large herd of bison roaming in park, following their migration routes. Black and brown bears are frequently seen here. The park lies in the heart of the the Rocky Mountain Range. Here, powerful volcanic forces erupted 2 million, 1.3 million and as recently as 640,000 years ago, to create three of the world’s largest volcanic depressions, or calderas.
Native Americans have lived in the region for at least 11,000 years. Today with large number of visitors, the management and control of the park is vital to ensure its long term future.
The Rijksmuseum is a major European treasury of art. It houses the world’s greatest collection of Dutch paintings of 17C, the Golden Age. It is also a museum for Dutch history, art objects, drawings, sculptures and furniture. The building was opened in 1885. Its building was one of the first to be constructed specially as a museum. In 2004 the museum largely closed for 10 years to undertake a major renovation. The major features of the renovation were the of construction two large atriums covered by glass roofs to provide more amenity spaces for the visitors. The garden was also modified, statues were added, for the visitors to relax and enjoy the summer sun.
Human civilization has existed for a very short time on Earth. If we take the existence of Earth as equivalent to one year in time. Then human civilisation only appears on the last second of the last hour of the last day in the Earth’s year. Human has been fighting each other since the beginning of history. In the last century, we had two World Wars, when millions were killed. But I am the luck generation that miraculously never experienced wars, although the drums of wars are never too far away. We have arsenals of weapons that could destroy the world many times over. In my life time, I have also seen many of our children, marrying people of different races too. Our greatest enemy is ourselves. If we can survive this, there is the whole universe to explore. Finally, just remind ourselves that the longest Ice Age on Earth lasted for well over 1 billion years long and our civilisation is only 10,000 years old. 16 Jan 2022.
Paolo Veronese (c1528-88) was born in Verona and trained under several minor artists. The Chief influence on him was Titian. He worked in Venice probably from 1553, when he began his ceiling for the Doge’s Palace, with daring Sotto in Su (from below to above) perspective and Mannerist nudes in complicated poses filling up the picture space. He went to Rome for the first time in 1560, probably after he painted the frescoes in Villa Maser. He specialised mainly in huge pictures of Biblical, allegorical or historical subjects. With vast crowd and of accessory figures. Golden hair women, children, horses, dogs, apes, courtiers, musicians and soldier in armours.
For Sweden 13th December is an important day. It is the beginning of Christmas. It is the festival of Santa Lucia or the Festival of Light. On that day the eldest daughter of the family traditionally dresses in a white robe and wears a crown of candles, bringing lights to the dark winter. It is also a festive reason with specially dishes, foods and drinks for the occasion. Santa Lucia Festival is celebrated in Italy, Norway and Swedish Finland.
It is very scenic and the chosen location for The Roman Holiday, La Dolce Vita and There coins in the Fountain. It has many famous sites, rich in architecture and paintings – Pantheon, RoRome is known as the Eternal City because of its long history. man Forum, Colosseum, castel sant’ Angelo, Vatican, Basilica of St Peter, Trevi Fountain, If Gensu, the Spanish steps, Piazza Navona. Rome is shaped by two important artists Michelangelo and Bernini. This slideshow sketch the development of architecture from the Ancient, to the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque to the modern age.
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4. Condor Ceramic – 200-500 Peru
The Moche culture (also
called Mochica) flourished
along the northern coast and
valleys of ancient Peru,
between 1 AD to 800 AD. It
was very rich in sculptured
figures.
Many scholars believe the
Moche culture was not
politically organized a
monolithic empire or a state.
Rather they were likely a
group of autonomous politics
that share a common culture
and monumental architecture.
5. A traditional Wedding – 17C Mexico
Painted by an unknown artist, depicting a traditional wedding around a flying pole,
surrounded by acrobats and dancers. The flying pole dance still continue today. The
one on the painting had many flyers on the pole.
9. 15C Venetian - Jacopo Bellini
Jacopo Bellini (c1396-c1470) was the
founder of an artistic dynasty of Bellini in
Early Renaissance. Jacopo was the father
of Gentile and Giovanni Bellini. Giovanni
Bellini was the most well-known of the
family.
Jacopo Bellini was a pupil of Gentile da
Fabriano, who was then in Venice. In 1411-
1412 He was in Foligno, working on the
Palazzo Trinci frescoes. We was in
Florence in 1423.
Many of his famous works were in the
cathedral of Verona have disappeared.
10. 16C Italian - Vasari
Vasari (1511-74) was a pivot in the
history of Italian Renaissance. He
was most famous today for his book,
‘Lives of the Artists’ (published in
1550), in which he recorded all the
well-known artists of the Italian
Renaissance.
Vasari (1511-74) was born in Arezzo
and trained in Florence. He spent his
most productive life, working between
Florence and Rome. He was also a
gifted architect that ranked much
higher than his paintings.
11. 16C Italian - Titian
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio 1478/90-
1576) was the most successful
Renaissance portraitist of his time.
He was also the most important
member of the 16C Venice school.
Titian was the first painter to
acquire a mainly international
Clientele, despite remaining in
Venice for most of his life.
Titian seems to have been a pupil
of Gentile Bellini and then his
brother Giovanni.
12. 16C Veronese
Veronese was known
for his huge historic
paintings of religious
and mythological
subjects. He was
also a colourist. One
of his well-known
huge canvas is hung
in the Louvre (The
Wedding Feast at
Cana).
14. 17C Guido Reni & Bolognese School
Note the fine garment the cardinal
was wearing – lace and fine satins.
After the death of Caravaggio, a
group of his followers, primarily
connected with Bologna became
an influential movement, known as
Bolognese School. Guido Reni
became a dominant member in the
group under the influence of
Carracci. They were part of the
Baroque movement of the 16C and
17C.
Guido Reni (1575-1642) was an
Italian Baroque portrait painter. He
worked most in Rome, Naples and
Bologna.
15. 17C Guido Reni
The painting by Guido Reni
(1575-1642), depicted the
Challenges Ariadne presented
to Bacchus to solve.
16. 17C Dutch Portraiture
Frans Hals (1581-1666) was a
Dutch Golden Age portrait
painter. He is one of the best
portraitist in history.
Frans Hals painted the sitter in
a rather informal pose, holding
a rose dangling from his hand.
The rose, a traditional reference
to love as well as the brevity of
life, implied a dialogue with the
portrait of the sitter’s wife, Maria
Larp (National Gallery, London).
17. 17C Dutch Portraiture
Rembrandt is one of best admired
Dutch portraitist of the Dutch
Golden Age.
This a formal portrait of Marton
Looton, who was cofounder of a
successful trading company, was
modelled on 16C court portraiture.
His black costume was a typical
dressing code of the Dutch burgher
in the 1630s.
The gesture of his hand on his
heart is a conventional symbol of
fidelity, convey his status and his
role in society.
18. 17C Honthorst
This was an early painting by Honthorst, when he painted religious themes or Biblical stories.
19. 17C Georges de la Tour
This is probably the best known LACMA
painting in its collection. It was painted
by Georges de La Tour, a Baroque
Caravaggisti artist.
20. 17C Clara Peeters
Clara Peeters, one of the few successful Dutch woman painters of the Golden
Age. She specialized in painting cheese still life.
21. 17C Heyden
Heyden is known for his incredible fine detail townscape paintings. It is not unusual to see
every bricks in his buildings.
23. 18C Canaletto
Canaletto is known for his paintings on Venice. The best of his paintings are in London. Rich
people bought these paintings as memento of their travel to Venice.
24. 18C Lawrence (1769-1830)
During this period the English society
was becoming rich and there were a
high demands for portraits. Thomas
Lawrence was among a top bunch of
portraitist in this period.
He started practicing portrait as a
draughtsman, at the age of 10. He
went to the Royal Academy in 1787
and exhibited at the academy of that
year. On the death of Reynolds, he
was appointed painter to the King.
He was elected as the president of the
Royal Academy in 1820, having been
knighted 5 years earlier. He incomes
were huge but he was often in debts.
26. 18C Huysum (1682-1749)
It is general accepted that Huysum is
the best floral still life painter of his
era. Jan van Huysum (1682-1749)
was the son of a Dutch painter Justus
van Huysum (1659-1716).
Jan van Huysum’s flower painting are
very highly detailed, rich and crowded
in composition and sometime set
against a lighted background. .
He also painted a few landscape and
a self-portrait. His brother Jacob
(1687-1740), who imitated him,
worked in England and died in
London.
27. 18C John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) is a 18th
Century American painter, one of the finest
during the colonial America era. He is a
portraitist and well-known for his paintings on
historical subjects. One of the first
generation of American painters.
He was a Boston self-taught painter and
earned him a group of rich New England
clientele. In 1774 he left America for good.
He visited Italy and much of Europe before
settling in London, where competition with
Reynolds and West profoundly altered his
style.
28. 18C Benjamin West
Benjamin West, a first generation of American painter of historical scenes around
the time of the American War of Independence.
30. 19C David (1748-1825)
Jacques Louis David (1748-1825)
was the most important neoclassicism
painter. He was the painter of the
French Revolution.
Neoclassicism was born, leading up to
the revolution. It was a revival of the
ancient traditions, inspired by the arts
and sculptures discovered in
Herculaneum and Pompeii, in Italy.
Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) with
his pivotal works, Death of Marat and
Oath of the Horatii, embodied the
ideas of basic human rights,
rationalism and moral rectitude.
31. 19C Antoine-Jean Gros
Baron Antoine-Jean Gros (1771-1835)
studied under David and he was
decorated by Napoleon. Many of his
paintings were about the Napoleonic
Empire.
He was one of the committee which
selected the looted works of art taken
from Italy to France.
His reputation was largely built on his
large canvas illustrating the Napoleon
Saga. He was also the closest friend of
David and fervent admire.
32. 19C Vernet (1789-1863)
This is really a very surprise portrait by
Horace Vernet, who is more well-
known for his huge Napoleonic battle
scenes and painting of French soldiers.
Emile Jean Horace Vernet (1789-1863)
was born into a family of painters, with
his father at the head of the group.
33. 19C Delacroix
Delacroix is a colourist. He was the greatest French painter of the Romantic movement.
He visited Morocco and painted a number of paintings of Orientalism.
34. 19C Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole is the founder of the American Hudson School of landscape painters.
35. 19C Frederic Edwin Church
Frederic Edwin Church was the best known of the Hudson school of painters.
36. 19C Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) was
a German-born American painter
best known for his lavish,
romantic sweeping landscapes of
the American West. He was also
part of the Hudson school of
painters.
He was trained at the Dusseldorf
Academy. He returned to
America in 1857 after travelling
in Italy and Germany. He painted
European subjects before turning
to grandiose scene of the
American West.
37. 19C Sargent (1856-1925)
John Singer Sargent was an excellent and
successful American portraitist who spent
much of his working life, painting in Europe.
This virtual and successful American portraitist
settled in London and painted High Society in
Edwardian and Georgian times.
He was born in Italy of American expatriate
parents and was trained in Florence and Paris,
settling in London in 1884/5 and continued the
bravura tradition of Lawrence cross with
Velazquez.
He visited American frequently and painted
some large-scale decoration in Boston Public
Library (1890).
39. 19C Renoir (1841-1919)
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was one
of the leading painter in the development of
the Impressionist style. He was a painter of
female beauty and sensuality.
He worked from the age of 13 in a china
factory and his early training as a painter on
porcelain predisposed him toward the light
palette of Impressionism.
In 1861 he spent some time in teaching studio
of the academician Gleyre where he met
Monet, Bazille and Sisley.
40. Mary Cassatt was an American, born in
Pittsburgh in 1844. She was an
American painter and printmaker, who
spent most her professional life in
France. She was one of the painter
within the impressionist circle.
It was Edgar Degas who introduced her
to the circle of Impressionists and later
exhibited her paintings with them. She
did it in 1879, 1880, 1881 and 1886.
Cassatt (1844-1926)
She was partial blind by 1912 and totally
at her death. Her works are well
represented in America, today.
41. 19C Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901)
Toulouse-Lautrec was a well-known
impressionist, who painted the colourful
life of Paris at times decadent, with
elegant, enticing and provocative
images.
He had the misfortune to break both his
legs in childhood, as a result of a riding
accidence. He was stunted in growth.
In 1882 he began to study art seriously in
Paris by 1885 he had a studio in
Montmartre.
Toulouse-Lautrec was most well-known
for his association with Paris night life. In
particular his series of posters on the
dance-halls and café of Montmartre.
42. 19C Corot (1796-1875)
Corot is a landscape and portrait painter before the Impressionism. His landscape
paintings evoke the silence of the countryside
45. 19C Cezanne (1839-1906)
Paul Cezanne laid the
foundations of the transition
between the 19C artistic style
and the 20C century artistic style
changes.
He was born in Aix-en-Provence,
in the south of France. His father
was a wealthy banker. He was
educated at the College
Bourbon.
In 1861, after abandoning the
study of law, Cezanne went to
Paris, where he met Pissarro. In
1862 he devoted himself to
painting..
He was one of the greatest of
the Post-Impressionist, whose
works and ideas were influential
in the aesthetics development of
many 20th-century artists and
art movements.
52. 20C Rivera (1886-1957)
Diego Rivera was one of the best
known artist of Latin America. He
large frescoes helped to establish the
Mural Movement in Mexican art. He
was married to fellow Mexican artist
Frida Kahio. Political active, eccentric
in spirit and controversial outside of
his own country.
An extraordinary man, a political
militant and eccentric spirit of his age.
Rivera played a prime role in an
outstanding period in Mexican history,
which made him a controversial figure
outside of his country and the best
known artist of Latin America.
He was a painter, draughtsman,
graphic artist, a sculptor, book
illustrator, costume- and design-
designer and architect.
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