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Beethoven: Cavatina from String Quartet No.13
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Umberto Boccioni: Three Women (1909â10)
Who Is Umberto Boccioni? Umberto Boccioni was an influential Italian painter and sculptor who helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement despite his death at the age of thirty-three during WW1. The three women in this portrait are Boccioni’s mother, sister, and long time lover. Read More Umberto Boccioni at wikiwand See More…
Umberto Boccioni: The Street Pavers (1914)
Boccioni was a member of the Futurists, a group of Italian artists who announced their existence in 1909 with a manifesto published on the front page of the French paper, Le Figaro. The group called for the abandonment of the past in favor of modern life and aimed to represent the metropolis in “multicolored and…
Ken Young and the Hallal Singers: Thomas Song
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Catchlight:Leonardo…a fun guy
A little history, a little art, and a controversy! Reblogged from Catchlight. This portrait is generally referred to as La Bella Principessa. The appellation was given by art historian Martin Kemp, a leading authority on the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci. The sitter is thought to be Bianca Giovanna Sforza, an illegitimate daughter…
Jacopo Ligozzi: Christ Carrying the Cross (1604)
The Power of Narrative Painting Much has been written about Jacopo Ligozzi’s Christ Carrying the Cross, a dramatic narrative portrayal of Christ surrounded by his persecutors and onlookers on the way to Calvary. I did not understand the power of this painting until studying the enlarged details in the face of Christ. With close proximity,…
Giotto: The Arrest of Christ (Kiss of Judas)
Gospel Mt 26:14-25 One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,âWhat are you willing to give meif I hand him over to you?âThey paid him thirty pieces of silver,and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over. On the first day of the…
The Flagellation – 14th Century Italian Embroidery
One of Twelve: Life of Christ The Flagellation is one of twelve panels attributed to Geri Lapi depicting the life of Christ, of which nine are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This embroidered panel representing the Flagellation is a remarkable expression of the Florentine Gothic style. While the needlework has been attributed to the…
Federico Andreotti: Gypsy Beauty
This One, I Like! Florentine artist Federico Andreotti’s usual painting style of “elaborate period dress and affected airs… sometimes described as Rococo Revival” [1] does NOT appeal to me in general. However, Gypsy Beauty, is undeniably captivating and is the creation of a talented artist. Andreotti successfully captures the quiet joy of this dark haired…
Italian School: Kneeling Saints (c.1400)
Click for Enlarged Detail: Details: KNEELING SAINTS Italian School, circa 1400 tempera on panel, gold ground, a fragment, unframed 11 by 11 3/4 in.; 28 by 29.8 cm. Source: Sotheby’s Link: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/old-master-and-19th-century-paintings-n09103/lot.403.html Thanks for Visiting! đ ~Sunnyside
Segna di Buonaventura: Saint Benedict (1320s)
‘Saint Benedict’ Artist: Segna di Buonaventura (Italian, active Siena by 1298âdied 1326/31) Date: 1320s Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground Dimensions: Overall, with framing elements, 49 x 20 7/8 in. (124.5 x 53 cm); Saint Benedict, painted surface 27 7/8 x 16 in. (70.8 x 40.6 cm); pinnacle, painted surface 10 1/4 x 15 3/8…
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