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Juan de Pareja
Juan de Pareja , c.1610-70, Spanish religious and portrait painter, of Moorish origin. Pareja was the lifelong assistant of Velázquez, who painted his portrait (Metropolitan Mus.). His paintings show originality and an impetuous baroque temper. An outstanding work, the Calling of St.... Read more |
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Claudio Coello
Claudio Coello , c.1642-1693, Spanish baroque painter. As court painter to Charles II he decorated many churches and public buildings of Madrid. His most famous work is the monumental altarpiece for the sacristy of the Escorial, filled with portraits and allegorical figures.... Read more |
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baroque
baroque , in art and architecture, a style developed in Europe, England, and the Americas during the 17th and early 18th cent. The baroque style is characterized by an emphasis on unity among the arts. With technical brilliance, the baroque artist achieved a remarkable harmony wherein painting,... Read more |
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Ralph Earle
Ralph Earle 1751-1801, American portrait and landscape painter, b. Worcester co., Mass. He is purported to have painted four scenes of the battle of Lexington as an eyewitness, but is best known for his portraits, which may be seen in the museums of Chicago, New York City, Worcester, Mass., and... Read more |
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Lovis Corinth
Lovis Corinth , 1858-1925, German painter and graphic artist. He studied in Paris and Munich, joined the Berlin secession group, and later succeeded Max Liebermann as president. His early work was naturalistic in approach. Corinth was antagonistic toward the expressionist movement, although after a... Read more |
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Alonso Cano
Alonso Cano , 1601-67, Spanish baroque painter, sculptor, and architect. Cano studied under Pacheco and received painting and architecture commissions from King Philip IV. He was named chief architect of the cathedral at Granada. His architectural masterpiece is the design for the cathedral facade... Read more |
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Juan Carreno de Miranda
Juan Carreño de Miranda , 1614-85, Spanish baroque painter. A protégé of Velázquez, Carreño eventually succeeded his master as painter to the Spanish court. He is best known for his elegant portraits, such as that of the queen mother, Mariana (Prado).... Read more |
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Giuseppe Cesari
Giuseppe Cesari called Cavaliere d'Arpino , 1568-1640, Italian late mannerist painter. Cesari's outstanding works are the frescoes in the Capitol and in the Borghese Chapel, Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. Other works are Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (Louvre); a self-portrait... Read more |
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Pietro Tacca
Pietro Tacca , 1577-1644, Italian sculptor. A pupil of Giovanni Bologna , Tacca adopted the tortuous poses of mannerism and combined them in his bronzes with a classical naturalism. Tacca's works (e.g., the equestrian portrait of Philip IV of Spain, Madrid) form a link between mannerist... Read more |
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conversation piece
conversation piece. A portrait showing two or more full-length figures engaged in conversation or other polite social activity, generally in a domestic or landscape setting. Conversation pieces are usually, though not always, fairly small in size. They were especially popular in Britain during the... Read more |
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The Art of Allegiance: Visual Culture and Imperial Power in Baroque New Spain
...Imperial Power in Baroque New Spain. By...scrutinized include portraits of kings and viceroys...this chamber hung portraits of the king - including...sumptuous equestrian portrait of Charles V at...a genealogy of power is ... |
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The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain.
...Drama of the Portrait: Theater and...Drama of the Portrait Laura R. Bass...incorporate both portraits and reflections...specifically on the "powers, pleasures...the issues of power and identity...Bass makes an engaging ... |
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Nancy L. Canepa. From Court to Forest: Giambattista Basile's Lo cunto de li...
...unconscious ironizer" of Baroque persuasion, a secondary...highly innovative baroque poetics to participate...simultaneously critiques a portrait of the socio-historical...rhetoric, and the Baroque period. Bakhtin...tradition either as ... |
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Passion killers
Beauty & Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes Wallace...Renaissance and Baroque bronzes. It...Faun are the most engaging. The French...Renaissance over Baroque work, and whether...saccharine self-portrait. Nor am I ... |
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Power of invention
...century German Baroque artist Johann...gaze. This engaging sense of drama...The artist's portraits - nearly half...Even the early portraits of the Bishop...wide variety of portrait poses and settings...his 'Triple Portrait ... |
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Steen's great works bring smiles.(Arts)(Art)
...including two self-portraits, in the National...curator of Northern baroque paintings who organized...best genre scenes, portraits, and religious...the major maritime power in Europe at the...an oyster while engaging the viewer's ... |
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Exhibit's women are pictures of power.(Arts and Lifestyle)
...1500-1650" so engaging. Society often...Renaissance and Baroque periods were no...George Gower's "Portrait of Queen Elizabeth...courtly wealth and power. Still, the...as a source of power, while at the...of wealth and power. |
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Survey tracks changes in style, society -- Exchange exhibit also elegant,...
...ranges from the High Baroque to the dawn of Neo...mythological paintings, portraits, genre work, still...mythological, still had power over the imaginations...middle class required portraits to immortalize themselves...encompasses the ... |
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Virtual Tour: Tour de force
...From one version of Baroque to another, as across...work, with an equally engaging show of Dutch 17th...the Scottish National Portrait Gallery's thought...exhibition devoted to the portrait miniature. In a clever...produce work of lasting ... |
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Apocalypstik now for clown prince
...unprecedented. The ultimate Baroque man expressing a...It was instantly engaging: at once redolent...disturbing skeletal portraits. It soon becomes...about here is the power of disguise. Think...menacing self- portraits as a clown and ... |
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