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Robert Nanteuil Robert Nanteuil
Robert Nanteuil , 1623?-1678, French draftsman and engraver. His pastel portraits gained him popularity, and in 1658 Louis XIV made him draftsman to the royal cabinet. His 221 extant portrait engravings excel in the vivacity and precision of their characterization. Nanteuil was especially successful... Read more
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POPULAR CULTURE POPULAR CULTURE. Few theoretical concepts are as value-laden as popular culture, and defining it can be likened to entering a minefield. And yet, it has proved a resilient and useful tool for assessing the attitudes and beliefs of the nonliterate masses in early modern society.... Read more
John Martin John Martin
John Martin 1789-1854, English painter and engraver. Martin's visionary and grandiose landscapes, the pictorial counterparts of English romantic poetry, won him international popularity. He is also known for his illustrations for the Bible and Milton's Paradise Lost (1827).... Read more
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Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki , 1726-1801, German painter and engraver, b. Danzig. He was the most popular illustrator of his day in Prussia. The Departure of Jean Calas (1767) is his most famous painting. It is as an engraver, however, that Chodowiecki is best known. His book illustrations include... Read more
Asmus Jacob Carstens Asmus Jacob Carstens
Asmus Jacob Carstens , 1754-98, German historical painter and engraver, b. Schleswig. He studied in Copenhagen and in Italy. He was influenced by the work of Giulio Romano. Carstens was a popular professor at the Berlin Academy where, through such pupils as Peter von Cornelius, he had a great... Read more
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein , 1751-1829, German classical painter and etcher. He was a popular portrait painter of the German royalty. He also executed several portraits of Goethe (e.g., Goethe in the Roman Campagna, 1786, Goethemuseum, Frankfurt). Tischbein worked for a time in Naples,... Read more
Francesco Zuccarelli Francesco Zuccarelli
Francesco Zuccarelli , 1702-88, Florentine landscape painter and decorator. He twice visited London, where he decorated the Opera House and was well known through popular engravings of his scenes on the Thames. He was a charter member of the Royal Academy. His facile paintings of landscapes with... Read more
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