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landscape painting
landscape painting portrayal of scenes found in the natural world; these scenes are treated as the subject of the work of art rather than as an element in another kind of painting. Early Landscapes In the West, the concept of landscape grew very slowly. Nature was traditionally viewed as... Read more |
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Hercules Seghers
Hercules Seghers , c.1590-c.1638, Dutch landscape painter and etcher. Seghers's work greatly influenced early 17th-century Dutch landscape painting. He studied with the painter Coninxloo (1544-1607) and may have traveled to Italy and in the Alps. Some of the frenzy of his personal life can be seen... Read more |
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Karel Dujardin
Karel Dujardin , 1622-78, Dutch painter and etcher. He studied with Berchem and in Italy. Dujardin was particularly successful in painting landscapes with figures and animals, and he made some 51 fine etchings of similar subjects. His Charlatans and Cavalry (both: Louvre) are characteristic... Read more |
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Johannes Lingelbach
Lingelbach, Johannes (bapt. Frankfurt, 10 Oct. 1622; d Amsterdam, ?Nov. 1674). Dutch painter of German birth. He settled in Amsterdam as a child and lived there for the rest of his life apart from a period abroad in his twenties, when he visited France and Italy (he is documented in Rome from 1647... 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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Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell 1926-92, American abstract painter, b. Chicago, studied Smith College, Art Institute of Chicago (B.F.A., 1947; M.F.A., 1950). A vibrant colorist, she was one of the finest painters of the second generation of abstract expressionism . In Manhattan during the 1950s Mitchell encountered... Read more |
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Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
Valenciennes, Pierre-Henri de (b Toulouse, 6 Dec. 1750; d Paris, 16 Feb. 1819). French landscape painter. Between 1769 and 1785 he spent several years in Italy, and his style was influenced most notably by Nicolas Poussin. He became a leading upholder of the classical tradition in landscape... Read more |
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Gerrit van Honthorst
Gerrit van Honthorst , 1590-1656, Dutch portrait, genre, and allegorical painter. In Italy (c.1610-1620) he gained a sound understanding of the works of Caravaggio, which greatly affected his style. He was a master at painting candlelit genre pieces and biblical scenes. Upon his return to Holland,... Read more |
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Pieter Aertsen
Pieter Aertsen , 1503?-1575, Dutch painter, b. Amsterdam. Aertsen painted genre scenes (see genre ) that are lighthearted in spirit. He also painted religious subjects, including a few surviving altarpieces. Aertsen is represented throughout Europe.... Read more |
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Thomas Cole
Thomas Cole 1801-48, American landscape painter, b. England. He arrived in the United States in 1818 and moved to Ohio, where he was impressed by the beauty of the countryside. In 1825 he went to New York, where his landscape paintings began to be appreciated. Largely self-taught, he depicted the... Read more |
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Italian supplier bolsters marble tile production: already one of the leading...
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Report from Europe.
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Architectural stone producer enters a new venture: already established as a...
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Reading the discourse of multicultural Italy: promises and challenges of...
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The Ethiopian age of exploration: Prester John's discovery of Europe,...
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Romania brimming with opportunity; British firms are playing catch-up in...
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GAS's plan for lighting up Europe.(GAS Blue Jeans)(Denim Report)
VICENZA, Italy -- Claudio Grotto...us. If we can conquer Europe, we can conquer the...his marketing plan for Europe, Grotto has been listening...summer '97 collection is inspired by Seventies fashions...production center in Eastern Europe. GAS ... |
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World report: reviews of opera from around the world: Europe.
...Figaro, a role that he first sang in Italy about 30 years ago. His voice still full...with the classical Japanese theatre-inspired sets and costumes, the production was...Sayoko Yamaguchi's expert makeup and inspired costumes, based on tradition for the... |
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Europe's male delegation.(fragrance product introductions)(The Beauty Report)
...CK One, which is being launched across Europe - except for France and Belgium, where...fresh with a strong lavender base. It was inspired, the designer says, by "the nostalgic...debut in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and the UK, where Harrods has an exclusive... |
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