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Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) title: The Rio San Luca alongside the Palazzo Grimani, with the Church of San Luca date : 1840, ; dimensions : 191 x 281 mm Medium: Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper Collection : Tate,…
Coinciding with the artist’s 550th birthday, ‘The Genesis of the Sistine’ opens on March 6 at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Virginia. Feb 3, 2025 • By Emily Snow for The Collector During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel…
A garnished platter of fish is surrounded by a constellation of seemingly disparate elements – a cross, full and crescent moons, an exclamation point, a forked red flag – all hovering against a dark abyss. Some of Klee‘s iconography grew…
Horus in Flight: The Golden Falcon of the British Museum Golden pectoral of a hawk/falcon with inlay coloured glass Egypt, Late Period – Ptolemaic, c. 600-200 B.C. Purchased by the British Museum via, Panayotis Kyticas (Cairo), 1923. EA57323 Measurements: Height:…
Calder (born 1898 in Lawnton, Pennsylvania, and died 1976 in New York City) is one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Born into a family of classical artists, he began his artistic career by inventing a new…
Although this mosaic—the surviving remnants of a massive floor mosaic—appears to be a portrait of a woman, it in fact depicts an abstract idea called Ktisis, which means “the act of generous donation or foundation.” Made of marble and glass…
Georges Seurat, one of the most celebrated figures of the Post-Impressionist movement, is best known for his innovative approach to color and light, particularly through his groundbreaking technique, Pointillism. While his vibrant paintings like A Sunday Afternoon on the Island…
The mosaic of “Mother Earth” starting from the Gates of Paradise, led the faithful on a spiritual journey through the Zodiac, up to the baptismal font, the point of arrival of grace and salvation. detail of mosaic Mother Earth “Mother…
Franz Kline (American, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 1910–1962 New York) Title: Black Reflections, Date: 1959 Medium: Oil and pasted paper on paper, mounted on hardboard Dimensions: 19 × 19 3/8 in. (48.3 × 49.2 cm) Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Kline arrived at…