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Claude Lorrain and his classical landscapes
Claude Gelée (c. 1604/5 to 1682) acquired the name Lorrain from his birthplace in eastern France, although he spent virtually all his life after 1627 in Rome. He specialised in landscape painting, being fascinated by the scenery and ruins in the countryside surrounding Rome and also being inspired by the quality of light in that part of Italy. He developed a means of including the sun as the direct source of light in his paintings, thus sending foreground and middle-distance objects into sharp relief. His method of composition was to use sketchbooks on his many trips into the countryside and to build his studio paintings around these sketches, many of which were highly detailed.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
18th century English wineglasses
Whereas earlier English wineglasses had paid great attention to the engraving of the bowls of the glasses, those of the third quarter of the 18th century saw a marked changed as makers lavished much more attention on the stems, developing new techniques and a wide range of designs that led to work of great beauty and delicacy.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
The Bathers, Asnières, by George Seurat
Georges Seurat (1859-91) died at the age of only 32, but during his short life he was able to effect a revolution in art that moved painting forward from Impressionism into what was dubbed “Neo-Impressionism”. His painting “The Bathers, Asnières”, although the artist’s first major work, is widely regarded as the marker of that revolution.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
8 Weird Things You Might Not Know About Christianity
I'm a Hindu. I confess that I know more about Christian art and iconography than Hinduism. And that's completely okay with me. Over the last two years, I have written some 100+ articles exclusively on historical Western art and trivia. In fact, I'm trying to carve my niche in this genre, and learning about Christian art and hidden symbolism absolutely fascinates me.
By Kamna Kirti5 years ago in Geeks
Frederic, Lord Leighton: a Victorian artist
Frederic Leighton was an artist who was immensely popular during his lifetime but who has fallen out of favour since his death. The modern viewer of his paintings and sculptures, which were mainly on subjects from Greek and Roman mythology, feels little sympathy for their stylised poses and waxen skin tones. However, to the Victorians, immersed as they were in the Classical revival that Leighton did much to create, they were all the rage.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
The Tailor, a painting by Giovanni Moroni
Giovanni Battista Moroni (c.1520-78) was a painter, mostly of portraits, who worked in the northern Italian cities of Brescia, Bergamo, Trento and Albino. His early works were mainly full-length lifesize portraits of local noblemen, but in his later years, spent mostly in his birth town of Albino, he developed a more intimate style in which the aim was not to glorify the sitter but to convey their personality. “The Tailor”, dating from around 1570, falls into the latter category.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
Color Trends in Graphic Design in 2021
As the season starts easing back down, our style of thought is moving towards tracking down what's next in the plan universe. On that note, we very much shared a review of the main 2021 patterns that will enter the spotlight in the coming months. All things considered, today we figured we'd do a more profound plunge into the moving tones explicitly that will make certain to have a second one a year from now. As we move into the second year of the decade, the concealing examples for 2021 are amping up to be a serious response to a lot of the examples that were booked to describe the earlier year. In 2019, we figured the following decade would be characterized by modern plans and brilliant, intense, colors. Then, at that point 2020 occurred. Graphic designing services are providing the best services for your website. They have the best color trends suggestion for the summer.
By Fuertedevelopers work5 years ago in Geeks
"The Fighting Temeraire", by J M W Turner
“The Fighting Temeraire” (the full title includes the words “tugged to her last berth to be broken up”) is possibly the best-known painting by JMW Turner (1775-1851) and is one of the major attractions of the National Gallery, London. It is a masterpiece of light and colour, and one of the most atmospheric works of art ever committed to canvas.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
"The Swing", by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was an 18th century French painter best known for his works in the Rococo style, although he later turned his attention to Neoclassicism. Rococo was a reaction to the formalism of Baroque, and was typified by excessive ornament and an emphasis on lightness, playfulness and intimacy. “The Swing”, painted in 1767, is often referred to as a prime example of French Rococo, and with good reason.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
The Adoration of the Shepherds
The subject of the Adoration of the Shepherds was extremely popular among painters during the Renaissance, and continued to be so in later centuries. During an age when very few ordinary people could read or write, and in Catholic Europe the services were conducted in Latin, there was a ready market for images that could involve lay people in their religion, and many Bible scenes were painted for display in churches.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
