The Varieties of English Naturalism When we think of the naturalistic tradition in English landscape painting at the beginning of the 19th century we immediately think of the work of […]
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Read more >>Jacques-Louis David and the “Oath of the Horatii” It is almost impossible for us today to grasp the impact that a painting like David’s “Oath of the Horatii” had on […]
Read more >>One of the most fascinating of the developments that occurred during the 18th century was the recognition of an independent aesthetic attitude toward art, and indeed toward the world. /
Read more >>Man in nature in 17th century Netherlands Landscape painting in the netherlands in the 17th century is fascinating for many things, but certainly one of them is the balance between […]
Read more >>One of the fundamental shifts that occurred with the emergence of Renaissance thought out of the medieval period was the growing focus on the natural world.
Read more >>It is interesting to speculate whether the art of Caravaggio – so stunning in its inventiveness and iconoclasm – would have matured into something more profound with age,
Read more >>The question “Who was the greatest artist ever?” is a kind of idle speculation, an exercise for art lovers.
Read more >>Nothing more fully epitomizes the character of Italian Renaissance art than the development of mechanical perspective and its application to painting.
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