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Mantegna and the Concept of Total Illusion
Exhibition: Mantegna and Bellini Date: March 21 – July 1, 2018 Venue: Fondazione Querini Stampalia | Venice, Italy The art of Andrea Mantegna (born c.1431, died 1506) has long maintained a broad and deep appeal. From the impressive illusionism of his earliest works to the narrative power of his mature paintings, Mantegna’s art remained vivid and heroic, dramatic and emotional. They are also painted in stunning detail: pebbles, blades of grass, veins, and hair are rendered with excruciating care, and he depicted even in his great narrative works the mundane particulars of earthly existence, showing laundry hanging out to dry and buildings fallen into disrepair. He had a deep interest…
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Modigliani nude fetches second-highest price ever paid for art at auction
Amedeo Modigliani, the Italian painter and sculptor, died young and led a rather gloomy existence. His birth coincided with the collapse of his father’s once-thriving business enterprises, and health problems plagued him from a young age. At 35 years old, he passed away from tubercular meningitis. It was in this state of financial and physical frailty, during the later stages of his illness, that Modigliani painted “Nu couché,” — in English, “Reclining Nude.” The work was one of a series of several dozen nudes that were shown during the only solo exhibition of the artist’s life, an occasion made notorious by the discussions it raised over obscenity in artwork. (So…
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"Everything is dead while it lives" – Egon Schiele.
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Hieronymus Bosch – The Conjurer, 1502. In HD!
Click on the image to see Hieronymus Bosch’s The Conjurer in High Resolution, with all its amazing details!
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"A painting is finished when the artist says it's finished" – Rembrandt
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Gustav Klimt – Beethoven Frieze, 1902. In HD!
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Forest of Fontainebleau – Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1830
Click on the image to appreciate in High Resolution every stroke of the Master Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot!!
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Albert Durer's Rabbit in High Resolution
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The future is black!
A simple black square by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich was first presented to the public in 1915. What a sensation! At the same time the image caused both incomprehension and rejection – the viewer could neither make out representational features nor see shapes or lines in this composition. While the First World War was already raging in Europe, Malevich had created an unprecedented painting implying a dark premonition of the future. Today Black Suprematic Square by Malevich is an icon of modern painting mentioned in countless books about 20th-century art. During his life the artist himself referred to his masterpiece several times in his work, just like in his self-portrait…
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Degas: The Impressionist that Wasn’t
When is an Impressionist not an Impressionist? Answer: when that Impressionist is Edgar Degas. Degas is considered to be one of the key participants in the Impressionist movement; however, he took objection to this and tried to distance himself as much as possible from being characterised in this manner. Whilst his contemporaries delighted in spontaneity, bright colours, and the effect of light, Degas maintained that his art was completely devoid of spontaneity. The study of the old masters and an interest in realism and composition, this is what shaped the artist’s work and style. This evolution in personal style and approach to art is reflected in the change in genre…
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