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Kitagawa Utamaro, the Master of Ukiyo-e and his Pioneering Portraits of Edo
Utamaro, a prominent Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, is renowned for his exquisite woodblock prints. His masterful portrayal of bijin-ga, or images of beautiful women, captures the essence of the Floating World with unparalleled elegance.
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Exploring the Mind of Dürer: Art, Science, and Humanism
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) is widely regarded as one of the most significant artists of the Northern Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Germany, Dürer became renowned for his mastery of various mediums, including painting, printmaking, and wood-cutting.
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Canaletto – fort contraste typique entre la lumière et l’ombre
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Venise, 1697 – 1768) Comme son père, il commença sa carrière comme peintre de décors de théâtre. Influencé par Giovanni Panini, il se spécialisa dans les vedute (vues) de Venise, sa ville natale. Les violents contrastes entre ombre et lumière sont typiques de cet artiste.
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Canaletto – Typical strong contrast between light and shadow
Canaletto began his career as a theatrical scene painter, like his father, in the Baroque tradition. Influenced by Giovanni Panini, he is specialised in vedute (views) of Venice, his birth place. Strong contrast between light and shadow is typical of this artist. Furthermore, if some of those views are purely topographical, others include festivals or ceremonial subjects.
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Spotlight on Felix Vallotton (1865-1925)
Exhibition: Felix Vallotton – Painter of disquiet Date: 29th October to 26th January 2020 Venue: At The Met Fifth Avenue The text below is the excerpt of the book Félix Vallotton, written by Nathalia Brodskaïa, published by Parkstone International. That very strange Vallotton – that was how Thadée Natanson, the publisher of La Revue Blanche magazine, referred to the friend of his youth. In fact, Félix Vallotton did not bare his soul immediately, even to close friends. In the artistic milieu of Paris to which they both belonged, there were no ordinary people, but even among them, Vallotton stood out as being a most unusual individual. The reasons lay not…
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