Tag: architecture

Wilton House (Wiltshire)

1544: Buildings and land are granted by Henry VIII to Sir William Herbert Location: The Estate Office, Wilton, Salisbury SP2 0BJ, UK Website: https://www.wiltonhouse.co.uk/ Collection: • Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569): Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap (1565) See also: • Houses | England | UK

The Tower of Babel (c.1568)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Tower of Babel c.1568 Oil on panel, 59.9 x 74.6 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam In this famous painting Bruegel depicts the biblical story of man’s hubris and their desire to build a…

The Tower of Babel (1563)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Tower of Babel 1563 Oil on oak, 114.4 × 155.5 × 3.8 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Designated at the bottom of a cuboid: BRVEGEL. FE. M.CCCCC.LXIII Bruegel’s monumental composition became the most famous, most often…

Église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption (Auvers-sur-Oise)

Founded: 11th century Built: 1137–1227 Address: Place de l’Eglise, 95430 Auvers-sur-Oise, France The Chuch at Auvers-sur-Oise in Art: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) L’église d’Auvers-sur-Oise 1890 Musée d’Orsay, Paris     See also: • Auvers-sur-Oise (France) | Churches

Place du Forum (Arles)

• Café Van Gogh (Arles) Place du Forum in Art: Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Terrasse de café sur la place du Forum 1888 Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo     See also: • Arles (France) | Squares

Squares

• Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Venezia) • Piazza della Signoria (Firenze) • Piazza San Marco (Venezia) • Place André-Malraux (Paris) • Place de la Concorde (Paris) • Place de la Trinité (Paris) • Place du Forum (Arles) • Place du Havre (Paris) • Place…

Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milano)

Basilica e Convento Domenicano di Santa Maria delle Grazie UNESCO World Heritage Site Completed: 1497 Address: Piazza di Santa Maria delle Grazie 2, 20123 Milano MI, Italia Website: https://legraziemilano.it/ Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano: Website: https://cenacolovinciano.org/ • Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519):…

Palazzo di Spagna (Roma)

Palazzo di Spagna (Palazzo Monaldeschi) Spanish Embassy to the Holy See and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Built: 1647 Address: Piazza di Spagna, 57 VA, 00187 Roma RM, Italia Website: https://www.embassypages.com/spain-embassy-holysee-holysee Collection: • Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680): Anima dannata (1619) See also:…

L’église d’Auvers-sur-Oise, vue du chevet (1890)

Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) L’église d’Auvers-sur-Oise, vue du chevet (The church of Auvers-sur-Oise, seen from the apse) 1890 Oil on canvas, 93 x 74.5 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris (F0789-JH2006) After staying in the south of France, in Arles, and then at the…