Tag: Art

Estasi di San Francesco (c.1595-1596)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Estasi di San Francesco (Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy) c.1595–1596 Oil on canvas, 94 x 129.5 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Curatorial Narrative: Caravaggio revolutionized the painting of his era through a theatrical use of light, dramatic narrative, and the naturalistic…

Cappella Cerasi (Roma)

Cappella dell’Assunta o dei Santi Pietro e Paolo Address: Santa Maria del Popolo, Piazza del Popolo 12, 00187 Roma Completed and consecrated: 1606 Art: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Conversione di San Paolo (1600-01) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Crocifissione di San Pietro (1600-01) • Carracci,…

Santa Maria del Popolo (Roma)

Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo Basilica Sancta Mariæ de Populo First chapel built in 1099 Founded: 1227 Consecrated: 1477 Completed: 1660 Address: Piazza del Popolo 12, 00187 Roma Website: https://www.agostiniani.it/comunita-agostiniane-provincia/parrocchia-santa-maria-popolo/ Chapels: • Cappella Cerasi Art: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Conversione di…

San Luigi dei Francesi (Roma)

Opened: 1589 Address: Piazza di S. Luigi de’ Francesi, 00186 Roma RM, Italia Website: https://saintlouis-rome.net/ Chapels: • Cappella Contarelli Art: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Martirio di San Matteo (1599-1600) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Matteo e l’angelo (1602) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Vocazione di San Matteo (1599-1600) See also: • Churches | Churches (Roma)…

Cappella Contarelli (Roma)

Location: San Luigi dei Francesi, Piazza di S. Luigi de’ Francesi, 00186 Roma RM, Italia Art: • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Martirio di San Matteo (1599-1600) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Matteo e l’angelo (1602) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Vocazione di San Matteo (1599-1600) See also: • Chapels | Chapels (Roma) | Roma (Italia)

La Vierge aux anges (1881)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) La Vierge aux anges (The Virgin with Angels / Song of the Angels) 1881 Oil on canvas, 213.4 x 152.4 cm Forest Lawn Museum, Glendale

Forest Lawn Museum (Glendale)

Established: 1957 Location: 1712 S Glendale Ave., Glendale, CA (USA) Website: https://forestlawn.com/museum/ Collection: • Bouguereau, William (1825-1905): La Vierge aux anges (1881) See also: • Glendale, CA (USA) | Museums

Dido building Carthage (1815)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 230 cm National Gallery, London Turner’s painting is based on the English seventeenth-century author and poet John Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid, the monumental Latin poem written by…

Rain, Steam and Speed (1844)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rain, Steam, and Speed – The Great Western Railway 1844 Oil on canvas, 91 x 121.8 cm National Gallery, London A steam engine rushes towards us as it speeds along a bridge through the rain. The bridge…