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Diogenes
(c.404 BC-c.323 BC) Diogenes the Cynic Διογένης ὁ Κυνικός Diogenes in Art: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Diogène 1860 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore Born c.404 BC Sinope (Turkey) Died c.323 BC Corinth (Greece) Occupation Philosopher
Anacreon
(c.582 BC-c.488 BC) Ἀνακρέων Works: • Anakreons sånger (Swedish) • Lauluja Anakreonilta (Finnish) • Odes d’Anacréon (French) Anacreon in Art: Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Anacréon, Bacchus et l’Amour modeled 1878 (cast c.1893) Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Born c.582 BC Teos…
Dr. Albert C. Barnes (1926)
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Dr. Albert C. Barnes 1926 Oil on canvas, 92.7 x 73.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia Dr. Albert C. Barnes acquired and arranged all the works in these galleries between 1912 and 1951. The Italian surrealist Giorgio de Chirico…
Ratto di Europa (c.1570)
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Ratto di Europa (The Rape of Europa) c.1570 Oil on canvas glued to oak panel, 59.5 x 70 cm National Gallery, London The story of the Rape of Europa is told in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Mercury is ordered by his…
San Juan Evangelista y San Francesco de Asís (1600)
El Greco (1541-1614) San Juan Evangelista y San Francesco de Asís (St John the Evangelist and St Francis of Assisi) 1600 Oil on canvas, 110 x 86.5 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Composizione metafisica (1950-1960)
De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978) Composizione metafisica (Metaphysical Composition) 1950–1960 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Phidias
(c.480 BC-430 BC) Φειδίας Phidias in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) Étude pour Phidias dans L’Apothéose d’Homère 1827 San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris Born c.480 BC…
Argos (Greece)
Pindar
(c.518 BC-c.438 BC) Πίνδαρος Works: • The Extant Odes of Pindar (English) Pindar in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) L’apothéose d’Homère 1827 Musée du Louvre, Paris Born c.518 BC Cynoscephalae (Greece) Died c.438 BC Argos (Greece) Occupation Poet Writer