Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Jeunes filles de Sparte (Young Women of Sparta) 1868–1870 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 74.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York Along with 42.196, this painting of a pale, contemplative young woman dressed in garments that conjure past times…
Director: Michael Cacoyannis Producer: Michael Cacoyannis Screenplay: Michael Cacoyannis Based on: The Trojan Women by Euripides Genre: Drama | Mythology | Tragedy Music: Mikis Theodorakis Country: USA | UK | Greece Language: English Studio: Josef Shaftel Productions Release date: 1971 Running time: 105 minutes…
El Greco (1541-1614) Retrato de Cardenal (Portrait of a cardinal) c.1600–1605 Oil on canvas, 57 × 46 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
El Greco (1541-1614) La Asunción de la Virgen (The Assumption of the Virgin) 1577–1579 Oil on canvas, 403.2 × 211.8 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago This painting was the central element of the altarpiece that was El Greco’s first major…
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo abrazando la cruz (Christ with the Cross) c.1587–1596 Oil on canvas, 66 x 52.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Christ holding the cross was a motif that El Greco derived from the narrative of Christ’s Passion, creating an…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1596–1600 Oil on canvas, 114 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This is a small-scale replica of the canvas on the same subject now in the Museo del Prado and was originally part of…
El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1576 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In the course of his life, EI Greco painted numerous versions of the Annunciation, thus allowing his stylistic development to be traced through…
(1888–1978) Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico The artist’s works: Autoritratto 1912–1913 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York La conquista del filosofo 1913–1914 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago La tour rouge 1913 Guggenheim Museum, New York L’angoscia della partenza 1913–1914 Buffalo AKG Art…
Σπάρτα Sparta in Art: Corot, Camille (1796-1875) Jeunes filles de Sparte 1868–1870 Brooklyn Museum, New York See also: • Greece | Regions
