Michelangelo (1475-1564) Il Sogno (The Dream) c.1533 Black chalk on laid paper, 27.8 x 39.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London One of the finest Renaissance drawings, The Dream is amongst The Courtauld’s greatest treasures. The meaning of this enigmatic work is elusive,…
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) L’invention des monstres (Invention of the monsters) 1937 Oil on canvas, 51.4 x 78.1 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, 2018 Salvador Dalí, Surrealism’s most…
Director: Randall Wallace Producer: Randall Wallace, Russell Smith Screenplay: Randall Wallace Based on: The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas Genre: Action | Adventure | Drama | Historical Music: Nick Glennie-Smith Country: United States Language: English Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | United Artists Release…
Director: Martin Campbell Producer: Doug Claybourne, David Foster Screenplay: John Eskow, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio Based on: Zorro by Johnston McCulley Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy Music: James Horner Country: United States Language: English Studio: Sony Pictures Release date: 1998 Running…
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Il Carnevale di Venezia (The Carnival of Venice) 18th century Oil on canvas, 36 x 73 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid See also: • Venezia (Italia)
Severini, Gino (1883-1966) Le demon du jeu (The Demon of the Game) 1928 Oil on canvas, 160 x 66 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano This panel, along with Le coup de foudre, was part of the series of decorative panels…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Bal masqué à l’Opéra (Masked Ball at the Opera) 1873 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 72.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Manet came from a well–to–do family, and this painting provides a glimpse of the sophisticated…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Bronzino’s most complex and enigmatic paintings. It contains a tangle of moral…
Magritte, René (1898-1967) Les Amants (The Lovers) 1928 Oil on canvas, 54 x 73.4 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York In this unsettling image—the first in a series of four variations of Les Amants that Magritte painted in 1928—the…
Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918) Pallas Athene 1898 Oil on canvas, 75 x 75 cm Wien Museum, Vienna