Tag: sister

Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972)

Fratello sole, sorella luna Director: Franco Zeffirelli Producer: Dyson Lovell, Luciano Perugia Screenplay: Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Kenneth Ross Genre: Drama | Historical Music: Riz Ortolani Country: Italia | United Kingdom Language: English Studio: Paramount Pictures Release date: 1972 Running time:…

Jeunes femmes du village (1851-1852)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du village (Young Ladies of the Village) 1851–1852 Oil on canvas, 194.9 x 261 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This painting, which initiated a series of pictures devoted to the lives of women,…

The Cup of Tea (1880-1881)

Cassatt, Mary (1844-1926) The Cup of Tea c.1880–1881 Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 65.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Taking afternoon tea was a social ritual for many upper-middle-class women. Committed to portraying the ordinary events of everyday…

Frère et soeur bretons (1871)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Frère et soeur bretons (Breton Brother and Sister) 1871 Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 89.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Based on sketches Bouguereau made while summering in Brittany in the late 1860s, this picture was…

Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (1804-1808)

Canova, Antonio (1757-1822) Paolina Borghese Bonaparte come Venere Vincitrice (Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus Victrix) 1804–1808 Carrara marble, 160 x 92 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma Portrayed by Antonio Canova in the guise Venus victorious in the Judgement of Paris, Pauline Borghese…

Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (1881)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Les Deux Soeurs, Sur la terrasse (Two Sisters, On the Terrace) 1881 Oil on canvas, 100.4 × 80.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago “He loves everything that is joyous, brilliant, and consoling in life,” an anonymous interviewer once…

Juliette Courbet (1873-1874)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Juliette Courbet 1873–1874 Oil on canvas, 81 x 65.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo Juliette, the youngest of the artist’s three sisters, was to become the faithful conservator of his studio. The work…

Portrait de Zélie Courbet (1847)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Zélie Courbet (Portrait of Zélie Courbet) 1847 Oil on canvas, 57 x 47.5 cm Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo The model in the painting Portrait of Zélie Coubert is Courbet’s sister, Zélie (1828-1875).…

Zélie Courbet

(1828–1875) Jeanne-Zélie-Mélodie Courbet Zélie Courbet in Art: Bracquemond, Félix (1833-1914) Les Demoiselles de Village 1866–1870 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait de Zélie Courbet 1847 Museu de Arte, São Paulo     Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Jeunes femmes du…