Tag: Turner

Virgil

(70 BC–19 BC) Publius Vergilius Maro Works: • Aeneidos (Latin) ◊ The Aeneid (English) • Eclogae (Latin) ◊ The Bucolics and Eclogues (English) • Georgicon (Latin) ◊ The Georgics (English) Quotes: • Virgil: Quotations Virgil in Art: Blake, William (1757-1827) The Pastorals of Virgil 1821 Princeton University Art…

San Giorgio Maggiore (Venezia)

San Giorgio Maggiore in Art: Canaletto (1697-1768) Bacino di San Marco da San Giorgio Maggiore c.1735–1744 Wallace Collection, London     Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta della Piazzetta verso San Giorgio Maggiore c.1770–1780 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford     Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793) Veduta dell’Isola di San Giorgio…

Carthage

Carthage in Art: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 National Gallery, London     Births: • Terence (c.195 BC-c.159 BC) See also: • Cities | Tunisia

Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Formerly known as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Opened: 1905 Location: 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA Website: https://buffaloakg.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…

Newcastle upon Tyne (England)

Museums: • Laing Art Gallery: New Bridge St, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AG Newcastle in Art: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight 1835 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Cities | England | UK

Detroit Institute of Arts

Established: 1885 Opened: 1927 Address: 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48202, United States Website: https://dia.org/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X…

National Museum Wales (Cardiff)

Founded: 1907 Opened: 1927 Location: Cathays Park, Cardiff, Wales Website: https://museum.wales/cardiff/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also:…

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…