Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788) Cottage Children (The Wood Gatherers) 1787 Oil on canvas, 147.6 x 120.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Well-to-do art collectors of the eighteenth century enjoyed “fancy pictures” such as this, which provided an idealized and sentimental…
Blake, William (1757-1827) God Judging Adam c.1795 Relief etching, printed in color and finished with pen and ink and watercolor, 42.5 x 52.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York A nude and aged Adam, newly aware of his own nakedness and…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Inondation à Moret (Flood at Moret) 1879 Oil on canvas, 54 x 71.8 cm Brooklyn Museum, New York In the 1870s, the Seine and its tributaries, including the Loing, were flooded several times as a consequence of increased…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Venice from the Giudecca 1840 Oil on canvas, 61 x 91.4 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London See also: • Venezia (Italia)
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot 1872 Lithograph, 20.64 x 14.61 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot au bouquet de violettes 1872 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de l’artiste Berthe Morisot 1872 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam See also:…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Richard Wagner c.1900 Lithograph, 45 x 33.97 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London See also: • Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
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…
Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) La Terrasse à Saint-Germain, Printemps (The Terrace at Saint-Germain, Spring) 1875 Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 99.6 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France)
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Jane Avril arrivant au Moulin Rouge (Jane Avril arriving at the Moulin Rouge) c.1892 Oil and pastel on cardboard, 102 x 55 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Avril, Jane (1868-1943)
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water 1840 Oil on canvas, 92.1 x 122.2 cm Clark Art Institute, Williamstown