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1558 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1558, art Events from the year 1558 in art. Events * Benvenuto Cellini begins writing his influential autobiography, focusing not only on his life but on his goldsmith's art, sculpture, and design. * Juan Bautista Vázquez the Elder returns to Avila to complete the altarpiece at the Monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas, left unfinished by Isidro de Villoldo. Works Paintings * Pieter Bruegel the Elder – ''Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'' * Pierre Reymond – ''Tazza: Scene from the Book of Proverbs'' * Domenico Campagnola – ''Callisto's Transformation into a Bear after Giving Birth to Arcas'' * Tintoretto – ''Saint George and the Dragon'' * Titian - ''Crucifixion'' * Paolo Veronese – ''Assumption of the Virgin'' Births *January (or February) Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter (died 1617) * December 3 - Gregorio Pagani, Italian painter active mainly in Florence (died 1605) *''date unknown'' **Giovanni Alberti, Italian pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini (, ; 3 November 150013 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the ''Cellini Salt Cellar'', the sculpture of ''Perseus with the Head of Medusa'', and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important documents of the 16th century." Biography Youth Benvenuto Cellini was born in Florence, in present-day Italy. His parents were Giovanni Cellini and Maria Lisabetta Granacci. They were married for 18 years before the birth of their first child. Benvenuto was the second child of the family. The son of a musician and builder of musical instruments, Cellini was pushed towards music, but when he was fifteen, his father reluctantly agreed to apprentice him to a goldsmith, Antonio di Sandro, nicknamed Marcone. At the age of 16, Benvenuto had already attracted attention in Florence by taking part in an affray with youthful companions. He was banished for six months and lived in Siena, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1617 In Art
Events from the year 1617 in art. Events *Kanō Tan'yū becomes an official artist of the Tokugawa shogunate. * Lucas Vorsterman joins the workshop of Peter Paul Rubens, soon becoming Rubens's primary engraver. Works * Abu al-Hasan - '' Shah Jahangir'' *Gian Lorenzo Bernini - marble sculptures **'' Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence'' (probable date) **with Pietro Bernini - ''Boy with a Dragon'' *Frans Hals - ''Shrovetide Revellers'' *Peter Paul Rubens **''Adoration of the Magi'' **''Mars and Rhea Silvia'' (approximate date) * Nicholas Stone - floor tomb of Sir William Curle in St Etheldreda's church, Old Hatfield, England *Diego Velázquez - '' The Lunch'' *Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom - '' Dutch Ships Ramming Spanish Galleys off the Flemish Coast in October 1602'' Births *January 19 – Lucas Faydherbe, Dutch sculptor and architect (died 1697) *January 22 – Ludovicus Neefs, Flemish painter (died 1649) *February 5 – Jan Thomas van Ieperen, Flemish painter and engraver (died 167 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk Pietersz
Dirk Pietersz (1558 – c. 1621) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Karel van Mander he was born in Amsterdam, the son of Pieter Aertsen and the youngest brother of Pieter Pietersz the Elder and Aert Pietersz (who was eight years older).Dirk Pietersz in 's '''', 1604, courtesy of the He moved to Fontainebleau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1637 In Art
Events from the year 1637 in art. Events * October 13 – English Royal Navy first-rate ship of the line {{HMS, Sovereign of the Seas is launched at Woolwich Dockyard at a cost of £65,586, adorned from stern to bow with gilded carvings after a design by Anthony van Dyck. * Claude Lorrain produces a series of etchings of a display of fireworks in Rome. * Nicolas Poussin begins to paint the first series of ''Seven Sacraments''. Works Paintings Image:Pieter Fransz. de Grebber 001.jpg, de Grebber, ''Elisha'' Image:Lorrain.seaport.jpg, Claude, ''Seaport'' * Cornelis de Baellieur ** ''Interior of an Art Gallery'' * Claude Lorrain ** ''Landscape with a Country Dance'' ** ''Seaport (Villa Medici)'' * Pieter de Grebber – ''Elisha refusing the gifts of Naaman'' * Rembrandt – '' A Polish Nobleman'' * Anthony van Dyck – ''Prince Rupert of the Rhine'' (approximate date) Sculptures * Bernini – Bust of King Charles I of England Births *March 5 – Jan van der Heyden, painter, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rinpa School
is one of the major historical schools of Japanese painting. It was created in 17th century Kyoto by Hon'ami Kōetsu (1558–1637) and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (d. c.1643). Roughly fifty years later, the style was consolidated by brothers Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716) and Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743). The term "Rinpa" is an abbreviation consisting of the last syllable from "Kōrin" with the word for (with rendaku changing this to "pa"), coined in the Meiji period. Previously, the style was referred to variously as the , or , or the . History Hon'ami Kōetsu founded an artistic community of craftsmen supported by wealthy merchant patrons of the Nichiren Buddhist sect at Takagamine in northeastern Kyoto in 1615. Both the affluent merchant town elite and the old Kyoto aristocratic families favored arts which followed classical traditions, and Kōetsu obliged by producing numerous works of ceramics, calligraphy and lacquerware. His collaborator, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, maintained an atelier in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honami Kōetsu
Honami may refer to: *Honami (name) *Honami, Fukuoka, a former town in Kaho District, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan *25074 Honami 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ..., a minor planet * Sony Xperia Z1, development codename Honami {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1628 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1628, art Events from the year 1628 in art. Events *February – Gerrit Dou becomes a pupil of Rembrandt; the latter, then 22 years of age, paints a cheerful self-portrait, which will be sold 380 years later, in 2008, for 4.5 million dollars. *Willem van Haecht becomes curator of the art collection owned by Cornelis van der Geest. *Gerard van Honthorst visits the Court (royal), court of King Charles I of England. Works *Nicolas Poussin – ''The Death of Germanicus'' *Rembrandt – ''Rembrandt's Mother: Bust'' (etching) *Francisco de Zurbarán – ''Saint Serapion (Zurbarán), Saint Serapion'' *Cornelis van Haarlem – '':File:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem - The Judgment of Paris - WGA05252.jpg, The Judgement of Paris'' (approximate date) *Anthony van Dyck **'':File:Anton van Dyck - Nicolas Lanier - Google Art Project.jpg, Nicolas Lanier'' **''The Shepherd Paris (van Dyck), The Shepherd Paris'' (approximate date) *Diego Velázquez – '':File:Diego Velázquez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accademia Di San Luca
The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its first ''principe'' or director; the statutes were ratified in 1607. Other founders included Girolamo Muziano and Pietro Olivieri. The Academy was named for Luke the Evangelist, the patron saint of painters. From the late sixteenth century until it moved to its present location at the Palazzo Carpegna, it was based in an urban block by the Roman Forum and although these buildings no longer survive, the Academy church of Santi Luca e Martina, does. Designed by the Baroque architect, Pietro da Cortona, its main façade overlooks the Forum. History The Academy's predecessor was the ''Compagnia di San Luca'', a guild of painters and miniaturists, which had its statutes and privileges renewed at the much earlier date of 17 December 1478 by Pope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldassare Croce
Baldassare Croce (Bologna, 1558–November 8, 1628) was an Italian painter, active during the late-Mannerist period, active mainly in and around Rome. Biography He trained in Bologna, and moved to Rome by 1581. Known as a prolific academic painter in Rome; he was named director of the Academy of St. Luke. He painted for the Sala Clementina of the Vatican palace, for the Chapel of San Francesco at the Gesù, San Giovanni in Laterano, and San Giacomo degli Spagnoli. He painted six large frescoes along the nave of the church of Santa Susanna, depicting the life of the Susanna from the Old Testament. He worked under Cesare Nebbia and Giovanni Guerra in the decoration of the ''Scala Santa'' in San Giovanni in Laterano. In January 1628, he was named ''Principe'' (Prince) of the Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1601 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1601, art Events from the year 1601 in art. Events * (unknown) Paintings Image:Caravaggio-Crucifixion of Peter.jpg, Caravaggio, '' Crucifixion of St. Peter'' File:1602-3 Caravaggio,Supper at Emmaus National Gallery, London.jpg, Caravaggio, '' Supper at Emmaus'' File:The Conversion of Saint Paul-Caravaggio (c. 1600-1).jpg, Caravaggio, '' The Conversion of Saint Paul'' Image:Caravaggio-The Conversion on the Way to Damascus.jpg, Caravaggio, ''Conversion on the Way to Damascus'' File:Assumption of Mary - Cerasi Chapel - Santa Maria del Popolo - Rome 2015.jpg, Annibale Carracci, ''Assumption of the Virgin'' *Caravaggio **'' The Conversion of Saint Paul'' (1600-1601) **''Conversion on the Way to Damascus'' **'' Crucifixion of St. Peter'' **'' Supper at Emmaus'' *Annibale Carracci - ''Assumption of the Virgin'' (1600-1601, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome) *Peter Paul Rubens - '' The Deposition'' Births *January 19 - Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Alberti (painter)
Giovanni Alberti (Rome, 1558–1601) was an Italian painter, known for his perspective painting (quadratura). He was also a poet and writer about art critic. Biography The brother of Alessandro and Cherubino Alberti, and third son of Alberto, he was born at Borgo S. Sepolcro. He went to Rome during the papacy of Gregory XIII, who employed him in the papal palace on Monte Cavallo, and in the Vatican. He excelled in painting landscapes and perspective, in which the figures were usually painted by Cherubino. He was also employed by Clement VIII, to paint the sacristy of St. John of Lateran, and, in conjunction with his brothers, to decorate the Sala Clementina in the Vatican. For this work, which was commenced in 1595 and completed in 1598, the two painters (Alessandro had died during the course of execution) received 3050 scudi. In the 1590s Giovanni and Cherubino painted frescoes in the Capella Maggiore of San Silvestro al Quirinale, where the complex perspectival effects includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1605 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1605, art Events from the year 1605 in art. Events * (unknown) Paintings Image:CaravaggioSerpent.jpg, Caravaggio, '' Madonna and Child with St. Anne'' 1605 Image:Michelangelo_Merisi_da_Caravaggio_-_Christ_in_the_Garden_-_Colourised_by_Mikey_Angels.jpg, Caravaggio, '' Christ on the Mount of Olives'' 1605 Image:Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) - Ecce Homo - Google Art Project.jpg, Caravaggio, '' Ecce Homo'' 1605 Image:Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - St Jerome - WGA04157.jpg, Caravaggio, '' Saint Jerome in Meditation'' 1605 * Caravaggio **'' Christ on the Mount of Olives'' **'' Ecce Homo'' **'' Saint Jerome in Meditation'' **'' Madonna and Child with St. Anne (Dei Palafrenieri)'' * Domenichino (c.1604–05) **''Landscape with fishermen, hunters and washerwomen'' ( Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford) **Landscape with Fording' (Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome) **Portrait of Cardinal Girolamo Agucchi' ( Uffizi, Florence) **''A Virgin with a Unicorn'' (Palazzo F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
