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1574 In Art
Events from the year 1574 in art. Events *Niccolò Circignani decorates the "Room of the Exploits" in the Palazzo del Comune at Castiglione del Lago. Works *Niccolò Circignani - Frescos at Palazzo della Corgna in Castiglione del Lago * Jean de Court - '' Henri, Duke of Anjou'' *Corneille de Lyon - ''Gabrielle de Rochechouart'' *Hans von Aachen - ''Self-portrait'' (approximate date) Births *April - Matteo Zaccolini, Italian painter, priest and author of the late Mannerist and early Baroque periods (died 1630) *May 14 - Daniel Dumonstier, French portraitist in crayon (died 1646) *''date unknown'' **Francesco Brizio, Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School (died 1623) **Baccio Ciarpi, Italian painter (died 1654) **Guillaume Dupré, French sculptor and medallist (died 1643) **Nicodemo Ferrucci, Italian painter of the Baroque period (died 1650) **Giulio Cesare Procaccini, Italian painter and sculptor of Milan (died 1625) ** Wen Zhenmeng, Chinese Ming Dynasty painter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niccolò Circignani
Niccolò Circignani (c. 1517/1524 – after 1596) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period. Biography Born in Pomarance, he is one of three Italian painters called Pomarancio. His first works are documented from the 1560s, where he painted frescos on the Old Testament stories for the Vatican Belvedere, where he may have worked alongside Santi di Tito and Giovanni de' Vecchi. He also completed altarpieces for Orvieto (1570), Umbertide (1572), Città di Castello (1573–1577) as well as Città della Pieve. He worked at Orvieto Cathedral with Hendrick van den Broeck, a brother of the sculptor Willem van den Broecke and a relative of the painter Chrispijn van den Broeck. He painted frescoes (1568) in the church of the ''Maestà delle Volte'' in Perugia, the ''Resurrection'' (1569 in Panicale) and an ''Annunciation'' (1577, now in the Pinacoteca Comunale, Città di Castello). He painted frescoes (starting 1574) on mythologic themes including a ''Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolognese School (painting)
The Bolognese School of painting, also known as the ''School of Bologna'', flourished between the 16th and 17th centuries in Bologna, which rivalled Florence and Rome as the center of painting in Italy. Its most important representatives include the Carracci family, including Ludovico Carracci and his two cousins, the brothers Agostino and Annibale Carracci. Later, it included other Baroque painters: Domenichino and Lanfranco, active mostly in Rome, eventually Guercino and Guido Reni, and Accademia degli Incamminati in Bologna, which was run by Lodovico Carracci. Certain artistic conventions, which over time became traditionalist, had been developed in Rome during the first decades of the 16th century. As time passed, some artists sought new approaches to their work that no longer reflected only the Roman manner. The Carracci studio sought innovation or invention, seeking new ways to break away from traditional modes of painting while continuing to look for inspiration fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1636 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1636, art Events from the year 1636 in art. Events * (unknown) Paintings * Orazio Gentileschi - ''Allegory of Peace and the Arts'' (ceiling for The Queen's House, Greenwich; now at Marlborough House, London) * Nicolas Poussin **'' A Dance to the Music of Time'' (''La Danse des Saisons''; 1634-36) **''The Triumph of Pan'' and ''The Triumph of Bacchus'' (decoration of Cardinal Richelieu's château) (1635-36) * Rembrandt **''Belshazzar's Feast'' (1635-36) **''The Blinding of Samson'' (using chiaroscuro) **'' Susanna'' ** Danae * Peter Paul Rubens **''An Autumn Landscape with a View of Het Steen in the Early Morning'' **''Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye'' (sketch; approximate date) **'' The Judgement of Paris'' (first version; approximate date) * Anthony van Dyck - ''Charles I in Three Positions'' (1635-36) Births *March - Lancelot Volders, Flemish portrait painter (died 1723) *November - Adriaen van de Velde, Dutch animal and landscape painter (died 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last orthodox dynasty of China ruled by the Han Chinese, Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family—collectively called the Southern Ming—survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wen Zhenmeng
Wen Zhenmeng (; 1574–1636) was a late Ming Dynasty painter, calligrapher, scholar, author, and Chinese garden designer. Biography Zhenmeng was born to a very wealthy family in the city that is today known as Suzhou. He was the great-grandson of the very famous Ming Dynasty, Ming artist, Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), and also the elder brother of Wen Zhenheng (1585–1645), the latter of which was the author of "Treatise on Superfluous Things". From a very wealthy family, Wen Zhenmeng placed first in the highest level of the civil service exams. This brought him to a national level of importance within the political realm. In 1635, he was given the bureaucratic post of "Grand Secretary", which was notable as a most supreme position. Wen Zhenmeng loved to garden and his owgarden in Suzhouwas known as "Medicine Patch". Wen's garden was very much celebrated in its day and was especially noted as being quite remarkable for its loveliness. His garden is still preserved to this day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
