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1720 In Art
Events from the year 1720 in art. Events * May 2 – James Thornhill, Serjeant Painter to King George I of Great Britain, is knighted, the first native English artist to be so honoured.''Harmsworth Encyclopedia'' (1905). * John Michael Rysbrack settles in London. *Portraitist Rosalba Carriera moves temporarily from Venice to Paris. *The interior decoration of Santo Sepolcro (Pisa) is restored. Works * Rosalba Carriera – '' Maria Josepha of Austria'' * Peter Scheemakers – Bust of John Dryden (Westminster Abbey) * Antoine Watteau **'' The Judgement of Paris'' (approximate date) **'' The shop sign of Gersaint'' Births *January 19 – John Boydell, engraver (died 1804) *January 20 – Bernardo Bellotto, Italian urban landscape painter or ''vedutista'', and printmaker in etching (died 1780) * August 15 – Charles Norbert Roettiers, French engraver and medallist (died 1772) * October 4 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (died 1778) *November 30 – André Soar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 2
Events Pre-1600 * 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. * 1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. *1559 – John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation. *1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle. 1601–1900 *1611 – The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. * 1625 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Latin Patriarch of Ethiopia, arrives at Beilul from Goa. * 1670 – King Charles II of England grants a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America. * 1808 – Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boydell
John Boydell (; 19 January 1720 (New Style) – 12 December 1804) was a British publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated a British tradition in the art form. A former engraver himself, Boydell promoted the interests of artists as well as patrons and as a result his business prospered. The son of a land surveyor, Boydell apprenticed himself to William Henry Toms, an artist he admired, and learned engraving. He established his own business in 1746 and published his first book of engravings around the same time. Boydell did not think much of his own artistic efforts and eventually started buying the works of others, becoming a print dealer as well as an artist. He became a successful importer of French prints during the 1750s but was frustrated by their refusal to trade prints in kind. To spark reciprocal trade, he commissioned William Wollett's spectacular engraving of Richard W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian Classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric "prisons" (''Carceri d'invenzione''). He was the father of Francesco Piranesi, Laura Piranesi and . Biography Piranesi was born in Venice, in the parish of S. Moisè where he was baptised. His father was a stonemason. His brother Andrea introduced him to Latin literature and ancient Greco-Roman civilization, and later he was apprenticed under his uncle, Matteo Lucchesi, who was a leading architect in ''Magistrato delle Acque'', the state organization responsible for engineering and restoring historical buildings. From 1740, he had an opportunity to work in Rome as a draughtsman for Marco Foscarini, the Venetian ambassador of the new Pope Benedict XIV. He resided in the Palazzo Venezia and studied under Giuseppe Vasi, who introduced hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 4
Events Pre-1600 *AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. *1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. *1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end. *1363 – Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang. *1511 – Formation of the Holy League of Aragon, the Papal States and Venice against France. *1535 – The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. *1582 – The Gregorian Calendar is introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. *1597 – Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the state of Georgia. 1601–1900 *1602 – Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War: A fleet of Spanish galleys are defeated by English and Dutch galleons in the English Channel. *1636 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1772 In Art
Events from the year 1772 in art. Events *July 13 – Captain James Cook leaves Plymouth in HMS ''Resolution'' on his second voyage of exploration with landscape painter William Hodges onboard (in lieu of Johann Zoffany). *King George III of the United Kingdom appoints Benjamin West official painter to the court. Works *John Singleton Copley – ''Samuel Adams'' (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) *Thomas Gainsborough **''The Linley Sisters'' **'' William Johnstone-Pulteney'' * Thomas Jones – ''Pencerrig'' *Tilly Kettle – ''Dancing Girls (Blacks)'' *Anton Raphael Mengs – '' The Triumph of History over Time'' (Allegory of the Museum Clementinum; ceiling fresco in the Camera dei Papiri, Vatican Library) *Fyodor Rokotov – ''Portrait of Alexandra Struyskaya'' *Alexander Roslin **'' King Christian VII of Denmark'' **'' King Gustav III of Sweden'' *George Stubbs **''The Kongouro from New Holland'' **''Portrait of a Large Dog'' *Claude Joseph Vernet – ''The Shipwreck'' *Joseph Wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Norbert Roettiers
Charles Norbert Roettiers (August 15, 1720 – November 19, 1772) was a noted French engraver and medallist. Roettiers was born in Paris to Joseph-Charles Roettiers (April 13, 1691 – March 14, 1779), into the celebrated Roettier family of medallists, silversmiths, and goldsmith A goldsmith is a Metalworking, metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Nowadays they mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, goldsmiths have also made cutlery, silverware, platter (dishware), pl ...s. He served as engraver-general of the French mint (1753–1768), and ''graveur particulier de l'atelier monétaire de Paris'' until his death (1759–1772). He became a member of the Académie in 1764. External links * References {{DEFAULTSORT:Roettiers, Charles Norbert 1720 births 1772 deaths 18th-century engravers French engravers French silversmiths French goldsmiths French medallists Metalsmiths from Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 15
Events Pre-1600 * 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. * 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. * 718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. * 747 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as ''majordomo'' and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler (''de facto'') of the Frankish Kingdom. * 778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army. * 805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising * 927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. * 982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria. *1018 &nda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1780 In Art
Events from the year 1780 in art. Events * Works * Jacques-Louis David ** '' Portrait of Count Stanislas Potocki'' ** ''Saint Roch Interceding with the Virgin for the Plague-Stricken'' * Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine – '' Les Marionettes polonaises'' * Francisco Goya – '' Christ Crucified'' * Francis Holman – '' The moonlight Battle of Cape St Vincent, 16 January 1780'' * Jacob More ** ''Landscape with Classical Figures, Cicero at his Villa'' ** ''Mount Vesuvius in Eruption: The Last Days of Pompeii'' * Sir Joshua Reynolds – ''The Ladies Waldegrave'' * John Trumbull – ''George Washington'' * Francis Wheatley – '' The Irish House of Commons'' * Johann Zoffany *Double Portrait of Henry and Mary Styleman(commissioned) ** Portrait of Tipu Sultan Births * January 10 – Pieter Christoffel Wonder, Dutch painter active in England (died 1852) * February 15 – Alfred Edward Chalon, Swiss portrait painter (died 1860) * February 18 – Alexey Venetsianov, Russian ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etching
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types of material. As a method of printmaking, it is, along with engraving, the most important technique for old master prints, and remains in wide use today. In a number of modern variants such as microfabrication etching and photochemical milling it is a crucial technique in much modern technology, including circuit boards. In traditional pure etching, a metal plate (usually of copper, zinc or steel) is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where the artist wants a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The échoppe, a tool with a slanted oval section, is also used for "swelling" lines. The plate is then dipped in a bath of aci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Printmaker
Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed technique, rather than a photographic reproduction of a visual artwork which would be printed using an electronic machine (Printer (computing), a printer); however, there is some cross-over between traditional and digital printmaking, including risograph. Except in the case of monotyping, all printmaking processes have the capacity to produce identical multiples of the same artwork, which is called a print. Each print produced is considered an "original" work of art, and is correctly referred to as an "impression", not a "copy" (that means a different print copying the first, common in early printmaking). However, impressions can vary considerably, whether intentionally or not. Master printmakers are technicians who are capable of prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landscape Art
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composition. In other works, landscape backgrounds for figures can still form an important part of the work. Sky is almost always included in the view, and weather is often an element of the composition. Detailed landscapes as a distinct subject are not found in all artistic traditions, and develop when there is already a sophisticated tradition of representing other subjects. Two main traditions spring from Western painting and Chinese art, going back well over a thousand years in both cases. The recognition of a spiritual element in landscape art is present from its beginnings in East Asian art, drawing on Daoism and other philosophical traditions, but in the West only becomes explicit with Romanticism. Landscape views in art may be entirely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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