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1754 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1754, art Events from the year 1754 in art. Events * Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce founded in England by William Shipley. * Joshua Kirby publishes the pamphlet ''Dr. Brook Taylor's Method of Perspective made Easy both in Theory and Practice'' in London, containing William Hogarth's ''Satire on False Perspective''. Paintings * Canaletto ** ''English Landscape Capriccio with a Column'' (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) ** ''English Landscape Capriccio with a Palace'' (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) ** ''Eton College'' (National Gallery, London) ** ''London: Interior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh'' (National Gallery, London) ** '' Old Walton Bridge'' ( Dulwich Picture Gallery, London) ** ''St. Paul's Cathedral'' ( Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut) * John Giles Eccardt – ''Horace Walpole'' * William Hogarth – '' Humours of an Election'' (four paintings) Births * February 5 – Gilles-L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society For The Encouragement Of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce
The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), also known as the Royal Society of Arts, is a London-based organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. The RSA acronym is used more frequently than the full legal name (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce). The RSA's mission expressed in the founding charter was to "embolden enterprise, enlarge science, refine art, improve our manufacturers and extend our commerce", but also of the need to alleviate poverty and secure full employment. On its website, the RSA characterises itself as "an enlightenment organisation committed to finding innovative practical solutions to today's social challenges". Notable past fellows (before 1914, members) include Charles Dickens, Benjamin Franklin, Stephen Hawking, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela, David Attenborough, Judi Dench, William Hogarth, John Diefenbaker, and Tim Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole (), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twickenham, southwest London, reviving the Gothic Revival, Gothic style some decades before his Victorian era, Victorian successors. His literary reputation rests on the first Gothic fiction, Gothic novel, ''The Castle of Otranto'' (1764), and his ''Letters'', which are of significant social and political interest. They have been published by Yale University Press in 48 volumes. In 2017, a volume of Walpole's selected letters was published. The youngest son of the first British Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, he became the 4th and last Earl of Orford of the second creation on his nephew's death in 1791. Early life: 1717–1739 Walpole was born in London, the youngest son of Prime Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1832 In Art
Events from the year 1832 in art. Events * New Society of Painters in Water Colours holds its first exhibition, in London. Awards * Prix de Rome ** for painting – Antoine Wiertz ** for sculpture – François Jouffroy Works * William Etty ** ''The Destroying Angel and Daemons of Evil Interrupting the Orgies of the Vicious and Intemperate'' ** ''Youth on the Prow, and Pleasure at the Helm'' * Hokusai – ''The Great Wave off Kanagawa'' * Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – ''Portrait of Monsieur Bertin'' * Henry Inman - " Pes-Ke-Le-Cha-Co" * James Arthur O'Connor – '' A Thunderstorm: The Frightened Wagoner'' * Joseph Paelinck – ''Juno'' * Richard Westmacott - Statue of George Canning, Parliament Square Births * January 6 – Gustave Doré, French illustrator (died 1883) * January 23 – Édouard Manet, French painter, (died 1883) * January 27 – Arthur Hughes, English Pre-Raphaelite painter (died 1915) * February 21 – Louis Maurer, German American lithographer (died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americans
Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many Multiple citizenship, dual citizens, expatriates, and green card, permanent residents could also legally claim American nationality. The United States is home to race and ethnicity in the United States, people of many racial and ethnic origins; consequently, culture of the United States, American culture and Law of the United States, law do not equate nationality with Race (human categorization), race or Ethnic group, ethnicity, but with citizenship and an Oath of Allegiance (United States), oath of permanent allegiance. Overview The majority of Americans or their ancestors Immigration to the United States, immigrated to the United States or are descended from people who were Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, brought as Slavery in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amos Doolittle
Amos Doolittle (May 18, 1754 – January 30, 1832) was an American engraver and silversmith, known as "The Revere of Connecticut." His engravings included portraits and maps, made in his New Haven, Connecticut studio. He became famous for his four engravings depicting the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which were based on his first-hand reconnaissance of the battlefield. Life and work Born in Cheshire, Connecticut on May 18, 1754, Doolittle became skilled in copper engraving through self-teaching and apprenticeship. His first published experiment with the medium began when he enlisted in the New Haven company of the Governor's Guards in 1775. Under the leadership of Captain Benedict Arnold, the company arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts ten days after the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the start of the Revolutionary War. Upon arriving in Cambridge, Doolittle took leave to inspect the site of the battle accompanied by Ralph Earl. Doolittle interviewed colonial milita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 8
Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the Italian provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths. * 589 – Reccared I opens the Third Council of Toledo, marking the entry of Visigothic Spain into the Catholic Church. * 1360 – Treaty of Brétigny drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good).p118 Hersch Lauterpacht, "Volume 20 of International Law Reports, Cambridge University Press, 1957, * 1373 – Julian of Norwich, a Christian mystic and anchoress, experiences the deathbed visions described in her ''Revelations of Divine Love''. *1429 – Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1804 In Art
The year 1804 in art involved some significant artistic events and new works. Events *Sculptor Pompeo Marchesi wins a scholarship to study in Rome under Antonio Canova. *Society of Painters in Water Colours, predecessor of the Royal Watercolour Society, founded in London by William Frederick Wells. Works *Johann Friedrich Dryander – ''French troops before Saint-Jean-lès-Sarrebruck'' *Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – ''Dominique Jean Larrey'' *Francisco Goya – '' Portrait of María Tomasa Palafox, Marquesa of Villafranca'' *Antoine-Jean Gros – ''Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa'' * Thomas Douglas Guest – ''Madonna and Child'' *Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – ''Bonaparte, First Consul'' *Orest Kiprensky – '' Portrait of Adam Shvabler'' *Thomas Lawrence – '' Portrait of Caroline of Brunswick'' *Stepan Shchukin – Portrait of Andreyan Zakharov (approximate date) *George Stubbs – '' Ambrosio, a bay stallion, the property of Thomas Haworth'' *B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Haas (engraver)
Christian Peter Jonas Haas (12 April 17541804) was a German-Danish engraver, born and initially working in Copenhagen. Two of his brothers, Georg and Meno, and his father Jonas were all engravers. Haas engraved a number of plates documenting Carsten Niebuhr's travels in Arabia, idealizing and moralistic genre art works by Daniel Chodowiecki and related works by Erik Pauelsen. Haas, however, for economic reasons, also undertook to carry out commercial graphics such as business cards, embroidery patterns and almanacs. He elected in 1786 to follow his brother Meno to Berlin, where he continued his diverse business, including portrait miniatures, a series of ''Berlin Prospectuses'', and a series of scenes from Frederick the Great Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Sil ...'s lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 12
Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York. * 1012 – Duke Oldřich of Bohemia deposes and blinds his brother Jaromír, who flees to Poland. * 1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day. 1601–1900 *1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships. *1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain. *1807 – The Froberg mutiny on Malta ends when the remaining mutineers blow up the magazine of Fort Ricasoli. *1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1811 In Art
Events in the year 1811 in Art. Works *Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres – '' Jupiter and Thetis'' *Georg Friedrich Kersting – ''Caspar David Friedrich in His Studio'' *Thomas Lawrence – Portrait of Benjamin West *Bertel Thorvaldsen – ''Procession of Alexander the Great'' Births *January 2 – Uroš Knežević, Serbian painter (d. 1876) *March 20 – George Caleb Bingham, American realist artist (died 1879) *April 5 – Jules Dupré, French painter (died 1889) *May 11 – Prince Grigory Gagarin, Russian soldier and painter (died 1893) *May 15 – Katarina Ivanović, Serbian painter (died 1882) *July 28 – Charles West Cope, English genre painter (died 1890) *December 3 – Eduard Bendemann, German painter (died 1889) *Undated ** Nam Gyewoo, Korean painter and government officer (died 1888) ** Jakob Guttmann, Romanian-born Hungarian Jewish sculptor (died 1860) **Auguste Ottin, French sculptor (died 1890) ** Pierre Étienne Rémillieux, French painter (died 1856) Deaths *Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physionotrace
A physiognotrace is an instrument, designed to trace a person's physiognomy to make semi-automated portrait aquatints. Invented in France in 1783–1784, it was popular for some decades. The sitter climbed into a wooden frame (1.75m high x 0.65m wide), sat and turned to the side to pose. A pantograph connected to a pencil produced within a few minutes a "grand trait", a contour line on a piece of paper. With the help of a second scaling-down pantograph, the basic features of the portrait were transferred from the sheet in the form of dotted lines to a copper plate, which had previously been prepared with a ground for etching. One week later, the sitter received an etched plate and twelve little prints. The device but also the aquatint prints are called physionotraces. History In 1783–1784, the Frenchman Gilles-Louis Chrétien invented the "physionotrace" to aid in the production of silhouette portraits, which became popular during the reign of Louis XVI. Within a few minutes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French People
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. The French people, especially the native speakers of langues d'oïl from northern and central France, are primarily the descendants of Gauls (including the Belgae) and Romans (or Gallo-Romans, western European Celtic and Italic peoples), as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks, the Visigoths, the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire, as well as various later waves of lower-level irregular migration that have continued to the present day. The Norse also settled in Normandy in the 10th century and contributed significantly to the ancestry of the Normans. Furthermore, regional ethnic minorities also exist within France that have distinct lineages, languages and cultures such as Bretons in Brittany, Occi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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