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1718 In Art
{{Unsourced, date=November 2021 Events from the year 1718 in art. Events * Arnold Houbraken publishes his biographical work ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' ("The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters and Woman Artists"). Paintings * Jonathan Richardson – ''Alexander Pope and his dog, Bounce'' * Jacob van Schuppen – ''Prince Eugene of Savoy'' * Antoine Watteau – ''La Surprise'' Births * January – Johann Melchior Kambly, Swiss sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo (died 1783) * April 24 – Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (died 1784) * June 5 – Thomas Chippendale, English furniture maker (died 1779) * July 4 – Giambettino Cignaroli, Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period (d. 1770) * July 15 – Alexander Roslin, Swedish portrait painter (died 1793) * August 16 – Jakob Emanuel Handmann, Swiss painter (died 1781) * August 28 – Claude-Henri Watelet, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Houbraken
Arnold Houbraken (28 March 1660 – 14 October 1719) was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters. Life Houbraken was sent first to learn ''threadtwisting'' (Twyndraat) from Johannes de Haan, who introduced him to engraving. After two years he then studied art with Willem van Drielenburch, who he was with during the rampjaar, the year 1672. He then studied 9 months with Jacobus Leveck and finally, four years with Samuel van Hoogstraten. In 1685 he married Sara Sasbout, and around 1709 he moved from Dordrecht to Amsterdam. Arnold Houbraken painted mythological and religious paintings, portraits and landscapes. He is best known for the art historical work ''The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters'' (1718–1721). When he died his son Jacob assisted his mother with the last proofs of the manuscript before publishing. His first attempt at an instructive manual for artists was his Emblem book, ''Inhoud van 't Sie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 4
Events Pre-1600 * 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress ('' Augusta'') of the Eastern Roman Empire. * 836 – ''Pactum Sicardi'', a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed. * 993 – Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint. * 1054 – A supernova, called SN 1054, is seen by Chinese Song dynasty, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. * 1120 – Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death. * 1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. * 1253 – Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude-Henri Watelet
Claude-Henri Watelet (28 August 1718 – 12 January 1786) was a rich French '' fermier-général'' who was an amateur painter, a well-respected etcher, a writer on the arts and a connoisseur of gardens. Watelet's inherited privilege of farming taxes in the Orléanais left him free to pursue his avocations, art and literature and gardens. His ''Essai sur les jardins'', 1774, firmly founded on English ideas expressed by Thomas Whately, introduced the English landscape garden to France, as the ''jardin Anglois''. The sociable Watelet, who was born and died in Paris, was at the center of the French art world of his time. Biography Watelet was born in Paris, where he kept house in the rue Charlot and attended the Monday '' salons'' of Mme Geoffrin, where he would have seen La Live de Jully, who engraved one of Watelet's drawings and who, like Watelet, was an early patron of Greuze Jean-Baptiste Greuze (, 21 August 1725 – 4 March 1805) was a French painter of portraits, gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 28
Events Pre-1600 * 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. * 632 – Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims. * 663 – Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang. * 1189 – Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan. * 1521 – Ottoman wars in Europe: The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade. * 1524 – The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. * 1542 – Turkish–Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1781 In Art
Events from the year 1781 in art. Events * August 27 – Danish artists Marie Jeanne Crevoisier and Johan Frederik Clemens are married. Works * George Barret, Sr. – '' View of Windermere Lake, Early Morning'' * Jacques-Louis David – ''Belisarius begging for alms'' * Philip James de Loutherbourg – ''Eidophusikon'' * Henry Fuseli – ''The Nightmare'' * Thomas Gainsborough – Mrs Robinson as Perdita' * Anton Graff – '' Frederick the Great, King of Prussia'' * Jean-Antoine Houdon – Portrait busts of Voltaire and Molière * Sir Joshua Reynolds ** Emily Potts as Thaïs' (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire) ** ''George, 2nd Earl Harcourt, his wife Elizabeth and his brother William'' (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) * George Romney ** ''Ann Bowes'' ** ''The Charteris Children'' * Joseph Wright of Derby – ''Sir Brooke Boothby'' Births * March (probable) – John Burnet, Scottish engraver and painter (died 1868) * March 13 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Prussian architect and pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Emanuel Handmann
Jakob Emanuel Handmann (16 August 1718 in Basel – 3 November 1781 in Bern) was a Swiss painter specialised in portrait painting. He was a contemporary of the Swiss painters Anton Graff, Jean Preudhomme, Angelica Kauffman, Johann Jakob Schalch, Johann Caspar Füssli and his son Johann Heinrich Füssli. Life and work Jakob Emanuel Handmann was the 9th child of Johann Jakob Handmann, a baker and later bailiff of Waldenburg, and his wife Anna Maria Rispach. Between 1735 and 1739 he made an apprenticeship as a stucco plasterer and studied painting in Schaffhausen with the painter and stucco plasterer Johann Ulrich Schnetzler. He made study trips to Paris, Rome and Naples. In Paris he worked at the studio of Jean Restout II who influenced his work. In 1742 Handmann travelled through France finding employment in a portrait studio partnership with the painter Hörling. In the business partnership with Hörling Handmann was mainly responsible for painting the heads of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 16
Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad. * 963 – Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708. * 1513 – Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat. * 1570 – The Principality of Transylvania is established after John II Zápolya renounces his claim as King of Hungary in the Treaty of Speyer.Diarmaid MacCullochThe Reformation Viking, 2004, p. 443 1601–1900 * 1652 – Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1793 In Art
Events from the year 1793 in art. Events * August 10 – The Louvre in Paris opens to the public as an art museum, with 537 paintings. * Henry Fuseli begins to paints scenes from ''Paradise Lost''. * Aleksander Orłowski joins the Polish army; this leads to his participation in the Kościuszko Uprising. Works * William Beechey – Portrait of Sir Francis Ford’s Children Giving a Coin to a Beggar Boy' * William Blake – ''For Children: The Gates of Paradise'' (engravings) * Antonio Canova – ''Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss'' (marble statue, 1st version, commissioned 1787, enters Louvre 1824) * Jacques-Louis David – ''The Death of Marat'' * Francisco Goya – Attack on a Coach' * Philip James de Loutherbourg – ''The Siege of Valenciennes'' * John Opie – '' Boadicea Haranguing the Britons'' * François Marie Suzanne – terra cotta figure of Benjamin Franklin * Utamaro – '' Three Beauties of the Present Day'' (''nishiki-e'' color woodblock print; approximate date) Bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Roslin
Alexander Roslin (spelled Alexandre in French, ; 15 July 17185 July 1793) was a Swedish portrait painter who worked in Scania, Bayreuth, Paris, Italy, Warsaw and St. Petersburg, primarily for members of aristocratic families. He combined insightful psychological portrayal with a skillful representation of fabrics and jewels. His style combined Classicist tendencies with the lustrous, shimmering colours of Rococo, a jocular, elegant and ornate style. He lived in France from 1752 until 1793, a period that spanned most of his career. The painting by Roslin depicting Jeanne Sophie de Vignerot du Plessis, Countess of Egmont Pignatelli, was bought by the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2006 for US$3 million. Life Alexander Roslin was born on 15 July 1718, in Malmö, Sweden, the son of naval physician Hans Roslin and Catherine Wertmüller. After showing an unusual talent for drawing and painting, he trained in drawing at Karlskrona under Admiralty Captain Lars Ehrenbill (169 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 15
Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 – An Lushan Rebellion: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang is ordered by his Imperial Guards to execute chancellor Yang Guozhong by forcing him to commit suicide or face a mutiny. General An Lushan has other members of the emperor's family killed. *1099 – First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. *1149 – The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem. *1207 – King John of England expels Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop Stephen Langton. *1240 – Swedish–Novgorodian Wars: A Novgorodian army led by Alexander Nevsky defeats the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva. *1381 – John Ball, a leader in the Pea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1770 In Art
Events from the year 1770 in art. Events * Anne Vallayer-Coster is admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture at the age of twenty-six. McKinven, Mary Jane. June 2002. ''Stunning Still Lifes by Anne Vallayer-Coster, Foremost 18th-Century Painter in Court of Marie-Antoinette'' National Gallery of Art (June 2002) Works * Thomas Gainsborough – approximate date ** ''The Blue Boy'' ** '' Thomas Linley'' * Sir Joshua Reynolds – '' Colonel Acland and Lord Sydney: The Archers'' * Alexander Roslin ** Portrait of the artist's wife (Marie-Suzanne Giroust) ** Portrait of Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden * George Stubbs ** A Horse Frightened by a Lion' (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool) ** '' A Lion Attacking a Horse'' (Yale University Art Gallery) * Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo – ''The Immaculate Conception with Saint Lawrence and Saint Francis of Paola'' (approximate date) * Benjamin West – ''The Death of General Wolfe'' Births * January 13 – Anatole Devosge, Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoclassicism
Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was born in Rome largely thanks to the writings of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, at the time of the rediscovery of Pompeii and Herculaneum, but its popularity spread all over Europe as a generation of European art students finished their Grand Tour and returned from Italy to their home countries with newly rediscovered Greco-Roman ideals. The main Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th-century Age of Enlightenment, and continued into the early 19th century, laterally competing with Romanticism. In architecture, the style continued throughout the 19th, 20th and up to the 21st century. European Neoclassicism in the visual arts began c. 1760 in opposition to the then-dominant Rococo style. Rococo architecture emphasizes grace, ornamentati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
