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1742 In Art
{{Year nav topic5, 1742, art Events from the year 1742 in art. Events * Canaletto paints in England. Works * François Boucher – '' Diana Leaving her Bath'' * Canaletto ** ''The Porta Portello, Padua'' (1741–1742) (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.) ** ''Rome: The Arch of Constantine'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) ** ''Rome: The Arch of Septimius Severus'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) ** ''Rome: The Arch of Titus'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) ** ''Rome: The Pantheon'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) ** ''Rome: Ruins of the Forum looking towards the Capitol'' (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle) * William Hogarth (paintings) ** '' Miss Mary Edwards'' ** '' Taste in High Life'' (engraved in 1746) * Vincenzo Meucci – '' Glory of Florentine Saints'' (fresco on interior of dome, basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence) * Jacques Saly – Portrait bust of Emanuel Pinto de Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of the Maltes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canaletto
Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or ''vedute'', of Venice, Rome, and London, he also painted imaginary views (referred to as capricci), although the demarcation in his works between the real and the imaginary is never quite clearcut.Alice Binion and Lin Barton. "Canaletto." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 6 Jan. 2017 He was further an important printmaker using the etching technique. In the period from 1746 to 1756 he worked in England where he painted many views of London and other sites including Warwick Castle and Alnwick Castle. He was highly successful in England, thanks to the British merchant and connoisseur Joseph "Consul" Smith, whose large collection of Canaletto's works was sold to King George III in 1762. Early career He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1816 In Art
Events in the year 1816 in Art. Events * The Elgin Marbles are purchased by the British government from Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, for the British Museum in London. * The Fitzwilliam Museum is founded by the bequest of the art collection of the 7th Viscount FitzWilliam to the University of Cambridge in England. * In Paris, the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (founded in 1648) is merged with the Académie de musique (1669) and the Académie royale d'architecture (1671) to form the Académie des beaux-arts. *''Penance'' from Nicholas Poussin's first of two ''Seven Sacraments'' painting cycles owned by the Duke of Rutland is destroyed by fire at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, England. Works * '' Cádiz Memorial'' (London) * Augustus Wall Callcott – ''The Entrance to the Pool of London'' * John James Chalon – '' Napoleon on board the Bellerophon'' * John Constable – ''Wivenhoe Park'' * Pavel Đurković – Portrait of Vuk Karadžić * Francisco Goya ** ''The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh People
The Welsh ( cy, Cymry) are an ethnic group native to Wales. "Welsh people" applies to those who were born in Wales ( cy, Cymru) and to those who have Welsh ancestry, perceiving themselves or being perceived as sharing a cultural heritage and shared ancestral origins. Wales is the third-largest Countries of the United Kingdom, country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland merged to become the Kingdom of Great Britain. The majority of people living in Wales are British nationality law, British citizens. In Wales, the Welsh language ( cy, Cymraeg) is protected by law. Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly in North Wales and parts of West Wales, though English is the predominant language in South Wales. The Welsh language is also taught in schools throughout Wales, and, even in regions of Wales in which Welsh people predominantly speak English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jones (artist)
Thomas Jones (26 September 1742 – 29 April 1803) was a Welsh landscape painter. He was a pupil of Richard Wilson and was best known in his lifetime as a painter of Welsh and Italian landscapes in the style of his master. However, Jones's reputation grew in the 20th century when more unconventional works by him, not originally intended for exhibition, came to light. Most notable among these is a series of views of Naples which he painted from 1782 to 1783. By breaking with the conventions of classical landscape painting in favour of direct observation, they look forward to the work of Camille Corot and the Barbizon School in the 19th century.Chilvers, Ian, ''The Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003 His autobiography, ''Memoirs of Thomas Jones of Penkerrig'', went unpublished until 1951 but is now recognised as an important source of information on the 18th-century art world.Sumner, Ann, "Who was Thomas Jones? The life, death and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 26
Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus. * 715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne. * 1087 – William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100. *1212 – The Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty. *1345 – Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns. *1371 – Serbian–Turkish wars: Ottoman Turks fought against a Serbian army at the Battle of Maritsa. *1423 – Hundred Years' War: A French army defeats the English at the Battle of La Brossinière. *1493 – Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull ''Dudum siquidem'' to the Spanish, extending the grant of new lands he made them in ''Inter caetera''. *1580 – Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth in Plymouth, England. 1601–1900 *1687 – Morean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Miniature
A portrait miniature is a miniature portrait painting, usually executed in gouache, watercolor, or enamel. Portrait miniatures developed out of the techniques of the miniatures in illuminated manuscripts, and were popular among 16th-century elites, mainly in England and France, and spread across the rest of Europe from the middle of the 18th century, remaining highly popular until the development of daguerreotypes and photography in the mid-19th century. They were usually intimate gifts given within the family, or by hopeful males in courtship, but some rulers, such as James I of England, gave large numbers as diplomatic or political gifts. They were especially likely to be painted when a family member was going to be absent for significant periods, whether a husband or son going to war or emigrating, or a daughter getting married. The first miniaturists used watercolour to paint on stretched vellum, or (especially in England) on playing cards trimmed to the shape required. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
