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1716 In Art
Events from the year 1716 in art. Events * A sculpture park begins to be established in the Summer Garden at Saint Petersburg, Russia. Paintings * Sir Godfrey Kneller – Portrait of Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Princess of Wales * James Thornhill – hall ceiling at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire * Adriaen van der Werff – '' The Judgement of Paris'' (approximate date) Births * March 19 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, painter (died 1777) * March 25 – Alexei Antropov, Russian barocco painter (died 1795) * April 5 – Jeremiah Theus, Swiss-born American painter, primarily of portraits (died 1774) * June 18 – Joseph-Marie Vien, French painter (died 1809) * December 1 – Étienne Maurice Falconet, French Rococo sculptor (died 1791) * ''date unknown'' ** Fedor Leontyevich Argunov, Russian painter (died 1754) ** Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter from the Edo period (died 1784) ** Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty, French painter and printmaker (died 1785) ** Luis Egidio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summer Garden
The Summer Garden (russian: Ле́тний сад, ''Letniy sad'') is a historic public garden that occupies an eponymous island between the Neva, Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in downtown Saint Petersburg, Russia and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great. Its inception dates back to early 18 century when Russia took these lands from Sweden in the Great Northern War. Being a monument of landscape architecture featuring original and copied sculptures of classical mythology characters, a former royal palace and a monument to the fable author Ivan Krylov, the garden is now a branch of the Saint Petersburg-based national art treasury Russian Museum. Landscape design Original The park was personally designed by Tsar Peter in 1704, supposedly, with the assistance of the Dutch gardener and physician Nicolaas Bidloo. Starting from 1712, the planting of the Summer Garden was further elaborated by the Dutch gardener Jan Roosen, who was the chief g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 5
Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his army. * 1242 – During the Battle on the Ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. *1536 – Charles V makes a Royal Entry into Rome, demolishing a swath of the city to re-enact a Roman triumph. * 1566 – Two hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrick van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Seventeen Provinces. 1601–1900 * 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. *1621 – The ''Mayflower'' sets sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. *1792 – United States Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Argunov
Argunov - family of artists and architects, serfs of counts Sheremetev. They worked in Moscow and in Sheremetev's mansions ( Kuskovo, Ostankino, etc.), and also in St.Petersburg. *Fedor Leontyevich Argunov (1716-1754) - the painter. *Fedor Semenovich Argunov (about 1732 - 1768) - the cousin of painter I. P. Argunov. He probably studied at S. I. Chevakinski in St.Petersburg. He participated in construction of a house of Sheremetev on Fontanka (1750-1755) and lived in St.Petersburg. He was the author of the project of a Kitchen wing (1755), Grotto (1755 - 1775), Greenhouses (presumably, 1761-1762) and other constructions in style of a baroque in mansion Kuskovo. * Ivan Petrovich Argunov (1729 - 1802) - the painter, one of ancestors of a chamber portrait in Russian art (portraits К. А. and H. M. Khripunov - both 1757, in Ostankino Palace-museum; "The Unknown person in Russian suit", 1784). *Pavel Ivanovich Argunov (about 1768-1806) - the architect. He was the son of I. P. Argunov. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1791 In Art
Events from the year 1791 in art. Events *The Society of Artists of Great Britain is dissolved. Works * James Barry – ''The Thames (or Triumph of Navigation)'' *Henri-Pierre Danloux – '' Baron de Besenval in his Study'' (National Gallery, London) *Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson – '' Endymion: Moonlight (The Sleep of Endymion)'' *Anton Graff – ''Friedrich Schiller'' *George Morland **''The Inside of a Stable'' **''The Slave Trade'' *Jean-Laurent Mosnier – Portrait of the Chevalier d'Eon *Henry Raeburn – Portrait of Sir John and Lady Clerk of Penicuik *George Stubbs – Equestrian portrait of The Prince of Wales Births *January 6 – William Bent Berczy, painter and political figure in Upper Canada (died 1873) *February 10 **Francesco Hayez, Italian historical, portrait and political painter (died 1881) **Ōtagaki Rengetsu, Japanese Buddhist nun and poet, skilled potter and painter, and expert calligrapher (died 1875) *February 13 – Sylvester Shchedrin, Russi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and ''trompe-l'œil'' frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement. The Rococo style began in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Louis XIV style. It was known as the "style Rocaille", or "Rocaille style". It soon spread to other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Austria, southern Germany, Central Europe and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly sculpture, furniture, silverware, glassware, painting, music, and theatre. Although originally a secular style primarily used for interiors of private residences, the Rococo had a spiritual aspect to it which led to its widespread use in ... [...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] |
Étienne Maurice Falconet
Étienne Maurice Falconet (1 December 1716 – 24 January 1791) was a French baroque, rococo and Neoclassical sculpture, neoclassical sculptor, best-known for his equestrian statue of Peter the Great, the ''Bronze Horseman'' (1782), in St. Petersburg, Russia, and for the small statues he produced in series for the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, Royal Sévres Porcelain Manufactory Life Falconet was born to a poor family in Paris. He was at first apprenticed to a carpenter, but some of his clay figures, with the making of which he occupied his leisure hours, attracted the notice of the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, who made him his pupil. One of his most successful early sculptures was of Milo of Croton, which secured his admission to the membership of the Académie des beaux-arts in 1754. He came to prominent public attention in the Paris Salon, Salons of 1755 and 1757 with his marbles of ''L'Amour'' and the ''Nymphe descendant au bain'' (also called ''The Bather''), which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 1
Events Pre-1600 * 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. *1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. * 1577 – Courtiers Christopher Hatton and Thomas Heneage are knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England. 1601–1900 * 1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 59 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the Philippine Dynasty. * 1662 – Diarist John Evelyn records skating on the frozen lake in St James's Park, London, watched by Charles II and Queen Catherine. *1768 – The former slave ship ''Fredensborg'' sinks off Tromøya in Norway. * 1821 – José Núñez de Cáceres wins the independence of the Dominican Republic from Spain and names the new territory the Republic of Spanish Haiti. * 1822 – Pedro I is cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1809 In Art
Events in the year 1809 in Art. Events * Six students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna form an artistic cooperative called the Brotherhood of St. Luke (''Lukasbund''), predecessor of the Nazarene movement. Works *Pietro Benvenuti – ''Elisa Bonaparte surrounded by the artists of Florence'' *John Constable – ''Malvern Hall'' *John Singleton Copley – '' George, Prince of Wales, on horseback'' *Jacques-Louis David – '' Sappho and Phaon'' *Caspar David Friedrich – ''Mönch am Meer'' * Thomas Douglas Guest **''The Transfiguration'' **''Venus recumbent and Cupids'' *Orest Kiprensky **'' Portrait of Countess Ye. P. Rostopchina'' **'' Portrait of Yevgraf Davydov'' *Charles Willson Peale – ''The Peale Family'' *Henry Raeburn – ''Mrs Spiers'' *Richard Westmacott – Statue of Horatio Nelson, Birmingham Births *February 15 – Owen Jones, British architect, interior designer, and pioneer of chromolithography (died 1874) *March 1 – Robert Cornelius, American pioneer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Marie Vien
Joseph-Marie Vien (sometimes anglicised as Joseph-Mary Wien; 18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791. Biography He was born in Montpellier. Protected by Comte de Caylus, he entered at an early age the studio of Natoire, and obtained the ''grand prix'' in 1745. He used his time at Rome in applying to the study of nature and the development of his own powers all that he gleaned from the masterpieces around him; but his tendencies were so foreign to the reigning taste that on his return to Paris he owed his admission to the academy for his picture ''Daedalus and Icarus'' (Louvre) solely to the indignant protests of François Boucher.''Encyclopædia Britannica '', 1911 When in 1776, at the height of his established reputation, he became director of the school of France at Rome, he refused to take Jacques-Louis David with him amongst his pupils, stating he was too old to teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
