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Men Reading
''Men Reading'' or ''The Reading'' (Spanish: ''La Lectura'') or ''Politicians'' are names given to a fresco painting likely completed between 1820 and 1823Licht, 159 by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It is one of Goya's 14 ''Black Paintings'' (''Pinturas negras'') painted late in his life when, living alone in physical pain, spiritual torment and disillusionment with the political direction of Spain, he painted 14 bleak, agonised frescoes onto the walls of the Quinta del Sordo (''House of the deaf man''), the house he was living in alone outside Madrid. As with the others in the series, it was transferred to canvas in 1873–74 under the supervision of Salvador Martínez Cubells, a curator at the Museo del Prado. The owner, Baron Emile d'Erlanger, donated the work to the Spanish state in 1881, and they are now on display at the Prado. Description ''Men Reading'' shows a group of six men huddled together reading a printed page held in the lap of a seated central figure. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain. Spanish is the official language of List of countries where Spanish is an official language, 20 countries. It is the world's list of languages by number of native speakers, second-most spoken native language after Mandarin Chinese; the world's list of languages by total number of speakers, fourth-most spoken language overall after English language, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Hindustani language, Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu); and the world's most widely spoken Romance languages, Romance language. The largest population of native speakers is in Mexico. Spanish is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group of languages, which evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Émile D'Erlanger
Frédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger (June 19, 1832 in Frankfurt am Main – May 22, 1911 in Versailles), born as Friedrich Emil Erlanger, was a German-French banker and Consul. He founded the French branch of the Erlanger banking businesses, Emile Erlanger & Co. Biography Frédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger was born to banker :de:Raphael von Erlanger, Baron Raphael von Erlanger and his young wife, Margarete Helene Albert (1800–1834). Raphael was the son of a Frankfurt currency broker, Löb Moses, later named ''Ludwig Moritz Erlanger'' (b. 1780; d. 1857). Raphael Erlanger had begun as a ''disponent'' in the Frankfurt business of the Rothschild family. In 1848 he founded his own bank, named ''Erlanger & Söhne'' (''Erlanger & Sons'') in 1865, and became a major competitor to the Rothschild banks in Frankfurt, Vienna and Paris. In 1859, Raphael Erlanger was made a Portuguese Baron by Pedro V of Portugal, he also was ennobled as ''von Erlanger'' by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen in 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hughes (critic)
Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO (28 July 19386 August 2012) was an Australian-born art critic, writer, and producer of television documentaries. He was described in 1997 by Robert Boynton of ''The New York Times'' as "the most famous art critic in the world." Hughes earned widespread recognition for his book and television series on modern art, '' The Shock of the New'', and for his longstanding position as art critic with ''TIME'' magazine. He is also known for his best seller ''The Fatal Shore'' (1986), a study of the British convict system in early Australian history. Known for his contentious critiques of art and artists, Hughes was generally conservative in his tastes, although he did not belong to a particular philosophical camp. His writing was noted for its power and elegance. Early life Hughes was born in Sydney, in 1938. His father and paternal grandfather were lawyers. Hughes's father, Geoffrey Forrest Hughes, was a pilot in the First World War, with later caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Works By Francisco Goya
The following is an incomplete list of works by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya. Paintings (1763–1774) Paintings (1775–1792) ''see also: List of Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons'' Paintings (1793–1807) Paintings (1808–1818) Paintings (1819–1828) Prints (Los Caprichos) As well as paintings Goya was also one of the greatest ever printmaking, printmakers. He produced several sets of prints using the relatively new technique of aquatint. Towards the end of his life Goya also began to experiment with lithography. The dimensions given refer to the size of the printed image rather than the paper that the image is printed on. Prints (Disasters of War) Prints (La Tauromaquia) Prints (Los disparates) Prints (Bulls of Bordeaux) Prints (Other prints) See also * List of Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons * Black paintings Notes References External links Catalogue at University of ZaragossaGoya at the Prado {{Lists of pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Mocked By Two Women
''Man Mocked by Two Women'' or ''Women Laughing'' or (Spanish: ''Dos mujeres y un hombre'' nglish:''Two Women and a Man'' or ''The Ministration'' are names given to a painting likely completed between 1820 and 1823Licht, 159 by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It is one of Goya's 14 ''Black Paintings'', a series created near the end of his life on the walls of his home, Quinta del Sordo. He was then living in despair, and the works are oppressively dark in both mood and colour. It shows two women with maniacal smiles seemingly laughing at a simple-minded man who appears to be masturbating at the right hand of the picture. Despite their jeers, the woman to the left may also be masturbating, which—in the absence of any written or oral comment from Goya on any work on the series—art critics and historians believe lends to the image's futile and sterile intent. The ''Black Paintings'' are housed in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Background At the age of 75, living alone an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impasto
''Impasto'' is a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly, usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming ''out'' of the canvas. Origins The word ''impasto'' is Italian in origin; in which it means "dough" or "mixture"; related to the verb , "to knead", or "to paste". Italian usage of includes both a painting and a potting technique. According to Webster's ''New World College Dictionary'', the root noun of is , whose primary meaning in Italian is "paste". Mediums Oil paint is the traditional medium for impasto painting, due to its thick consistency and slow drying time. Acrylic paint can also be used for impasto by adding heavy body acrylic gels. Impasto is generally not used in watercolor or tempera without the addition of thickening agent due to the inherent thinness of these media. An artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mujeres Riendo
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Mujeres (English: Women) may refer to: * Isla Mujeres, an island in the Caribbean Sea * Isla Mujeres (municipality), one of the ten municipalities of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo * "Mujeres" (Fanny Lu song), 2013 * "Mujeres" (Mozart La Para song), 2018 * "Mujeres" (Ricardo Arjona song), 1992 *"Mujeres", a 2008 song by Alexander Acha *"Mujeres", a 2020 song by Julieta Venegas *''Mujeres'', album by Coque Malla *''Mujeres'', album by Estrella Morente *''Mujeres'', album by Silvio Rodríguez See also * *Mujer (other) Mujer (Spanish for "woman"), ''La Mujer'' ("the woman") or ''Una Mujer'' ("a woman") may refer to: Film and TV *Mujer (film), ''Mujer'' (film), 1946 Mexican film *''Una Mujer'', a 1975 Argentine film starring Cipe Lincovsky *Una mujer (1965 TV se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Old Men Eating Soup
''Two Old Ones Eating Soup'' (Spanish: ''Dos viejos comiendo sopa'') or ''Two Witches'' (Spanish: ''Dos Brujas'')Junquera, 84 is one of the fourteen ''Black Paintings'' created by Francisco Goya between 1819 and 1823. By this time, Goya was in his mid-70s and deeply disillusioned. He painted the works on the interior walls of the house known as the Quinta del Sordo ("House of the Deaf Man"). They were not intended for public display. ''Two Old Men Eating Soup'' likely occupied a position above the main door to the house, between '' La Leocadia'' and '' Two Old Men''. Like the other ''Black Paintings'', it was transferred to canvas in 1874–1878 under the supervision of Salvador Martínez Cubells, a curator at the Museo del Prado, Madrid. The owner, Baron Émile d'Erlanger, donated the canvases to the Spanish state in 1881, and they are now on display at the Prado.Hughes, 16–17 In the image, two elderly figures loom forward from a black background; although they are assum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dog (Goya)
''The Dog'' (Spanish: ''El Perro'') is the name usually given to a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. It shows the head of a dog gazing upwards. The dog itself is almost lost in the vastness of the rest of the image, which is empty except for a dark sloping area near the bottom of the picture: an unidentifiable mass which conceals the animal's body. The placard for ''The Dog'' painting in The Prado indicates the dog is in distress, quite literally, drowning. ''The Dog'' is one of Goya's ''Black Paintings'', which he painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1819 and 1823 when he was in his mid-70s, living alone and suffering from acute mental and physical distress. He did not intend the paintings for public exhibition, and they were not removed from the house until 50 years after Goya had left. Background In 1819, Goya purchased a house named " Quinta del Sordo" ("''Villa of the Deaf Man''") on the banks of the Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador Martínez Cubells
Salvador Martínez Cubells (9 November 1845 – 21 January 1914) was a Spanish painter and art restorer ( Paintings conservator), who specialized in history painting and Costumbrismo. Biography He was born in Valencia, and received his first art lessons from his father, Francisco Martínez Yago, who was also a painter.Brief biography @ the Museo del Prado Among his first works was "Baile de labradores" (Peasants' Dance), which was shown at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1864. Three years later, he exhibited a historical painting that was purchased by the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was born to a middle-class family in 1746, in Fuendetodos in Aragon. He studied painting from age 14 under José Luzán y Martinez and moved to Madrid to study with Anton Raphael Mengs. He married Josefa Bayeu in 1773. Their life was characterised by a series of pregnancies and miscarriages, and only one child, a son, survived into adulthood. Goya became a court painter to the Spanish Crown in 1786 and this early portion of his career is marked by portraits of the Spanish aristocracy and royalty, and Rococo-style tapestry cartoons desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinta Del Sordo
Quinta del Sordo ( en, Villa of the Deaf One), or Quinta de Goya, was an extensive estate and country house situated on a hill in the old municipality of Carabanchel on the outskirts of Madrid. The house is best known as the home of Francisco de Goya, where he painted 14 murals known as the ''Black Paintings''. Contrary to popular belief, the estate was given its name due to the deafness of a prior owner, not Goya himself, who was deafened by illness in 1792. The house was demolished in 1909. Goya's ownership Francisco de Goya purchased the home on February 27, 1819 from a prior owner who was deaf. The house was initially composed of just two main rooms, each measuring 9 by 4.5 meters, and was decorated with rural motifs before Goya purchased it. Goya added a new wing for the kitchen. Goya lived in the home until his exile to Bordeaux in 1824, when he left his 17-year-old grandson Mariano in charge of the estate. During the brief periods when he would return to Madrid, Goya woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
