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The Cathedral (Katedrála)
''The Cathedral'' (''Katedrála'') is an abstract painting created by Czech artist František Kupka in 1912–13. The medium is oil on canvas, and the painting’s dimensions are 180 × 150 cm. The painting is a part of the permanent Jan and Meda Mládek collection of Museum Kampa in Prague, Czech Republic. This painting is one of a series of abstract works that Kupka termed Vertical and Diagonal Planes. Vertical lines, running the entire length of the canvas are intersected by diagonal lines to form rectilinear shapes of various sizes. The diagonal lines run from the top left to the bottom right and from the top right to the bottom left of the painting. These rectilinear shapes are composed of blocks of black, white, and a range of blue, red, purple, gray, and brown color. The large black space between the two clusters of the shapes, and the arching of the top of the right cluster, brings to the viewer’s mind two stained glass windows illuminated by light in a dark cathed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Kupka - Katedrála - Google Art Project
František () is a masculine Czech and Slovak given name. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François and Franz. It can be also surname (feminine: Františková). Notable people with the name include: Given name Arts * Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer and screenwriter * František Bartoš (folklorist) (1837–1906), Moravian ethnomusicologist and folklorist *František Bělský, known as Franta Belsky (1921–2000), Czech sculptor * František Bílek (1872–1941), Czech sculptor and architect * František Brikcius, Czech cellist * František Brixi (1732–1771), Czech composer *František Čáp (1913–1972), Czech film director and screenwriter * František Čelakovský (1799–1852), Czech writer and translator * František Čermák (painter) (1822–84), Czech painter * František Doucha (1810–1884), Czech literary translator and writer *František Drdla (1868–1944), Czech violinist and composer * František Drtikol (1883 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gleizes
Albert Gleizes (; 8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, ''Du "Cubisme"'', 1912. Gleizes was a founding member of the Section d'Or group of artists. He was also a member of ''Der Sturm'', and his many theoretical writings were originally most appreciated in Germany, where especially at the Bauhaus his ideas were given thoughtful consideration. Gleizes spent four crucial years in New York, and played an important role in making America aware of modern art. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists, founder of the Ernest-Renan Association, and both a founder and participant in the Abbaye de Créteil. Gleizes exhibited regularly at Léonce Rosenberg's ''Galerie de l’Effort Moderne'' in Paris; he was also a founder, organizer and director of Abstraction-Création. From the mid-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
