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Cupid and Psyche

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Cupid and Psyche English: Cupid and Psyche Français : Cupidon et Psyché Polski: Kupidyn i Psyche Author: Guillaume Seignac (1870–1924) Guillaume Seignac (1870-1924). Working during the last half of the 19th century, Guillaume Seignac typifies the French academic style which was preached by the Salon and l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts - where there was daily instruction in life drawing, anatomy, perspective and painting. During the end of the 19th century, Seignac was living in Paris at rue de Fleurus, 26 (moving to Boulevard du Montparnasse, 84 in 1902) and studied with Tony Robert-Fleury, Gabriel Ferrier and William A. Bouguereau; the latter, being one of the driving forces in the Salon at this time, was to have the greatest influence on him. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seignac_Guillaume_Cupid_and_Psyche_Oil_On_Canvas.jpg http://www.allpaintings.org/v/Neoclassicism/Guillaume+Seignac/Guillaume+Seignac+-+Cupid+and+Psyche.jpg.html Neoclassicism (1750-1830)

Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time

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Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time Artist: Angelo Bronzino (1503–1572) Title: Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time [Allegory of the Triumph of Venus] Deutsch: Allegorie des Triumphes der Venus Français : Allégorie du triomphe de Vénus Italiano: Allegoria del trionfo di Venere Year: 1540-1545 Technique: Deutsch: Öl auf Holz Français : Oil on wood Français : Huile sur bois Italiano: Olio su tavola Dimensions: 146 × 116 cm (57.48 × 45.67 in) Current location: National Gallery, London Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time - also referred to as An Allegory of Venus and Cupid and A Triumph of Venus - is an allegorical painting by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bronzino now in the National Gallery, London. Around 1546, Bronzino was commissioned to create a painting which has come to be known as Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time. It displays the ambivalence, eroticism and obscure imagery which is characteristic of the Mannerist period, and of Bronzino's master Pontormo. The painting may have been...