_Arts

Kephalos und Prokris Artist: Johann Michael Rottmayr (1654–1730) Title: Deutsch: Kephalos und Prokris Year: 1706 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 145 × 121 cm (57.09 × 47.64 in) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johann_Michael_Rottmayr_Kephalos_und_Prokris.jpg This image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Australia, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.

Diana and Her Nymphs Description: Willem van Mieris - Diana en haar nimfen Date: 1702 Source: Rijksmuseum Twente Author: Willem van Mieris (1662–1747) Willem van Mieris | Rijksmuseum Twenthe | Diana | Paintings of dogs | Group paintings with nude females | Paintings of hunting | 1702 paintings

Rococo (1700 - 1760) Based in France, Rococo was a decorative style most often used in interior design, painting, architecture, and sculpture. Normally associated with the reign of King Louis XV, the movement actually began in the 17th century. With the rise of the middle class, the death of Louis XIV at this time, the high society in Paris became the pinnacle of fashion. Louis XIV was succeed by the Duke of Orleans in 1715, who was know for enjoying the privileges of his office, moving social life away from the formal courts and into salons. This attitude was continued with the following reign of Louis XV. Rococo was manifested out of this new era of thought where society abandoned the formality of the earlier years and began pursuing personal amusement and happiness. One of the first Rococo painters was Jean-Antoine Watteau, whose work began to epitomize the movement with its idyllic and charming approach. Another artist that represented the Rococo period was Francois Boucher, who ...

Apollo Chasing Daphne Description: Apollo Chasing Daphne, Oil on canvas, 221,2 x 224 cm Date: 1681 Source: http://www.wga.hu/cgi-bin/highlight.cgi?file=html/m/maratti/apollo_d.html Author: Carlo Maratta http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_Chasing_Daphne.jpg Carlo Maratta | Daphne (mythology) | Paintings of Apollo | 1681 paintings

Apollo and Aurora (1671) Artist: Gérard de Lairesse Title: Apollo and Aurora Year: 1671 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 204 × 193 cm (80.31 × 75.98 in) Current location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1671_G%C3%A9rard_de_Lairesse_-_Apollo_and_Aurora.jpg

Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1666) Claude Lorrain (1600-1682) Claude Lorrain (also Claude Gellée or Le Lorrain) (Lorraine, c. 1600 – Rome, 21 or 23 November 1682), a French artist of the Baroque era who was active in Italy, is admired for his achievements in landscape painting. http://www.allpaintings.org/v/Baroque/Claude+Lorrain/ Baroque (1600-1750)

Description Painting by the Chinese Ming Dynasty artist Chen Hongshou (1599-1652), leaf from an album of miscellaneous paintings. Date Early to mid 17th century, late Ming Dynasty Source http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/home/3garplnt.htm#plnts , Zhongguo meishu quanji, Huihua bian 8: Mingdai huihua, xia (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1988), pl. 170, p. 191. Author Chen Hongshou (1598–1652) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chen_Hongshou,_leaf_album_painting.jpg