_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

Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez Date: 1647-1651 Author: Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RokebyVenus.jpg

Judgement of Paris (1638-1639) Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) Title: Judgement of Paris (Deutsch: Urteil des Paris) Year: 1638-1639 Technique: Deutsch: Öl auf Holz Dimensions: 199 × 379 cm The work of art depicted in this image and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide. The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by The Yorck Project. The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Danaë (Rembrandt) Artist: Rembrandt (1606–1669) Title: Danae Year: 1636-1647 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 185 × 203 cm (72.83 × 79.92 in) Current location: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Danaë is Rembrandt's painting from the collection of Pierre Crozat which from the 18th century resides in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. It depicts the character Danaë from Greek mythology, the mother of Perseus. She is presumably depicted as welcoming Zeus, who impregnated her in the form of a shower of gold. Given that this is one of Rembrandt's most magnificent paintings, it is not out of the question that he cherished it, but it also may have been difficult to sell because of its eight-by-ten-foot size. Although the artist's wife Saskia was the original model for Danaë, Rembrandt later changed the figure's face to that of his mistress Geertje Dircx. Vandalism On June 15, 1985 Rembrandt's painting was attacked by a man later judged insane; he thre...

Judgement of Paris (1632-1633) The Judgement of Paris is a story from Greek mythology, which was one of the events that led up to the Trojan War and (in slightly later versions of the story) to the foundation of Rome. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) Title: Judgement of Paris (Deutsch: Urteil des Paris) Year: 1632-1633 Technique: Deutsch: Öl auf Holz Dimensions: 144,8 × 193,7 cm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rubens_-_Judgement_of_Paris.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peter_Paul_Rubens_114.jpg The work of art depicted in this image and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide. The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by The Yorck Project. The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

El Greco Birth name Doménikos Theotokópoulos Born 1541, Crete, Republic of Venice Died April 7, 1614 (aged 72–73), Toledo, Spain Nationality Spanish/Greek Field Painting, sculpture and architecture Movement Mannerism Works El Espolio (1577–1579) The Assumption of the Virgin (1577–1579) The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586–1588) View of Toledo (1596–1600) Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608–1614) El Greco (1541 – April 7, 1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos). El Greco was born in Crete, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the centre of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before travelling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570 he moved to...