Details: Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green) is a work that was produced by Edgar Degas in 1877-1879 and is located in the Thyssen-Bornemisze Museum in Madrid. Information: This impressionistic piece was made using pastels and gouache on paper. It depicts ballet dancers on stage during a performance. Only one figure is shown in full while the rest are Read more about Dancer in Green[…]
Details: The Raft of the Medusa is a painting produced by Jean Louis Théodore Géricault in 1818-9 and is located in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. Information: This oil painting on canvas tells the story of the sinking of the Medusa and the subsequent struggle of its survivors. The Méduse (Medusa) was a French Read more about The Raft of the Medusa[…]
Details: Danaë (1544-6) is a work by the Venetian painter Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) and is located in the Capodimonte museum in Naples. Information: This painting is the first of at least five different versions of this scene painted by Titian and his workshop. Details in each painting differ, such as the presence of a dog, Read more about Danaë[…]
Details: The Swing was painted by Jean-Honoré Fragonard in 1767 and is located in the Wallace Collection in London. Information: This painting is an exemplar of the Rococo movement, which incorporates light and soft brush work and often represents playful and intimate scenes. The word Rococo stems from the Rocaille movement of depicting fancy shell Read more about The Swing[…]
Details: Bacchus and Ariadne was painted by Titian in 1520-3 and is located in the National Gallery of London. Information: The subject matter of this painting is derived from the classical poems of Ovid and Catullus. Ariadne was the daughter of the King of Crete, King Minos. Ariadne had helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur by Read more about Bacchus and Ariadne[…]
Details: The Rape of the Sabines after David is a painting produced by Robert Ballagh in 1970. Information: The composition of this work is taken from the painting made by Jacques-Louis David in 1799 entitled The Intervention of the Sabine Women. Ballagh reinterpreted the original painting in his Pop art styling, using harsh lines and Read more about The Rape of the Sabines after David[…]
Details: The Taking of Christ was painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1602. Information: The painting depicts the betrayal of Christ with the moment Judas kissed Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Caravaggio’s signature use of chiaroscuro heightens the drama of this betrayal scene. The painting was one of the most celebrated works produced Read more about The Taking of Christ[…]
Details: Self Portrait is a painting produced by the German expressionist painter Ludwig Meidner in 1912. Information: The year Meidner painted this self portrait marked a turning point in his style and career. The thick impasto and unusual brush strokes of the self portrait foreshadow what was to be his personal style of painting. He Read more about Meidner[…]
Details: The School of Athens is a fresco located in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. Information: Raphael was commissioned to decorate the public reception rooms of the Papal Apartments intended for Pope Julius II. These rooms are referred to as the Raphael Rooms in the Vatican Museums. They consisted Read more about The School of Athens[…]
Details: This double portrait by Salvador Dali is located in the Gallery of Art Prague, in the Czech Republic. Its full title is Gala looking at the Mediterranean Sea which at a distance of 20 meters is transformed into the Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1976). Information: This is a lithograph based on his original painting, Gala Contemplating The Read more about Gala & Lincoln[…]