Illumination by Jean Fouquet for the work of Boccaccio - The case of the noble men and women representing a bed of justice at the Parliament of Paris, held by Charles VII of France, 1450.
Portrait de Louis XII, roi de France.
Circa 1514
Jean Perréal (vers 1455-1527/29)
A 15th century illuminated manuscript page of Matthias marching in Vienna, Philostratus code, Bibliotheca Corviniana.
Artist’s interpretation of how the Lighthouse of Alexandria looked like in Antiquity.
Greenland is not as cold and icy as people say it is… #greenland #summer #qaqortoq #meadow #grass #nuuk # barn #backyard #nature
Greenland is not as icy as people as it is. #greenland #qaqortoq #summer #meadow #nuuk #iceland #grass #backyard #garden
Ortolano, Mourning the Dead Christ, c.1522
Tintoretto, Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, c.1550
The thirst for peace burns mad,
Flames furling and embers hot
Without a stop in pursit of the word
Which quenches worries and gives hope,
However false it may be.
Radiant be shining the light that reflects
Off of your idylle, fantasy and fancy,
Of though all men speak in name of
To give veil to their misdeeds.
Be an orant to the ideal
As it scorches and sears souls,
Through man’s crusade for stability
In lands far in place and out of mind.
Bliss is satisfaction
To those who don’t feel the heat,
In nomen they place faith,
Longings of comfort in future days.
'In cleansing fire, there will be salvation'
They repeat in times of doubt,
So they continue to feed the heat
All in the name of peace.
Thanks, good tip :-)
“Saint John the Baptist and the Franciscan Heinrich von Werl" (detail), 1438, Robert Campin.
André Kertész, Chez Mondrian, 1926.
Voici les leçons des ténèbres, afin que vous puissiez mieux comprendre la lumière.
Purcell’s operas are so quotable, jeez. Every line is a tsunami of emotion…
Thank God he had such good librettists.
Anton Mozart (1573 - 1625)
Construction of the Tower of Babel
Circa 1600
Hendrick van Cleve (circa 1525–1589)
Ideal View of an Ancient Seaport
16th century
Vittore Carpaccio (1466–1525)
The Flight into Egypt
c. 1515
Nimrod and the Tower of Babel (vol. 1: folio 5r)
15th century
Anonymous
Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691–1765)
View of the Colosseum
This view of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine is a somewhat fanciful reconstruction showing each monument from its best side. Fallen walls of the Colosseum have been tidied up, and several other works of antiquity have been introduced into the landscapes, such as the famous Borghese vase (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris) at the left. Roman ruins had become popular subjects by the 1700s, in part due to the new interest in archaeology. Panini was a master of these souvenir paintings so favored by wealthy English visitors on their Grand Tour of Europe; this painting and its companion, View of the Roman Forum, were originally in a private British collection.
Circa 1747 (Baroque)
Joachim Patinir (circa 1480-1524)
Landscape with St. Christopher
c. 1520-1524
Self-portrait of Salvator Rosa
Italian, Arenella (Naples)
1615–1673 Rome
Joos de Momper (II) (1564–1635)
Dorf in Winter
Triple portrait of Charles I from Three Angles
Painted 1635-36
Anthony van Dyck
Follower of Claude Lorrain (1604/1605–1682)
The Herdsman
17th century/18th century
Statue of Achilleús Thnēskōn (Achilles Dying)
The gardens of the Achilleion, Corfu, Greece
Portrait of Colonel Alexander Campbell, 1763 - Francis Cotes (1726-1770)
Admont Abbey Library, Austria (by Jorge Royan)
#tbt to when I went to the Egyptian Temple of Dendera last summer. #egypt #metropolitan #temple #ancient
St. Cashimir Church, taken from English classroom window.
Snowing by my window in English :-)
Piazza Sordello, Mantua, Lombardy, Italy. The west side of the Piazza features from right to left: the Duomo, the Palazzo Bianchi (yellow building), the Palazzo Bonacolsi (brown building); in the background on the left is the Basilica di Sant’Andrea situated in the Piazza Mantegna.
Piri Reis map of Europe, the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa from his Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation), 1521-1525.
King Francis I at the Deathbed of Leonardo da Vinci
Circa 1818
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867)
Genova, Piano di Sant’Andrea, la Porta Soprana.
Frans Francken (II) (1581–1642)
Chamber of Art and Curiosities
1636
Sir Robert Shirley by Anthony Van Dyck
1622, Rome
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) - Portrait of Oswolt Krel, 1499
Salvator Rosa (1615–1673)
Philosophy, a Self-Portrait
Circa 1645
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus - Nikolai Ge (1831–1894)
Marco Ricci (1676–1730)
Rehearsal of an Opera
Circa 1709
COLOSSUS OF RHODES. One of the wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of Rhodes, a giant bronze statue of Helius that stood at the harbor of Rhodes, erected in the 3rd century B.C. Engraving from ‘Works’ by Crispjin van der Passe, early 17th century.
Hendrick van Cleve III (1525-1589)
Tower of Babel
Inside the Church Santa Maria delle Grazie Maggiore, Caponapoli, Naples 1619
François de Nome
Joos van Cleve
Saint Jerome in His Study
Between circa 1520 and circa 1525
Frans Floris
Allegory of Music
16th century
Joos Van Cleve
According to Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Vanna Nuda
16th century
Frans Floris (1519/1520–1570)
The Awakening of the Arts
Circa 1560
An old medieval alley-street in Siena, Italy.
