Art History, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, N. J.: Pearson Education, 2010 (9780205800377)
On permanent loan from the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Shown installed in the Spanish Pavilion of the Paris Exposition, 1937. (122 292 196 cm). In the foreground: Alexander Calders Fontaine de Mercure (Mercury Fountain), 1937, Mercury, sheet metal, wire rod, pitch, and paint, 44 115 77 Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona.
Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (492.1969).
Purchased with funds from Frances and Sydney Lewis (by exchange), the Mrs. Percy Uris Purchase Fund, and the Painting and Sculpture Committee (87.7).
Man Shot Down (1) Erschossener (1) from October 18, 1977
The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, gift of Philip Johnson, and acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (all by exchange)
and gift of Emily Rauh Pulitzer. (169.1995.g.).
Aspects of Negro Life: from Slavery Through Reconstruction
Moment of Execution, Viet Cong shot by South Vietnamese
Basilica Colonnade, with View of the Temple of Hera II Beyond
Dead Man found Next to Palestra, Pompeii
The Christian World at the Time of the Apostles
Painted Ceiling, Saints Pietro and Marcellino
Townscape from Synistor Villa, Boscoreale
Asia: China: Prehistoric Eurasian Steppes
Appearing in Australia as early as 6000 bce, images of the Rainbow Serpent play a role in rituals and legends of the creation of human beings, the generation of rains, storms, and floods, and the reproductive power of nature and people.
As the Ice Age glaciers receded, Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, and Iron Age settlements increased from south to north.
No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black and Green On Orange)
From Blombos Cave. Southern Cape coast, South Africa.
Reconstruction Drawing of Durrington Walls
View from the east. Porch of the Maidens at left
the north porch can be seen through the columns of the east wall
Interior Courtyard of Jacques Coeur House
Procession of the Relic of the True Cross Before the Church of St. Mark
The Pastoral Concert or Allegory On the Invention of Pastoral Poetry
Aerial view. Site occupied c. 16001200 bce
Tintoretto, who had a large workshop, often developed a composition by creating a small-scale model like a miniature stage set, which he populated with wax figures. He then adjusted the positions of the figures and the lighting until he was satisfied with the entire scene. Using a grid of horizontal and vertical threads placed in front of this model, he could easily sketch the composition onto squared paper for his assistants to copy onto a large canvas. His assistants also primed the canvas, blocking in the areas of dark and light, before the artist himself, free to concentrate on the most difficult passages, finished the painting. This efficient working method allowed Tintoretto to produce a large number of paintings in all sizes.
Queen Elizabeth I (The Ditchley Portrait)
The Foundry Painter has masterfully organized this workshop scene within the flaring space that extends upward from the foot of the vessel and along its curving underside up to the lip, thereby using a circle as the groundline for his composition.
Tree trunk and brace strut are Roman additions.
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Still Life With Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber
The Raising of the Cross (Left Wing, Center Panel, and Right Wing)
Painted for the Church of St. Walburga, Antwerp, Belgium.
Officers of the Haarlem Militia Company of St. Adrian
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss.
The Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq (The Night Watch)
Henry Iv Receiving the Portrait of Marie De Medici
The Johan Maurits van Nassau Foundation.
Architects Daniel Stalpaert and Elias Bouman built the synagogue in 16711675.
View of Haarlem from the Dunes at Overveen
Louis XIV had ordered this portrait as a gift for his grandson, the future Philip V of Spain (r. 17001746), but when Rigaud finished the painting, Louis liked it too much to give it away and only three years later ordered a copy from Rigaud to give to his grandson. The request for copies of royal portraits was not unusual since the aristocratic families of Europe were linked through marriage. Paintings made appropriate gifts and at the same time memorialized important political alliances by recording them in visual form.
Gift of the Ahmanson Foundation (M. 77.73).
Thomas Mifflin and Sarah Morris (Mr. and Mrs. Mifflin)