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Sep 2 2010
Death of St. Sebastian by Mattei Preti, ca. 1660
Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 2 days ago - troycapc
This masterpiece was created in about 1660, the work of Mattia Preti. The artist died in 1699 La Valleta, Italy when he was eight-six years old. This oil on canvas is now displayed in the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.
Aug 31 2010
Isle of the Dead by Arnold Brocklin, 1880
Academician / Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist - 4 days ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Arnold Brocklin’s masterpiece “Isle of the Dead” of 1880. It resides in the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland. Brocklin was a Swiss Symbolist artist who died in 1901 at the age of 74 years. He was a leading light of his age and this image is typical of his treatment of mythological scenes. This particular work was inspired by the English cemetery in Florence, Italy.
Aug 22 2010
Gnarled Tree by Anonymous, 1972
American / Caperton / Contemporary / Inspirational prints / Symbolist - 13 days ago - troycapc
Reproduction of "Gnarled Tree", a pen and ink work of 1972 by an anonymous artist. This is a powerful work that investigates the multitudinous ways in which Nature engrains her creations with fascinating flows and forms. The work has been digitally reproduced by Troy Caperton.
Aug 18 2010
Descent from the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens, 1611
Dutch / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 2 weeks ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Peter Paul Rubens’ “Descent From the Cross” of 1611. The original is in the Antwerp Cathedral. It was commissioned by the Arquebusiers, Antwerp’s Civil Guard as Ruben’s second great altarpieces for the Cathedral which was being re-decorated after the Calvinist expulsion from the city in 1585. As is typical of this period, Rubens shows elements of Venetian design and composition and lighting influenced by Caravaggio. In this center panel of a triptych Joseph of Arimatheo, Nicodemus, St. John and two servants are depicted lowering Christ’s body while they are assisted by the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. Peter Paul Rubens was born in 1580, the son of a Dutch diplomat. As a teenager he was allowed to follow his desire to become a painter and became an apprentice to increasingly distinguished Antwerp artists. At the age of twenty he set off to Italy with his first pupil and constant travelling companion. He became attached to the court of Mantua and fell under the influence of Titian, Tintoretto and Carracci while in Rome. He had his first public commissions and was sent on a diplomatic mission to Spain. He continued to produce paintings for the Mantuese court as well as for outside commissions. He returned to Antwerp in 1608 and immediately became incredibly successful. He married and built a house that became the pride of Antwerp. The Spanish rulers used Rubens as a diplomat between 1621 and 1630 after which he retired to Antwerp where he died in 1640.
Aug 13 2010
The Accolade by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1901
British / Inspirational prints / Leighton / Paintings (Reproductions) / Pre-Raphaelite - 3 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of “The Accolade” of 1901 by Edmund Blair Leighton. This work captures an idealized moment in the ceremony of the creation of a knight in the Middle Ages. The original work is in a Private Collection.
Edmund Leighton was the son of the artist Charles B. Leighton and he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy from 1878 when he was aged thirty-two. Many of his works are based in romantic depictions of knighthood and the medieval ideals of chivalry. He is numbered among the late Pre-Raphaelistes and died in 1922.
Aug 3 2010
Saint Sebastian, Mattia Preti, 1660
Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 5 weeks ago - troycapc
This Renaissance Christian masterpiece was created in about 1660, the work of Mattia Preti. It depicts the moment which Saint Sebastian received the Beatrific Vision just prior to his expiration. He was killed during the Diocletian Persecution of the Christian Church in the late second century. The artist died in 1699 La Valleta, Italy when he was eight-six years old. This oil on canvas is now displayed in the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.
Aug 1 2010
Jacob’s Ladder, William Blake, ca. 1800
British / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 5 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of William Blake’s work “Jacob’s Ladder”. This work is a depiction of the story from the sixteenth chapter of Genesis. The tale has traditionally been viewed as an allegory of the connection between the immortal and the mortal. This masterwork is in the British Museum.
Jul 31 2010
The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo, 1512
Greco-Roman / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 5 weeks ago - troycapc
This is one of the works of the Frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo Buonarroti, who died in Rome in 1564 at the age of 89 years, was commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere in 1508 to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel which had been frescoed earlier by Piero Matteo d’Amelia with a star-spangled sky. The masterwork was completed between 1508 and 1512.
Jul 27 2010
Elijah in the Wilderness by Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1878
Academician / Inspirational prints / Leighton / Paintings (Reproductions) - 6 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Lord Frederic Leighton’s “Elijah in the Wilderness” of 1878. This is a depiction of the exile of the prophet Elijah while being persecuted by Queen Jezebel. The prophet sleeps in this painting while an angel of the Lord comes to being him bread and water. The angel’s wings are still expanded creating the impression that he has just silently arrived. The muscled body of the exhausted prophet are in dramatic juxtaposition with the calm stance of the angel who looks down on the prophet in compassion. The original is in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, England.
Frederic Leighton was born in 1830 in Scarborough, England and did not study art until after attending University College School in London. He studied on the continent, notably in the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1854. He was in Paris between the ages of twenty-five to twenty-nine and there met Ingres, Delacroix, Corot and Millet. He returned to London where he joined the Pre-Raphaelites and began to create sculptures as well as paintings. A great success, he was knighted when aged fifty-eight and was created Baron Leighton in 1896. He died the next day. As a bachelor, he left no children and his home became the Leighton House Museum.
Jul 18 2010
Death on a Pale Horse by Benjamin West of 1796
American / British / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 7 weeks ago - troycapc
This masterpiece of the American master Benjamin West was created in 1796. It depicts the destruction depicted in the Christian Apocalypse. It currently is in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Benjamin West was born in 1738 Pennsylvania and was self-taught. He began painting at the age of eight and was patronized by Dr. William Smith from the time he was eighteen. He also began learning from the English painter John Wollaston at the same time. Four years later he was sent to Italy to study Titian and Raphael and in 1763 he was commissioned by George III to paint members of the royal family. West founded the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768 with Joshua Reynolds and he died in London in 1820.
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