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Jan 17 2011
Blaeu’s 1645 Map of Germany, Germania Veteris, typus
Dutch / Maps and charts / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of the famous map of Germany from Joan Blaeu, published in 1645. This master cartographer followed his father Willem’s craft and published his first work with his father and brother in 1635 when he was 39 years old. After his father’s death three years later, Joan and his brother took over their father’s work and Joan became the official cartographer for the Dutch East India Company. He was elected to the Amsterdam Council in 1654 and in 1662 he reissued his atlas as the Atlas Maior. He died in Amsterdam in 1673.
Dec 21 2010
Youth and Ram, or “St John as a child” of 1602 by Caravaggio
Baroque / Caravaggio / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Caravaggio’s “St. John the Baptist as a Child” that is also known as “Youth and Ram” of 1602. This painting lies right at the boundary between the Renaissance and the Baroque Period. Caravaggio used darkened interiors and quite plebian looking characters for his paintings and this is well shown in this masterpiece. It is housed in the Musei Capitolini in Rome.
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Dec 11 2010
Saint Sebastian by Il Sodoma, 1525
Il Sodoma / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This Italian masterpiece of the Renaissance was created in 1525, the work of Il Sodoma, the common nickname for Giovanni Antonio Bazzi. The Italian master artist died in 1549 in Siena when he was eighty-two years old. This work is now displayed in the Galleria Palatina in Florence, Italy.
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Dec 8 2010
Saint Sebastian, El Greco, 1580
Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This wonderful work by the Greco-Spanish artist whose real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos de Candia. It was created in about 1580 and is a depiction of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, a favorite subject of Christian artists throughout the ages. The original is in the Sacristy of the Cathedral of Palencia, Spain.
Dec 6 2010
Transfiguration of Christ, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, 1520
Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Raphael / Renaissance / Vatican - 1 year ago - troycapc
The future Pope Clement VII commissioned Raphael to create this masterpiece in 1516. It was not finished when the artist died in 1520 and was probably completed by his pupil Giulio Romano shortly thereafter. This is last work of the Italian High Renaissance and is housed in the Pinacoteca Vaticana in Rome.
Oct 2 2010
The Crowning with Thorns by Michelangelo Meresi Caravaggio, 1606
Caravaggio / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Caravaggio’s “The Crowning with Thorns” of 1606. The master wrote out a contract to Massimo Massini for the work the previous year. The work is influenced by Ruben’s alterpiece depicting the same moment in the Passion of Christ and is based in the style of Titian’s treatment of the same incident. Caravaggio alters the representation by minimizing the objects detracting from the focus on Christ and three principal tormentors. As is usual, Caravaggio captures his subjects in their humanity and with dark tones. The original work is in the Cassa di Risparmio di Prato.
Michelangelo Merisi was born in Caravaggio, near Milan, in 1571 and from the age of thirteen he studied painting for four years. He went to Rome at twenty-one and became an associate of Cesare d’Arpino, an artist and art dealer. He secured his first patron, Cardinal Del Monte, who gained Caravaggio’s first commission for side paintings in San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. From 1600 he was constantly in trouble with the law for assaults and libels but he continued to secure important commissions. In 1606 Caravaggio was forced to flee Rome having been accused of murder. He spent time in Naples and Sicily and became a Knight of St. John in the latter in 1608. Before long he had to flee again after being imprisoned. He received a pardon from the Pope and was one his way back to Rome when he died at the age of thirty-nine at Porto Escole.
Sep 17 2010
The Geographer by Johannes Vermeer, 1669
Dutch / Maps and charts / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Geographer” of 1669 by Johannes Vermeer. This is an excellent example of the Dutch artist’s domestic interior scenes and is one of only three of his works that can be died. Vermeer was thirty -seven years old when he painted this and he never achieved financial success. His reputation was only minor until the 19th century when his genius finally began to be recognized. In this masterpiece, the Geographer is shown in a Japanese robe which was quite popular among scientists of the Baroque Era. He appears to be in the middle of an act of discovery and the slight blurring of the man’s face indicates motion. The original of this masterpiece is in the Stadelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt, Germany.
Sep 10 2010
1700 Map of Asia by Guillaume de L’isle
French / Maps and charts / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This wonderful map of Asia was included in Guillaume de L’isle’s World Atlas of 1700. It incorporated many modern elements of cartography for the first time in a widely published work. He became the first royal cartographer in 1718 and was an associate of the Academy of Science. His maps were the most accurate available and were updated with the accounts of travelers. He was the first cartographer to not depict California as an island. He died in Paris in 1726.
Sep 2 2010
Death of St. Sebastian by Mattei Preti, ca. 1660
Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year 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 19 2010
Forge of Vulcan by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez, 1630
Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This masterpiece was created in 1630, the work of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez. It displays the story of Apollo’s telling Hephaistos (Vulcan to the Romans) of the illicit love affair between Ares (Mars) and Hephaistos’ wife Aphrodite (Venus). Apollo appears in the form of Phoebus, the bright shining one, and has a radiance about his head. Hephaistos shows his outrage in his glaring eyes. The dramatic moment is superbly captured by the Spanish master. He artist died in 1660 in Madrid when he was sixty-one years old. This work is now displayed in the Museo de Prado in Madrid.
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