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A Man in Armor

Dutch / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Rembrandt - 11 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “A Man in Armor” of 1655 by Rembrandt van Rijn.  This later Rembrandt masterpiece is sub-titled “Alexander the Great” and was created when the artist was forty-nine.  He had been a prominent artist and member of the community in Amsterdam for twenty years.  Yet Rembrandt was approaching a financial crisis when this masterpiece was produced.  The painting shows Rembrandt’s wonderful use of light in his works with the gleam on the helmet also expressed over the heart on the breast-plate.  The red robe adds to the dramatic nature of the portrait.  This masterpiece is 137 cm wide and 104.5 cm high and is in the City Art Gallery and Museum of Glasgow, Scotland.

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Dusk on the City by Anonymous, 2009

American / Caperton / Contemporary / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

A reproduction of “Dusk on the City” of 2009, an effort to capture the magical moment between day and night as it touches one of the most famous and iconic skylines in the world. This is a photograph of New York City taken by a friend. Used by permission.

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At the Palaistra of 2008 by Troy Caperton

American / Caperton / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “At the Palaistra” of 2008 by Troy Caperton.  Every young man in Ancient Greece had, as a crucial part of every day, a time in the palaistra, the wrestling school, part of the gymnasion. There he was to hone his skills and his body for the arduous career ahead of him as a citizen soldier for his beloved city.

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Sad Young Man “Jeanne Homme triste dans un train” by Marcel Duchamp, 1912

Contemporary / French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

Marcel Duchamp’s masterpiece, “Jeune home triste dans un train”, or Sad Young Man in a Train, 1912. Duchamp was a leading artist in both Dadaism and Surrealism.  This is abstract depiction appears to fall between the two movements or perhaps embodies elements of both.  It is a very early work closely related to the more famous "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2."  This work is more colorful but shares the mechanical nature of the painting which reflects the influence of Cubism on the young Duchamp who was twenty-five years old.  Duchamp continued to influence Western Art in fundamental ways until his death on October 2, 1968.  The original of this work is in the Guggenheim Museum, New York.

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