Italy. 1727 - 1804
Religious, allegorical, and landscape painting, drawings of upwardly mobile common folk
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1541 Crete, Republic of Venice - 1614 Toledo, Spain. Known for: Painting, sculpture, architecture.
The Greek was what they called the painter in Toledo, Spain, and although he often signed his real name in full (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), it was in Greek characters which, we may imagine, few of... Read full biography
The Greek was what they called the painter in Toledo, Spain, and although he often signed his real name in full (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), it was in Greek characters which, we may imagine, few of his patrons could read. It was as if he wished to emphasize that he was a stranger in a strange land.... Read full biography
The Greek was what they called the painter in Toledo, Spain, and although he often signed his real name in full (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), it was in Greek characters which, we may imagine, few of his patrons could read. It was as if he wished to emphasize that he was a stranger in a strange land. He was a learned and music-loving man, born in Crete, a Venetian dependency, in 1541. Early in his life he was trained to be a maker of sacred images. He was schooled in Venice, perhaps with Titian... Read full biography
The Greek was what they called the painter in Toledo, Spain, and although he often signed his real name in full (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), it was in Greek characters which, we may imagine, few of his patrons could read. It was as if he wished to emphasize that he was a stranger in a strange land. He was a learned and music-loving man, born in Crete, a Venetian dependency, in 1541. Early in his life he was trained to be a maker of sacred images. He was schooled in Venice, perhaps with Titian and Tintoretto, and in Rome. There he studied the work of Michelangelo. From Michelangelo he learned the structure of the human body in art and the ways in which an artist can twist and alter that structure to create a pattern or evoke feelings and... Read full biography
The Greek was what they called the painter in Toledo, Spain, and although he often signed his real name in full (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), it was in Greek characters which, we may imagine, few of his patrons could read. It was as if he wished to emphasize that he was a stranger in a strange land. He was a learned and music-loving man, born in Crete, a Venetian dependency, in 1541. Early in his life he was trained to be a maker of sacred images. He was schooled in Venice, perhaps with Titian and Tintoretto, and in Rome. There he studied the work of Michelangelo. From Michelangelo he learned the structure of the human body in art and the ways in which an artist can twist and alter that structure to create a pattern or evoke feelings and emotions. He learned so well that he could redesign limbs, torsos and heads, lengthening and spiritualizing them so th... Read full biography
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Flemish, Belgium. 1581 - 1642
Allegorical, history, figure and religious painting-monkeys
France, Netherlands. 1684 - 1721
Rococo aristocratic genre painting, theatre set design
Holland, Germany, Netherlands. 1610 - 1685
Figure, genre painting
Italy. 1712 - 1793
Architectural, cityscape, religious painting
France, Italy. 1725 - 1805
History, sentimental middle class domestic genre and sensuous female portrait painting
United Kingdom, England. 1723 - 1792
Portrait painting-Grand Style
United Kingdom, England, Europe. 1769 - 1830
Portrait painting, drawings
Flemish, Belgium, Netherlands. 1568 - 1625
History, still life, allegory and mythology scene painting
Belgium, England. 1599 - 1641
Court portrait and religious painting, etching
France. 1699 - 1779
Common object still life, figure and genre painting
Holland. 1596 - 1656
Figure and landscape painting
Netherlands, Italy, Holland. 1620 - 1683
Bucolic landscape, marine, allegory and history paintings, printmaking
Europe, Netherlands, Holland. 1628/69 - 1682
Realist landscape painting with horizons
Flemish, Belgium, Germany. 1577 - 1640
Counter reformation religious painting
Italy. 1691 - 1765
Vistas of Rome painting and architecture
Italy. 1535 - 1607
Christian religion paintingsfor churches and cathedrals, Holy Family
Italy. 1405/06 - 1481
Painting
France, Italy. 1703 - 1770
Rococo portrait, landscape and mythology painting, engraving, palace decorating
Germany. 1515 - 1586
Portraits, allegorical and mythical scene painting, woodcuts
United Kingdom, England. 1727 - 1788
Drawing, portrait and landscape painting
Italy, Germany. 1720 - 1780
City view painting
Italy, England. 1700 - 1777
Panoramic town-and landscape views and architectural painting, stage sets
Belgium. 1564 - 1638
Painting, copyist of his father's paintings
Italy. 1710 - 1743
Venetian scene painting, landscape and harbpr scenes
Holland, Netherlands. 1590 - 1656
Genre, nocturnal painting
Belgium. 1527 - 1581
Genre, portrait, and biblical motif painting
Italy, Spain. 1682 - 1752
Baroque and Rococo portrait, religious and mythology scene painting
Netherlands. 1593/94 - 1656
Floral, shell, insects and fruit still life painting
Holland. 1602/03 - 1670
Landscape and river scene painting
Italy. 1560 - 1635
Portrait, figure, religious genre painting
Belgium. 1580 - 1621
Multi-figure paintings in architectural settings, genre scenes, drawing