Victoria Charles
141) Memory of Empires: Ancient Egypt - Ancient Greece - Persian Empire - Roman Empire - Byzantine Empire
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Empires are born. Empires reach their peak. Empires die but leave their mark through their architecture and artistic achievements. From these specks of dust of memory, 40 centuries of history shape our world of the 21st century. The power of ancient Egypt was followed by the influence of Greece, which brought the Persian East together in the conquests of Alexander the Great. After Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, Rome became the power that ruled...
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The five hundred or more paintings of Caillebotte were not given much attention during his lifetime. For years, he was considered primarily a generous patron of impressionists, but not as a painter in his own right. Later, his style was seen to be more realistic than those of his friends Degas, Monet and Renoir. In 1874, he helped to organise the First Impressionist Exhibition. However, he did not include his own work — he would show in later impressionist...
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Découvrez les fascinants chefs-d'œuvre de Gustave Caillebotte et promenez-vous sur les boulevards de son Paris du XIXe siècle aux ctés des membres distingués de la haute société de l'époque. Chaque œuvre est accompagnée de trois détails mettant en lumière tous les éléments charmants de l'héritage de cet artiste de talent. Gentilshommes, parisiens et proprets, travailleurs en plein labeur, boulevards parisiens baignés de soleil et barques...
144) Pieter Bruegel
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Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations. Firstly a drawer before becoming a painter later, he painted religious themes, such as Babel Tower, with very bright colours. Influenced by Hieronymus Bosch, he painted large, complex scenes of peasant life and scripture or spiritual allegories, often with crowds of subjects performing a variety of acts, yet his scenes are unified with an informal...
145) The Brueghel
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Pieter Brueghel was the first important member of a family of artists who were active for four generations. Firstly a drawer before becoming a painter later, he painted religious themes, such as Babel Tower, with very bright colors. Influenced by Hieronymus Bosch, he painted large, complex scenes of peasant life and scripture or spiritual allegories, often with crowds of subjects performing a variety of acts, yet his scenes are unified with an informal...
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez ne le 6 juin 1599 - le 6 août 1660), dit Diego Velázquez, ou Diego Vélasquez en français, est un peintre baroque considéré comme l'un des principaux représentants de la peinture espagnole et l'un des maîtres de la peinture universelle. Parmi ses œuvres les plus célèbres: Les Ménines, Les Fileuses. Le Musée du Prado possède une cinquantaine d'œuvres du peintre, ainsi qu a la Bibliothèque nationale...
147) Vincent van Gogh
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Incarnation du mythe de l'artiste maudit, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) est devenu une référence de l'art contemporain. Expressionniste pendant le courant postimpressioniste, son art fut incompris tout au long de sa vie. Vincent van Gogh réalisa plus de 2000 œuvres mais n'en vendra qu'une seule tout au long de sa vie. Peintre autodidacte, sa peinture est reconnue pour sa beauté à la fois sensible et âpre. Il est aujourd'hui l'un des artistes...
148) Egyptian Art
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Egyptian art is perhaps the most impersonal that exists. The artist effaces himself. But he has such an innate sense of life, a sense so directly moved and so limpid that everything of life which he describes seems defined by that sense, to issue from the natural gesture, from the exact attitude, in which one no longer sees stiffness. His impersonality resembles that of the trees bowing in the wind with a single movement and without resistance, or...
149) Vincent Van Gogh
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The incarnation of the myth of a cursed artist, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is a legend who became a reference for modern art. An Expressionist during the Post-Impressionist movement, his art was misunderstood during his lifetime. In Holland, he partook in the Dutch realist painting movement by studying peasant characters. Anxious and depressed, Vincent van Gogh produced more than 2000 artworks, yet sold only one in his lifetime. A self-made artist,...
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From its prehistoric origins to the conceptual modernity of the 21st century, sculpture has literally and figuratively moulded the art world. Offering an integral view at its evolution of form across civilisations and epochs, this work presents the masterpieces of sculpture that, with their timeless silhouettes, have shaped the current notion of beauty. Full of reflection on various eras, artists, and their times, this gallery in high relief presents...
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De l'Antiquité jusqu'au XXe siècle, cette collection de sculptures offre une vision véritablement originale de l'art occidental. Sont représentées ici les œuvres les plus sensuelles, les plus harmonieuses, jusqu'aux plus provocantes et minimalistes. La sculpture modèle le monde ainsi que notre concept de la beauté, créant sans cesse des silhouettes intemporelles. Ces chefs-d'œuvre sont le miroir d'une époque, d'un artiste et de son public....
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« Tous les êtres vivants sont Bouddha et ont en eux sagesse et vertu. » (Bouddha) Bouddha fait partie des personnages sacrés les plus représentés au monde, peut-être plus que ne l'est le Christ, sujet largement traité par les artistes du monde occidental. Personnage adulé par tous, Bouddha fut représenté de toutes les manières, que ce soit en sculpture, parfois de façon monumentale, tels les bouddhas de Bamiyan aujourd'hui disparus, sur...
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All living beings are Buddhas and have wisdom and virtue within them. (Buddha) Buddha ranks among the most often depicted holy figures of the world; perhaps appearing more than Christ, a subject widely treated by Western artists. Venerated in all the nations of Asia, and even beyond, his image took form along the Silk Road, the birthplace of many schools of Buddhism. Indeed, the Buddhist religion recognizes many Buddhas representing various traditions:...