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The Cupid and part of the relief. Sacred and Profane Love (Italian: Amor Sacro e Amor Profano) is an oil painting by Titian, probably painted in 1514, early in his career. The painting is presumed to have been commissioned by Niccolò Aurelio, a secretary to the Venetian Council of Ten, whose coat of arms appears on the sarcophagus or fountain ...
The Victory of Sacred Love over Profane Love is a marble relief by Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy. The patron of the relief is unknown. [1] However, the oeuvre's stucco copy came into the possession of Cardinal Bernardino Spada (1594 – 1661) [2] early on. [3] The original marble relief is currently housed at the Galleria Doria Pamphilj ...
Amor sacro e Amor profano, Galleria Borghese (Italian) Sacred and Profane Love, Web Gallery of Art (English) Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur PID: 0001141690 ; Bpk-ID: 70316036 ; Artstor artwork ID: 13609979 ; Smartify artwork ID: titian-sacred-and-profane-love ; Utpictura18 artwork ID: 14192 ; Zeri image ID: 43527
Late Mannerist, Baroque. Drawing of Saint Catherine, Carried up to Heaven by Angels, c. 1625. Giovanni Baglione (Italian: [d͡ʒoˈvan.ni baʎˈʎoː.ne]; 1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. Although a prolific painter, Baglione is best remembered for his encyclopedic collection ...
Profane, or profanity in religious use may refer to a lack of respect for things that are held to be sacred, which implies anything inspiring or deserving of reverence, as well as behaviour showing similar disrespect or causing religious offense. [1] The word is also used in a neutral sense for things or people not related to the sacred; for ...
Giuseppe Gherardeschi (3 November 1759 - 6 August 1815) was an Italian organist and composer. He was born and died in Pistoia. He began to study music with his father Domenico, who was the maestro di cappella at Pistoia Cathedral, and his uncle Filippo Maria Gherardeschi. He continued his studies with Nicola Sala in Naples at the Conservatorio ...
Renaissance art. Renaissance art (1350 – 1620 [1]) is the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts of the period of European history known as the Renaissance, which emerged as a distinct style in Italy in about AD 1400, in parallel with developments which occurred in philosophy, literature, music, science, and technology. [2]
The Azure Window (Maltese: it-Tieqa Żerqa), also known as the Dwejra Window (Maltese: it-Tieqa tad-Dwejra), was a 28-metre-tall (92 ft) natural arch on the island of Gozo, located just off the shores of Malta. The limestone feature, which was in Dwejra Bay close to the Inland Sea and Fungus Rock, was one of the island's major tourist ...