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Fine art: Use of group theory, self-replicating shapes in art [21] [22] Escher, M. C. 1898–1972: Fine art: Exploration of tessellations, hyperbolic geometry, assisted by the geometer H. S. M. Coxeter [19] [23] Farmanfarmaian, Monir: 1922–2019: Fine art: Geometric constructions exploring the infinite, especially mirror mosaics [24] Ferguson ...
The following is a list of significant artworks by the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), who played a historic role in the rise of street art and neo-expressionism. During his short yet productive career, Basquiat created more than 600 paintings and 1,500 drawings. [1] He started creating sculptures and mixed media works in 1979.
Wider copy: Adoration of the Magi c. 1470–1480 Oil on wood 71.1 × 56.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA Described by Friedländer as ‘an especially early work by the master’; later deemed a 16th-century pastiche; more recently thought to be a work dating back to the 1470s from Bosch's immediate circle [5] Adoration of the Magi
His paintings have been characterized by art critics as combining a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting. [2] [3] [4] Caravaggio employed close physical observation with a dramatic use of chiaroscuro that came to be known as ...
The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists.Only around eight major works—The Adoration of the Magi, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, the ceiling of the Sala delle Asse, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist ...
Here are 10 memorable examples from shows at seven museums in the last year, listed in chronological order of the exhibitions’ openings: Lucas Cranach the Elder, 'Adam and Eve'
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