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The title of a work of art is a part of its identity and can influence its reception and interpretation by audiences, as noted by art critic Arthur Danto, [22] who made a thought experiment of a particular abstract mural being named after either the first or third of Newton's laws of motion; however, titles can be more impactful on the ...
The following is an alphabetical list of works of art that are often called by a non-English name in an English context. (Of course, many such titles are simply the names of people: Don Quixote, Irma la Douce, Madame Bovary, Tosca, Pelléas et Mélisande.
Title Year Location Material Dimensions Christ of Guadalupe 1560 Guadalupe, Cáceres, Spain Ivory 20 cm Young Archer (in Italian) c. 1491–1492: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Marble height 97 cm Venus and Cupid (in Italian) c. 1491–1492: Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence Marble 43,5x58 cm Gallino Crucifix (in Italian) c. 1495–1497
The art form is distinguished by the depiction of letters of the alphabet using a genre of painting that contoured shapes of human figures, animals, plants, and other objects called Tipos del País popularized by Damián Domingo. The letters depicted spell out a phrase or a name, usually that of the patron who commissioned the work. [1]
For example, Annunciation (van Eyck, Washington), as van Eyck painted several Annunciations. A title such as Madonna and Child is of little use (see Category:Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Raphael), and Battle of Orsha is clearly unhelpful. The names of less well-known artists may not be suitable disambiguation terms.
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 ...
List of Picasso artworks 1911–1920; List of Picasso artworks 1921–1930; List of Picasso artworks 1931–1940; List of Picasso artworks 1941–1950; List of Picasso artworks 1951–1960; List of Picasso artworks 1961–1970; List of Picasso artworks 1971–1973; List of works by Robert Antoine Pinchon; List of artworks on stamps of the ...
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 ...