Edgar Degas | Horse racing /Corse di cavalli

French Impressionist painter, Edgar Degas (1834-1917), began painting scenes with horses in the 1860s.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Degas see Edgar Degas | Realist/Impressionist painter and sculptor.

Other from Edgar Degas:

• Edgar Degas | Landscapes.
• Edgar Degas | Drawing.
• Edgar Degas al Metropolitan Museum.
• Edgar Degas | Sculpture.
• Edgar Degas & Mary Cassatt.
• Edgar Degas ~ The Bather series.
• Edgar Degas ~ The Impressionist Ballet dancers.

Leonardo da Vinci | Escusazione dello Scultore

Trattato della Pittura

Parte prima | Capitolo 37

Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura | Testo Integrale

Dice lo scultore, che s'esso leva piú marmo che non deve, non può ricorreggere il suo errore, come fa il pittore; al quale si risponde, che chi leva piú che non deve non è maestro, perché maestro si dimanda quello che ha vera scienza della sua operazione.

Risponde lo scultore, che lavorando il marmo si scopre una rottura, che ne fu causa essa e non il maestro di tale errore; rispondesi tale scultore essere in questo caso come il pittore a cui si rompe ed offende la tavola donde egli dipinge.

Edgar Degas | Landscapes

Edgar Degas (1834-1917) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings.
For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Degas see Edgar Degas | Realist/Impressionist painter and sculptor.

Other from Edgar Degas:

• Edgar Degas al Metropolitan Museum.
• Edgar Degas | Sculpture.
• Edgar Degas & Mary Cassatt.
• Edgar Degas | The Bather series.
• Edgar Degas | The Impressionist Ballet dancers.

David Roberts RA | Romantic Orientalist painter

Artist David Roberts and Near Eastern Archaeology

by Dr. Patrick Hunt

Scottish artist David Roberts (1796-1864) was instrumental in helping to stimulate a growing fascination with the Near East by Europeans, especially within British society where biblical accounts of the rise and fall of empires were familiar, as much intellectual fare as anything else and staple bread and butter for religious imagination. The Romantic Movement’s eschewing of Enlightenment ideals turned instead to exotic themes and ruins, also replacing Neoclassicism with Orientalism.

Giorgione | Judith, 1504 | Hermitage Museum

Author: Giorgione

Painting, Oil on canvas, 144x68 cm

Origin: Italy, 1504

Personage: Judith

Style: Renaissance

Source of entry: Collection of baron L.A. Crozat de Tierra, Paris, 1772

School: Venetian

Location: Hermitage, Saint Petersburg

Theme: The Bible and Christianity