The Baroque period lasted from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. Baroque art was artists’ response to the Catholic Church’s demand for solemn grandeur...
The eclectic art of which the Carracci family dreamed was realised by Rubens with the ease of genius. However, the problem was much more complicated for a man of the north, who wished to add to it a...
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 1599 – August 6 1660), known as Diego Vélasquez, was a painter of the Spanish Golden Age who had considerable influence at the court of King Philip IV. Along...
Rembrandt is completely mysterious in his spirit, his character, his life, his work and his method of painting. What we can divine of his essential nature comes through his painting and the trivial...
Van Dyck was accustomed early to Rubens’ sumptuous lifestyle; and, when he visited Italy with letters of introduction from his master, lived in the palaces of his patrons, himself adopting such an...
After staying in Milan for his apprenticeship, Michelangelo da Caravaggio arrived in Rome in 1592. There he started to paint with both realism and psychological analysis of the sitters. Caravaggio...
From the time he set up his first studio at the tender age of sixteen, Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) was a legend in the art world. Rubens, whom he studied with as a child, said that he was his...
La période baroque s’étend du début du XVIIe siècle au milieu du XVIIIe siècle. Réponse des artistes à l’exigence de grandeur solennelle prônée par l’Église catholique de l’après concile de Trente,...
Anthonis van Dyck(Anvers, 1599 – Londres, 1641) Van Dyck connut très tôt le train de vie somptueux de Rubens. Lorsqu'il visita l'Italie, muni de lettres d'introduction de son maître, il vécut dans...
Le Caravage (Michelangelo Merisi) (Caravaggio, 1571 – Porto Ercole, 1610) Après avoir séjourné à Milan durant son apprentissage, Michelangelo Merisi arriva à Rome en 1592. Là, il commença à peindre...
Le Caravage (Michelangelo Merisi) (Caravaggio, 1571 – Porto Ercole, 1610) Après avoir séjourné à Milan durant son apprentissage, Michelangelo Merisi arriva à Rome en 1592. Là, il commença à peindre...
Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 – 1675)
Vermeer est le seul peintre correspondant à l'idée que l'on se fait habituellement de la placidité hollandaise. Peutêtre incarne-t-il un genre héroïque de...
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Venise, 1697 – 1768) Comme son père, il commença sa carrière comme peintre de décors de théâtre. Influencé par Giovanni Panini, il se spécialisa dans les vedute...
Le Caravage (Michelangelo Merisi) (Caravaggio, 1571 – Porto Ercole, 1610) Après avoir séjourné à Milan durant son apprentissage, Michelangelo Merisi arriva à Rome en 1592. Là, il commença à peindre...
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) has long been considered one of the greatest artists in European history. His paintings have launched imitations and homages, including best-selling novels, a recent TV...
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 1599 – August 6 1660), known as Diego Vélasquez, was a painter of the Spanish Golden Age who had considerable influence at the court of King Philip IV....
