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One of my very favorite paintings is Maerten van Heemskerck's "The Triumph of Silenus"(c. 1536), also known as "Triumphal Procession of Bacchus." It's a surprising departure from the artist's usual fare of portraits and religious subjects
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"Inspired loosely by Roman sarcophagi and by engravings after Mantegna, the composition is a living frieze."
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It's hard to explain exactly what is so appealing about it, but I can say that if this was the cover of a book, I would definitely buy it.
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Giuseppe Castiglione, also known as Lang Shining (郎世寧), was born on July 19, 1688, in the central San Marcellino district of Milan, Italy. At the age of 27, he received instructions to go to China where he served as an artist at the imperial court of three emperors.
While in China, Castiglione took the name Lang Shining (郎世寧), and adapted his Western painting style to Chinese themes and taste. This painting of Xiang Fei (A woman) in European Armour was made c.1760, and resides in National Palace Museum, Taipei.
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Portrait of Three Musicians of the Medici Court
Italy (c. 1687)
oil on canvas, 141 x 208 cm.
Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
One of the more frustrating trends I’ve noticed in archives & museum collections is how many paintings that, based on the text descriptions, you would have absolutely no clue that a person of color is in it.
The boy with the parrot was probably the caretaker of the menagerie. The same artist did several other portraits of important servants in the Medici household in groups. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:…
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Portrait of Elihu Yale, the 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Lord James Cavendish, Mr. Tunstal, and a Page
England (c. 1708)
Oil on Canvas, 201.3 x 235.6 cm.
Yale Center for British Art
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So, a lot of people have misunderstandings about the role of pages like the one in this painting. Yes, there’s a massive class difference between the page pictured, and the pampered children of the gentry visible behind the page that would never be bridged.
But at the same time, the page would have social, financial and other advantages well above your “average” person in that area at that time. As a member of the Duke’s household, he would have received a genteel education, instruction in social graces, fine clothing+
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