Tag Archives: Italy

16th Century: Dog and Cat

Posted on October 5, 2017 by corvusfugit

Dosso Dossi: Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Dog and Cat (16th Century) “This kind of moody portrait, or image of a particular human type, was popularised by Giorgione: here the dog and cat may allude to conflicting sides of … Continue reading →

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1876: Grove

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

George Inness: Pine Grove of the Barberini Villa (1876)

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1904: The Rising Sun

Posted on September 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo: Il sole (Il sole nascente) (1904) (source)

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1565: Portrait of a Boy

Posted on September 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sofonisba Anguissola: Portrait of a Boy at the Spanish Court (1565-1570); formerly attributed—as were many of Anguissola’s works—to Alonso Sanchez Coello

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1867: Ambo le Man per lo Dolor mi Morsi

Posted on September 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

In the lowest depths of Hell, Dante and Virgil come upon the souls of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca and his political enemy Archbishop Ruggieri. Both are frozen in ice up to their necks; Ugolino is behind Ruggieri, gnawing on the … Continue reading →

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1489: Versions

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Leonardo da Vinci: Lady with an Ermine [Cecilia Galleran] (1489–1490) Awol Erizku: Lady with a Pitbull (2009) Hans Holbein: Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling [probably Anne Lovell] (c. 1526-28) Frida Khalo: Self-Portrait with … Continue reading →

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312 AD: The Emperor’s Foot

Posted on August 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Foot of the colossal statue of Roman emperor Constantine the Great in the Courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori of the Musei Capitolini. The statue, of which several fragments survive, would have been 40 feet tall. “Precise dating of the … Continue reading →

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1968: Cow

Posted on August 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jiri Kolar: Cow Having Eaten Up Canaletto (1968)

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1905: Grotta Azzurra

Posted on August 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

Detroit Publishing Company: La Grotta Azzurra [The Blue Grotto], Capri, photochrome print from “Views of Architecture and Other Sites in Italy” (1905) (source)

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1938: Death Loop

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tullio Crali: Upside Down Loop (Death Loop) (1938)

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