Monday, March 10, 2008

Diego Velazquez

Las Meninas, oil on canvas, 318x276, 1656
Diego Velazquez, Spanish
Movement: baroque
Born: June-6-1599, Died: August-6-1660

Rubens Peter Paul

The Elevation of the Cross, Oil on canvas, 462 × 341, 1610-1611
Rubens Peter Paul, Flemish
Movement: Baroque
Born: June-28-1577, Died:May 30, 1640

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Federigo Zuccaro

Last Judgment (detail ). Dome of Florence Cathedral.
Federigo Zuccaro, Italian
Movement: Mannerism
Born: c. 1542/1543, Died: July 20, 1609

Theotokopoulos, Domenikos "El Greco"

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586–1588, oil on canvas, 480 × 360 cm, Santo Tomé, Toledo)
Theotokopoulos, Domenikos "El Greco", Greek
Movement: Spanish Renaissance
Born: 1541, Died: April 7, 1614

Giussepe Arcimboldo

Vertumnus, a portrait of Rudolf II. Now at Skokloster Castle, Sweden
Giussepe Arcimboldo, Italian
Movement: Renaissance
Born: 1527, Died: July 11, 1593

Hans Holbein the Younger

Portrait of Henry VIII, c. 1536. Oil and tempera on oak, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid.
Hans Holbein the Younger, German
Movement: Northern Renaissance
Born: c. 1497, Died: between 7 and 29 November 1543

Raphael

"The School of Athens", Fresco, 500 × 770 cm, 1509-1510
Raphael, Italian
Movement: Renaissance
Born: April-6-1483, Died: April-6-1520

Albrecht Altdorfer

The Battle of Alexander at Issus, oil painting on panel, 158.4 × 120.3 cm, 1529
Albrecht Altdorfer, German
Movement: Danube School
Born: 1480, Died: February-12-1538

Giorgione

"The Tempest", Oil on Canvas, 83 × 73 cm, 1508
Giorgione, Italian
Movement: High Renaissance
Born: 1477, Died: 1510