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Showing posts with label gallery. Show all posts

14.8.12

Tate Gallery


The Tate Gallery began its activity as an entity for exhibitions of works of art under the name National Gallery of British Art

A Tate Gallery iniciou a sua atividade de entidade expositora de obras de arte com a designação de National Gallery of British Art.

British anonymous (17th century)-'the cholmondely sisters and their swadded babies-ca 1603


Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851)-'the battle of Trafalgar, as seen from the mizen starboard of the Victory'-oil on canvas-1806


George Stubs (1724-1806)-'a lion attacking a horse'-oli on canvas-1770

John Martin (1789-1854)-'great day of his wrath or the end of the world'-oil on canvas-ca 1853


John Everett Milais (1829-1896)-'Ophelia'-oil on canvas-ca 1851

5.9.11

Washington National Gallery of Art (II)


This art gallery brings together paintings by renowned European and North American artists over the last centuries.

Esta galeria de arte reúne pinturas de conceituados artistas europeus e norte-americanos dos últimos séculos.

Johannes Vermeer (ca 1632-1675)-'a woman holding a balance'-oil on canvas-(1662-1663)

El Greco or Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614)-'Laocoon'-oil on canvas-(1610-1614)

Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velázquez (1599-1660)-'the needlewoman'-oil on canvas-ca 1650

Edward Savage (1761-1817)-'the Washington family'-oil on canvas-(1789-1796)

John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)-'Watson and the shark'-oil on canvas-1778

19.3.11

National Gallery of Art, Washington

American and European painters, as well as paintings displayed at the National Gallery of Art, Washington (DC) are the most representative of the plastic arts world.


Os pintores americanos e europeus, assim como as pinturas expostas na Galeria de Arte de Washington (DC), são das mais representativas do universo das artes plásticas.

Winslow Homer (1836-1910)-'breezing up (a fair wind)'-oil on canvas-(1873-1876)

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)-''the Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries -oil on canvas-1812

Giovanni Bellini (ca 1430-1516) and Tiziano Vecellio (ca 1490-1576)-'the feast of the gods'-oil on canvas-(1514-1529)

William Blake (1757-1827)-'the great red dragon and the beast from the sea'-pen and watercolor-1805

George Inness (1825-1894)-'Lackawanna valley'-oil on canvas-ca 1855

30.11.10

Galleria degli Uffizi (profane selection)

Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) was responsible for the design of the building. The Grand Duke Francesco I (Medici) (1541-1587) ordered the execution of this construction (1560-1580) for the headquarter offices (uffizi) of the administrative services of Tuscany. It comprises an impressive collection of paintings from the fourteenth century, as well as numerous antique statues.


O projecto do edifício pertence a Giorgio Vasari (1511--1574). O Grão-Duque Francesco I (Medici) (1541-1587) mandou executar esta construção (1560-1580) para sede das repartições (uffizi) dos serviços administrativos da Toscana. Compreende impressionante colecção de pinturas desde o séc. XIV, assim como inúmeras estátuas antigas.


Johann Zoffany (1733-1810)-'the Tribune'-oil on canvas-(1772-1778)

Annibale Carracci (1560-1609)-'Venus with a satyr and Cupid'-oil on canvas-ca 1588

Caspar Netscher (1639-1684)-'woman cleaning'-oil on canvas

Rutilio Manetti (1571-1639)-'Masinissa (238-149 BC) and Sophonibe ( -204 BC)'-oil on canvas-(1624-1625)

David Teniers, the Elder (1582-1649)-'the interior of a rustic house'-oil on canvas-ca 1640