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May 8, 2024 · A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man. Are you not weary of ardent ways, Lure of the fallen seraphim? Tell no more of enchanted days. Your eyes have set man's heart ablaze. And you have had your will of him. Are you not weary of ardent ways? Above the flame the smoke of praise. Goes up from ocean rim to rim. Tell no more of enchanted days.
May 7, 2024 · Quotes. > Quotable Quote. (?) “Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”. ― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. tags: experience.
May 3, 2024 · In full: Vincent Willem van Gogh. Born: March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands. Died: July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France (aged 37) Notable Works: “Portrait of Dr. Gachet”. “Starry Night over the Rhône”.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Who was Vincent van Gogh?Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter, generally considered to be the greatest after Rembrandt van Rijn, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impress...
- What did Vincent van Gogh accomplish?During his 10-year artistic career, Vincent van Gogh created a vivid personal style, noted for its striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contour...
- What were Vincent van Gogh’s jobs?Vincent van Gogh’s career as an artist was extremely short, lasting only the 10 years from 1880 to 1890. Before that he had various occupations, in...
- How was Vincent van Gogh influential?The work of Vincent van Gogh exerted a powerful influence on the development of much modern painting, notably Expressionism, in particular on the w...
- What is Vincent van Gogh remembered for?Vincent van Gogh is remembered for both the striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his art and for the turmoil of his personal...
Apr 30, 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci was an artist and engineer who is best known for his paintings, notably the Mona Lisa (c. 1503–19) and the Last Supper (1495–98). His drawing of the Vitruvian Man (c. 1490) has also become a cultural icon.
- Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich
- How many Leonardo da Vinci paintings are there?Leonardo da Vinci’s total output in painting is really rather small; there are less than 20 surviving paintings that can be definitely attributed t...
- What was Leonardo da Vinci’s personality like?Leonardo da Vinci was described as having a gracious but reserved personality and an elegant bearing. He was known to be fastidious in personal car...
- What was Leonardo da Vinci’s family like?Leonardo da Vinci’s parents were unmarried at the time of his birth near a small village named Vinci in Tuscany. His father, Ser Piero, was a Flore...
- Who was Leonardo apprenticed to?When Leonardo was about 15, his father, who enjoyed a high reputation in the Florentine community, apprenticed him to artist Andrea del Verrocchio....
1 day ago · Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986) was an American modernist painter and draftswoman whose career spanned seven decades and whose work remained largely independent of major art movements.
- Visual arts: painting, sculpture, photography
- March 6, 1986 (aged 98), Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
- Georgia Totto O'Keeffe, November 15, 1887, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, U.S.
2 days ago · Mona Lisa, oil painting on a poplar wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, probably the world’s most famous painting. The sitter’s mysterious smile and her unproven identity have made the work a source of ongoing investigation and fascination. Read more about the painting’s subject and history.
Apr 22, 2024 · Self-portraits are one of the most popular and enduring forms of art. Most famously, artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Frida Kahlo repeatedly reimagined themselves in paint, resulting in iconic images. Despite the invention of smartphones, which make it possible to capture and view our own likeness in an instant, many artists are still drawn ...
