Artemisia Gentileschi - Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (1630)
Only a female painter in the Italian Renaissance could actually identify with the Allegory of Painting itself.
Afterparty…
Retour du bal 1880
Alfred Roll French painter , 1846 – 1919
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Lucas van Uden - Landscape with Figures
Fine treatment of water and trees—perhaps the polar opposite of impressionist brushwork.
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Terpsichore, Muse of Dance (1739). Jean-Marc Nattier (French, 1685–1766). Oil on canvas. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (delight in dancing) was one of the nine Muses, ruling over dance and the dramatic chorus. She is usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre.
Nattier became the painter of the artificial ladies of Louis XV’s court. He subsequently revived the genre of the allegorical portrait, in which a living person is depicted as a Greco-Roman goddess or other mythological figure.
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Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin (Detail), Vincent van Gogh, 1888
Clearly, Van Gogh must have felt that Postman Joseph Roulin’s hand best represents his entire being. By portraying just this one body part alone, Van Gogh redefines the term, “portrait”.
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