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history painting, the painting of scenes from classical and Christian history and mythology. It was taught in the academies of art academies of art, official organizations of established artists. Lorenzo de' Medici's informal circle of great artists and thinkers was modeled on similar groups formed in classical Greece. ..... Click the link for more information. , from the Renaissance to the 19th cent., as the highest form of art in an hierarchical grouping that ranked still-life painting lowest on the list. Included in the category were scenes from contemporary history, such as Velázquez's Surrender at Breda, and commemorative works and apotheoses, such as Rubens's Life of Marie de' Medici. Scenes from antiquity dominated 18th-century painting, and modern subjects were exalted by treating them in classical terms. A modern work cited as falling within the history-painting tradition is Picasso's Guernica. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Feet" paintings can be said to have an ancestor, it might be Der Fuss des Kunstlers (The Artist's Foot), made in 1876 by Adolph Menzel, who by then had become the best-known north German historical painter. Easily the most famous painter in the English-speaking world in 1780, West had thoroughly established his reputation with his famous Death of General Wolfe (1769), which undoubtedly led to his appointment as King George's historical painter in 1772. |
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