tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197601032011-12-15T13:48:49.505+11:00A collection of some of the greatest paintings and drawings from the Western worldNiki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1135725406784850942005-12-28T10:16:00.000+11:002005-12-28T12:18:31.883+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">El Greco (1541 - 1614)</span><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20opening%20of%20the%20fifth%20seal%20of%20the%20apocalypse.0.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The opening of the Fifth Seal of the Apocalypse</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1608-14</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">224.5 x 192.8 cm (88 1/2 x 76 in.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/pieta.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Pieta</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1587-97</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">120 x 145 cm<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Stavros Niarchos Collection, Paris</span><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/laocoon.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Laocoon</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1608-1614</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">142 x 193 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery of Art, Washington<br /></span><br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20adoration%20of%20the%20shepards.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20adoration%20of%20the%20shepards.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Adoration of the Shepherds</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">125 5/8 x 70 7/8" (319 x 180 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Museo del Prado, Madrid</span><br /></p><p> </p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/st.%20john%20the%20evangelist.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>St. John the Evangelist</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1600</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">90 x 77 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Museo del Prado, Madrid </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/a%20young%20hare.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>A Young Hare</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1502</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Watercolor and gouache on paper</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">25 x 23 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><p></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20large%20turf.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20large%20turf.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Large Turf</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1503</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Watercolor and gouache on paper</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">41 x 32 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna</span><br /></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/self-portrait%20at%2028.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/self-portrait%20at%2028.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Self-Portrait at 28</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1500</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on panel</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">67 x 49 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Alte Pinakothek, Munich</span><br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/portrait%20of%20durer"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/portrait%20of%20durer%27s%20mother.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Portrait of Duerer's Mother</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1514</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Charcoal on paper</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">41 x 30 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /> </p><p></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/adam%20and%20eve.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/adam%20and%20eve.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Adam and Eve</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1504</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Engraving</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">24.8 x 19.2 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.)</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/bouquet%20of%20flowers.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Bouquet of Flowers</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1910</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">61 x 49.5 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Tate Gallery, London</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span> </p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20flamingoes.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20flamingoes.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Flamingoes</em></span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1907</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">114 x 163.3 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Private collection</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113550804838319206?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1135496338883564612005-12-25T18:30:00.000+11:002005-12-25T18:56:02.780+11:00<p><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919)</span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/le%20grands%20boulevards.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/le%20grands%20boulevards.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Les Grands Boulevards </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1875 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on canvas </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Philadelphia Museum of Art<br /></span><br /></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20bather.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20bather.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Bather </em></span><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1888 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on canvas<br /><br /></span><br /></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/place%20clichy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/place%20clichy.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Place Clichy </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1880 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113549633888356461?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1135485319640937372005-12-25T15:35:00.000+11:002005-12-25T18:30:10.576+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20milliner.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20milliner.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Milliner</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1900</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on board</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113548531964093737?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1135481411593411282005-12-25T14:21:00.000+11:002005-12-25T15:30:22.756+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Claude Monet (1840 - 1926)</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/rock%20arch%20west%20of%20etretat.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Rock Arch West of Etretat (The Manneport)</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1883</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">65.4 x 81.3 cm (25 3/4 x 32 in.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</span><br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/boulevard%20de%20capucines.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Boulevard des Capucines</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1873</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">79.4 x 59 cm (31 1/4 x 23 1/4")</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri </span></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><p></p><p></p></span><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/fishing%20boats%20leaving%20the%20harbour.1.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Fishing Boats Leaving the Harbor, Le Havre</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1874</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">60 x 101 cm (23 5/8 x 39 3/4")</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Private collection<br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span><br /><p><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/palazzo%20da%20mula%20at%20venice.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/palazzo%20da%20mula%20at%20venice.jpg" border="0" /></a>Palazzo da Mula at Venice</p><p>1908 </p><p>canvas </p><p>National Gallery of Art at Washington D.C.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/london,%20house%20of%20parliament.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/london%2C%20house%20of%20parliament.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">London: Houses of Parliament at Sunset</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1903 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on canvas </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">private collection</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113548141159341128?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1135471005245421842005-12-25T11:32:00.000+11:002005-12-25T11:40:15.376+11:00<div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;">Amedeo Modigliani (1884 - 1920)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"></span> </div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/girl%20with%20braids.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/girl%20with%20braids.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Girl with Braids</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1918</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on canvas </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">60x45cm </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Nagoya City Art Museum</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113547100524542184?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1135384978280153382005-12-24T11:31:00.000+11:002005-12-25T11:16:01.203+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Raphael (1483 - 1520)</span><br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/plato%20and%20aristotle.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>School of Athens (Detail of Plato and Aristotle)</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1511</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">FrescoStanza della Signatura</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Vatican Palace, Rome</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Scan by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20holy%20family%20with%20bearded%20st.%20joseph.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Holy Family with Beardless St. Joseph </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1506 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil and tempera on canvas transferred from wood </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Hermitage at St. Petersburg</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </p><p></p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/tempi%20madonna.1.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Tempi Madonna </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1507-08 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on panel </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Pinakothek at Munich</span></p><p> </p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20canigiani%20holy%20family.0.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Canigiani Holy Family</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1507 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on panel </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Pinakothek at Munich</span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/madonna%20di%20foligno.jpg"></a><br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20betrothal%20of%20the%20virgin.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20betrothal%20of%20the%20virgin.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Betrothal of the Virgin ('Sposalizio')</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1504</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on panel</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">170 x 118 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Brera, Milan</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Scan by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113538497828015338?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134816312469150142005-12-17T21:31:00.000+11:002005-12-17T22:00:25.613+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Petrus Christus (c.1415 - 1473)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/st.eligius.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/st.eligius.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>St. Eligius</em> </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1449</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">38 5/8 x 33 1/2 in. (98 x 85.2 cm)</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on panel</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113481631246915014?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134814238757206862005-12-17T21:10:00.000+11:002005-12-17T23:27:11.126+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Jan van Eyck (c.1395 - 1441)</span><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20virgin%20of%20chancellor%20rodin.0.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1435</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Wood</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">26 x 24 1/2 in. (66 x 62 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee du Louvre, Paris </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Scan by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113481423875720686?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134803446260300992005-12-17T18:09:00.000+11:002005-12-25T11:28:05.293+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Théodore Géricault </span>(1791 - 1824)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20raft%20of%20the%20medusa.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20raft%20of%20the%20medusa.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Raft of the Medusa</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1819</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">491 x 716 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee du Louvre, Paris</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113480344626030099?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134729409276934202005-12-16T21:03:00.000+11:002005-12-28T12:22:38.226+11:00<a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/introduction.html">Introduction</a><br /><br />The Renaissance Artists<br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/jan-van-eyck-c.html">Jan van Eyck</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/petrus-christus-c.html">Petrus Christus</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/sandro-botticelli-1445-1510-birth-of.html">Sandro Boticelli</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/leonardo-da-vinci-1452-1519-mona.html">Leonardo da Vinci</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/albrecht-drer-1471-1528-young-hare.html">Albrecht Dürer</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/michelangelo-1475-1564-creation-of.html">Michelangelo</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/raphael-1483-1520-school-of-athens.html">Raphael</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/titian-1485-1576-venus-with-mirror-c.html">Titian</a><br /><br />Mannerism<br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/el-greco-1541-1614-opening-of-fifth.html">El Greco</a><br /><br />The Baroque Painters<br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/caravaggio-1572-1610-judith-beheading.html">Caravaggio</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/artemisia-gentileschi-1593-1651-judith.html">Artemisia Gentileschi</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/georges-de-la-tour-1593-1652-magdalen.html">Georges de la Tour</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/rembrandt-1606-1669-self.html">Rembrandt</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/johannes-vermeer-1632-1675-girl-with.html">Johannes Vermeer</a><br /><br />The Romanticists<br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/thodore-gricault-1791-1824-portrait-of.html">Théodore Géricault</a><br /><br />The Impressionists<br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/camille-pissarro-1831-1903-boulevard.html">Camille Pissarro</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/edgar-degas-1834-1917-four.html">Edgar Degas</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/paul-czanne-1839-1906-still-life-with.html">Paul Cézanne</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/claude-monet-1840-1926-rock-arch-west.html">Claude Monet</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/pierre-auguste-renoir-1841-1919les.html">Pierre-Auguste Renoir</a><br /><br />The Post-Impressionists<br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/henri-rousseau-1844-1910-bouquet-of.html">Henri Rousseau</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/paul-gauguin-1848-1903-femmes-de.html">Paul Gauguin</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/vincent-van-gogh-1853-1890-self.html">Vincent van Gogh</a><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/henri-de-toulouse-lautrec-1864-1901.html">Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec</a><br /><br />Expressionism<br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/amedeo-modigliani-1884-1920-girl-with.html">Amedeo Modigliani</a><br /><br /><br />Not to worry! This list will be added to indefinately. Please feel free to suggest any artists or works that you think should be included (unfortunately, for copyright reasons, images of sculptures cannot be published on this site).<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113472940927693420?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134651585598106072005-12-15T23:52:00.000+11:002005-12-17T18:14:12.913+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Titian (1485 - 1576)</span> <br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/venus%20with%20a%20mirror.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/venus%20with%20a%20mirror.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Venus with a Mirror</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1555</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on canvas </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">124.5 x 105.5 cm (49 x 41 1/2 in.) </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery of Art, Washington</span> </p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/venus%20and%20cupid%20with%20an%20organist.2.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Venus and Cupid with an Organist</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1548-49</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Gemaeldegalerie, Berlin</span><br /></p><p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/pastoral%20scene.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/pastoral%20scene.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Pastoral Scene (Fete Champetre)</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1508</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">105 x 136 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee du Louvre, Paris</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113465158559810607?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134649327563707392005-12-15T23:19:00.000+11:002005-12-15T23:30:56.126+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 - 1651) </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/judith%20beheading%20holofernes.jpg" border="0" /></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Judith Beheading Holofernes</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1620</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">78 3/8 x 64 in (199 x 162.5 cm)</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Uffizi, Florence<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scan by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/madonna.jpg"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113464932756370739?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134648056409938462005-12-15T22:54:00.000+11:002005-12-17T17:18:45.306+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Georges de la Tour (1593 - 1652) </span><br /><br /><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/magdalen.1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Magdalen with the Smoking Flame</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1640</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">117 x 91,8 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">County Museum of Art, Los Angeles</span></p><p> </p><p> <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20fortune%20teller.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Fortune Teller</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1632-35 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on canvas </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113464805640993846?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134642616417879092005-12-15T21:15:00.000+11:002005-12-15T22:40:38.566+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Caravaggio (1572 - 1610) </span><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/judith%20slaying%20holofernes.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/judith%20slaying%20holofernes.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Judith Beheading Holofernes</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1598</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">56 3/4 x 76 3/4 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Galleria Nazionale dell'Arte Antica, Rome</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20incredulity%20of%20st-thomas.2.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Incredulity of Saint Thomas</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1601-02</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">42 1/8 x 57 1/2 in.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Neues Palais, Potsdam</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/narcissus.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Narcissus</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1598-99</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">110 x 92 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/sleeping%20cupid.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Sleeping Cupid</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1608</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">71 x 105 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113464261641787909?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134639419400868972005-12-15T20:17:00.000+11:002005-12-17T15:13:02.780+11:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/Te%20arii%20vahine.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903) </span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/Tahitian%20women.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/Tahitian%20women.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Femmes de Tahiti OR Sur la plage (Tahitian Women OR On the Beach)</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1891</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">27 1/8 x 35 7/8 in. (69 x 91 cm)</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee d'Orsay, Paris</span><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scan by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/te%20rerioa.jpg" border="0" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Te Rerioa (Day Dreaming)</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1897</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">130 x 95 cm (51.2 in x 37.4 in)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></p></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><p></span><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/when%20will%20you%20marry.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Nafea Faa ipoipo? (When Will You Marry?)</em> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1892 </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">101.5 x 77.5 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113463941940086897?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134633658864357192005-12-15T18:59:00.000+11:002005-12-15T19:21:30.920+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Sandro Botticelli (1445 - 1510) </span><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/birth%20of%20venus.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The birth of Venus</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1485</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Tempera on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">172.5 x 278.5 cm (67 7/8 x 109 5/8 in.)</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Uffizi, Florence</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/primavera.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Primavera</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1482</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Tempera on wood</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">203 x 314 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/still%20life%20with%20apples%202.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Still Life with Apples</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1890-1894</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">18 1/8 x 21 5/8 in</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Private Collection, U.S.A</span></p><p> </p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/still%20life%20with%20apples.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/still%20life%20with%20apples.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Still Life with Apples</em></span><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1890</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">13 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (35.2 x 46.2 cm.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Hermitage, St. Petersburg</span></p><p> </p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/still%20life%20with%20compotier.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Still Life with Compotier</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1879-1882</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">18 1/8 x 21 5/8"</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Collection Mr. and Mrs. Rene Lecomte, Paris</span></p><p><br /> </p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/apples%20and%20oranges.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/apples%20and%20oranges.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Apples and Oranges</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1899</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">29 1/8 x 36 5/8 in (74 X 93 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee du Louvre, Galerie du Jeu de Paume, ParisVenturi 732</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113463182523121394?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134553439586668462005-12-14T20:07:00.000+11:002005-12-14T21:43:26.926+11:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Rembrandt (1606 - 1669)</span> </span><br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/self-portrait%20rembrandt.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/self-portrait%20rembrandt.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Self-Portrait</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1659</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">84,5 x 66 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery of Art, Washington</span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/hendrickje%20bathing%20in%20a%20river.2.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/hendrickje%20bathing%20in%20a%20river.2.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Hendrickje </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Bathing in a River</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1654</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on panel </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">61.8 x 47 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery, London<br /></span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/young%20jew%20as%20christ.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/young%20jew%20as%20christ.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Young Jew as Christ</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1656</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on wood </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">25 x 21,5 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Staatliche Museen, Berlin</span></p><p></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/bathsheba%20at%20her%20bath.4.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/bathsheba%20at%20her%20bath.4.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Bathsheba at Her Bath</em></span> <p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1654</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">56 x 56" (142 x 142 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee du Louvre, Paris</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scan by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113455343958666846?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134544799827773112005-12-14T18:15:00.000+11:002005-12-14T18:45:13.883+11:00<p><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Camille Pissarro (1831 - 1903) </span></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/morning,%20grey%20weather.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/morning%2C%20grey%20weather.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Boulevard Montmartre on a Cloudy Morning</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1897</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">73.0 x 92.0 cm</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/effect%20of%20fog.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/effect%20of%20fog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Lacroix Island, Rouen, in Fog</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1888</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">46.7 x 55.9 cm </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113454479982777311?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134537523241317292005-12-14T16:05:00.000+11:002005-12-16T22:30:24.843+11:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890)</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/self-portrait%20dedicated%20to%20paul%20gaugin.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/self-portrait%20dedicated%20to%20paul%20gaugin.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin</span></em><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1888</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">23 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (60.5 x 49.4 cm)</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA</span> </p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/fifteen%20sunflowers%20in%20a%20vase.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/fifteen%20sunflowers%20in%20a%20vase.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Fifteen Sunflowers in a Vase</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1888</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">93 x 73 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery, London</span> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/olive%20tree%20with%20yellow%20sky%20and%20sun.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/olive%20tree%20with%20yellow%20sky%20and%20sun.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1889</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">29 x 36 1/2 in. (73.7 x 92.7 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Minneapolis Institute of Arts</span> </p><p></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/self-portrait.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/self-portrait.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Self-Portrait</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1889</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">25 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (65 x 54 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee d'Orsay, Paris </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></p></span><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/old%20vineyard%20with%20peasant%20woman.jpg"></a></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></p></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20starry%20night.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20starry%20night.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Starry Night</em></span> <p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1889</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">29 x 36 1/4 in.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Museum of Modern Art, New York</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/sisteen%20ceiling.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Creation of Adam</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1508-12</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Fresco</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Detail from The Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scan by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br /><p></span></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20last%20judgement.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20last%20judgement.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Last Judgment (detail)</em></span> <p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1537-41</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Fresco</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Detail from the Sisteen Chapel alter wall, Vatican</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></p></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><p></span></p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/nude%20woman.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/nude%20woman.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Nude Woman on her Knees</span></em> <p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">-</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Chalk</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musée du Louvre, Paris</span><br /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/woman"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/woman%27s%20head.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Study of a Head</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1530</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Red chalk</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">33.5 x 26.9 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Casa Buonarroti, Florence</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113452982267027517?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134525984666833862005-12-14T12:46:00.000+11:002005-12-15T16:43:42.266+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)</span> <br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20mona%20lisa.0.jpg" border="0" /><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Mona Lisa</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1503-1506</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on wood</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">77 x 53 cm (30 x 20 7/8 in.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Louvre, Paris</span></p><p> <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/virgin%20of%20the%20rocks.0.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Virgin of the Rocks</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1483-86</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on panel</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">77 5/8 x 47 5/8 in (199 x 122 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee du Louvre, Paris</span></p><p> <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20virgin%20and%20child%20with%20st.%20anne%20and%20the%20young%20st.%20john%20the%20baptist.jpg" border="0" /><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and the Young St. John the Baptist</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1501</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Charcoal and touches of white on paper</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">55 3/4 x 41 1/4 in (141.5 x 104.6 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery, London</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20virgin%20and%20child%20with%20st.%20anne.11.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20virgin%20and%20child%20with%20st.%20anne.11.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1510</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on wood</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">168 x 130 cm (5 1/2 x 4 1/2 ft.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musee du Louvre, Paris</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </p></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20last%20supper.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20last%20supper.0.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>The Last Supper</em></span> <p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1498</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Tempera on plaster</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">460 x 880 cm (15 x 29 ft.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Refectory), Milan</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span></p><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/study%20of%20a%20woman"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/study%20of%20a%20woman%27s%20head.6.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Study of a woman's head</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1490</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Silverpoint on greenish prepared paper</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">180 x 168 mm</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Musée du Louvre, Paris</span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/effect%20of%20fog.0.jpg"></a><br /><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by <a href="http://www.artchive.com">Mark Harden</a> </span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113452598466683386?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134473734083341842005-12-13T22:34:00.000+11:002005-12-17T15:46:14.550+11:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917)</span><br /><br /><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/four%20dancers.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/four%20dancers.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Four Dancers</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">1899</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">oil on canvas </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">151x180cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery of Art, DC</span><br /><br /></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20dance%20class.1.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /></span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/ballet%20dancers%20in%20the%20wings.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/ballet%20dancers%20in%20the%20wings.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Ballet Dancers in the Wings</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1900</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Pastel on paper</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">28 x 26 in. (71.1 x 66 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis<br /></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/milliners.jpg"></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/jokeys%20before%20the%20race.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scan by </span><a href="http://www.artchive.com"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Mark Harden</span></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </p><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/woman%20bathing%20in%20a%20shallow%20tub.0.jpg" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><em>Woman Bathing in a Shallow Tub<br /></em><br />1885<br /><br />81,3 x 56,2 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">charcoal<br /><br />Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113447373408334184?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134267856846344812005-12-11T13:18:00.000+11:002005-12-17T23:28:19.736+11:00<div align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;">Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675)</span> </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><p align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"><em></em></span></p><p align="left"><p align="left"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;"></span></p><p align="left"></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/girl%20with%20a%20pearl%20earring.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/girl%20with%20a%20pearl%20earring.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Girl with a Pearl Earring</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1665-1666</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">44.5 x 39 cm (17 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/woman%20holding%20a%20balance.1.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/woman%20holding%20a%20balance.0.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Woman Holding a Balance</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1664</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">40.3 x 35.6 cm (15 7/8 x 14 in.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">National Gallery of Art, Washington<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20guitar%20player.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/the%20guitar%20player.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Guitar Player</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1672</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">53 x 46.3 cm</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Kenwood, English Heritage<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></p><p><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/a%20woman%20asleep.jpg"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/400/a%20woman%20asleep.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">A Woman Asleep</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">c. 1657</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oil on canvas</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in. (87.6 x 76.5 cm)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Scans by </span><a href="http://www.artchive.com"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Mark Harden</span></a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113426785684634481?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19760103.post-1134262932580431432005-12-11T11:46:00.000+11:002005-12-17T18:12:45.053+11:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/1600/the%20mona%20lisa.2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5045/1319/320/the%20mona%20lisa.jpg" border="0" /></a> They say that a picture says more than a thousand words. I agree. But how many words does it take for a blind person to understand what it feels like to see the Mona Lisa? How many thousands of words would you need to say to have them understand what we see? Words are not enough. Art is a language without words. The only way to fully appreciate it is to take a look.<br /><br />The paintings and drawings displayed on this web site have been chosen from the great masters of art. They have been chosen because they all seem to possess something extraordinary. What is it? I cannot say. It is one of those inexpressible things which makes looking at the Mona Lisa a profound experience.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://giantsinart.blogspot.com/2005/12/table-of-contents.html">Table of Contents</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7858727979513905"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text_image"; google_ad_channel =""; google_page_url = document.location; google_color_border = "333333"; google_color_bg = "000000"; google_color_link = "FFFFFF"; google_color_url = "999999"; google_color_text = "CCCCCC"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/19760103-113426293258043143?l=giantsinart.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Niki Saundershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10250347288831104609noreply@blogger.com0