Beautiful Art: architecture, paintings, sculptures, etc
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This thread could get very busy Pierre.... 
A first contribution from two absolute if contrasting masters.
SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE DARKNESS
As with his paintings, the life of Florentine Jacopo Carucci (1494 – 1557), usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, is something of a mystery. Sadly barely a masterpiece of his survives from what is thought to have been a prodigious output. I suspect his work contained too many hints on too many matters best kept hidden. Anyway, the word unique barely does him justice...
The Deposition from the Cross, 1525–1528
Visitation, 1528–29, Church of San Francesco e Michele, Carmignano
SHEDDING DARKNESS ON THE LIGHT
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (1571- 1610) needs no introduction. He was a volient rogue with many enemies and so met an untimely death. His subject matter was often as gruesome as it was breathtaking, so whatever one's view of the man, has anyone ever painted better?
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The Taking of Christ, 1602, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
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Conversion on the Way to Damascus, 1601, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
A first contribution from two absolute if contrasting masters.
SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE DARKNESS
As with his paintings, the life of Florentine Jacopo Carucci (1494 – 1557), usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, is something of a mystery. Sadly barely a masterpiece of his survives from what is thought to have been a prodigious output. I suspect his work contained too many hints on too many matters best kept hidden. Anyway, the word unique barely does him justice...
The Deposition from the Cross, 1525–1528
Visitation, 1528–29, Church of San Francesco e Michele, Carmignano
SHEDDING DARKNESS ON THE LIGHT
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (1571- 1610) needs no introduction. He was a volient rogue with many enemies and so met an untimely death. His subject matter was often as gruesome as it was breathtaking, so whatever one's view of the man, has anyone ever painted better?
View attachment The_Taking_of_Christ-Caravaggio_(c.1602).jpg
The Taking of Christ, 1602, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.
View attachment Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus-Caravaggio_(c.1600-1).jpg
Conversion on the Way to Damascus, 1601, Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome
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I really like a painter called Edmund Blair Leighton
He is the painter of this picture that was mentioned somewhere else:
I like the way he captured people and their lives.
You can find some of his work here and here. I'll put some of my favourite below:
Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922) | Romantic paintings, Romantic art, Victorian paintings
I also like this one a lot but I'm not sure who the artist is:
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He is the painter of this picture that was mentioned somewhere else:
I like the way he captured people and their lives.
You can find some of his work here and here. I'll put some of my favourite below:
Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922) | Romantic paintings, Romantic art, Victorian paintings
I also like this one a lot but I'm not sure who the artist is:
Pin on ART - TOGETHER
