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Paris Metro map. Interactive Floor Plans. Musée Picasso Paris. Pablo Picasso,La Celestina, March 1904.Oil on canvas, 74,5 x 58,5 cm.

Musée Picasso Paris

Donated by M. Fredrik Roos, Former collection of Max Pellequer, 1989, MP1989-5.© Succession Picasso 2013. Print : RMN-Grand Palais / Rights reserved. The Musée Picasso Paris collection comprises over 5,000 works and tens of thousands of archived pieces. For its quality and scope as well as the range of art forms it encompasses, this collection is the only one in the world to present both Picasso’s complete painted, sculpted, engraved and illustrated œuvre and a precise record—through sketches, studies, drafts, notebooks, etchings in various stages, photographs, illustrated books, films and documents—of the artist’s creative process Pablo Picasso,Study for the Young Ladies of Avignon: nude face on with arms raised, spring 1907.Gouache, charcoal, graphite and white chalk on vellum paper later mounted on canvas, 133,5 x 81 cm. Building the collection The collection In Picasso’s studio, paper was employed in various ways. The Ship of Fools, or the Satire of the Debauched Revelers.

Paintings Dutch painting Author(s): Service internet A mysterious painting Born into a family of painters at 's Hertogenbosch, Jheronymous Bosch must have learned his trade in the family studio.

The Ship of Fools, or the Satire of the Debauched Revelers

Little is known about him, and our knowledge of his development is based on the study of his paintings. He initiated a satirical and fantastical genre of painting peopled with monsters and imaginary figures, and steeped in nordic proverbs that would later inspire painters such as Bruegel the Elder. An unusual journey A group of ten people are gathered in a boat. Souls adrift It has been suggested that this unusual scene is an interpretation of The Ship of Fools, an allegory by the humanist Sebastian Brant, published in Basel in 1494. A Closer Look. Go to content Go to navigation Go to search Change language Our "Closer Look" interactive multimedia modules allow you to see the details of an artwork through a magnifying glass, while commentaries and animations give you its historical and artistic background.

A Closer Look

This section is supported by eni. July 28: Liberty Leading the People. The Paris uprising of July 27, 28, and 29, 1830, known as the Trois Glorieuses ("Three Glorious Days"), was initiated by the liberal republicans for violation of the Constitution by the Second Restoration government.

July 28: Liberty Leading the People

Charles X, the last Bourbon king of France, was overthrown and replaced by Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans. Delacroix, who witnessed the uprising, perceived it as a modern subject for a painting; the resulting work reflects the same romantic fervor he had applied to Massacre at Chios, a painting inspired by the Greek war of independence. A patriotic act. The Raft of the Medusa. The Raft of the Medusa—a major work in French 19th-century painting—is generally regarded as an icon of Romanticism.

The Raft of the Medusa

It depicts an event whose human and political aspects greatly interested Géricault: the wreck of a French frigate off the coast of Senegal in 1816, with over 150 soldiers on board. The painter researched the story in detail and made numerous sketches before deciding on his definitive composition, which illustrates the hope of rescue. A contemporary event Géricault drew his inspiration from the account of two survivors of the Medusa—a French Royal Navy frigate that set sail in 1816 to colonize Senegal. It was captained by an officer of the Ancien Régime who had not sailed for over twenty years and who ran the ship aground on a sandbank.

Géricault decided to represent the vain hope of the shipwrecked sailors: the rescue boat is visible on the horizon—but sails away without seeing them. Selected Works. Plan du bâtiment – Centre Pompidou. Brindefantaisie Jeff #Koons - Rétrospective @centrepompidou WandaParker67 RT @centrepompidou: Les danses sont issues des régions marquées par la guerre et les conflits Eszter #Salamon EvoLatifa RT @gatis_j: Pārdodu distanču slēpes 191cm garas.Derēs priekš ~170-185cm auguma,60-75kg svara.

Plan du bâtiment – Centre Pompidou

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