Posts Tagged ‘ Barroco Francês ’
From Claude Lorrain [1604/5 – 23 November 1682], French painter of the Baroque period, ‘The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet’, ca. 1643.
Claude Lorrain [c. 1600 – 23 November 1682]
“The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet”, ca. 1643
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Na passagem do trecentésimo quinquagésimo quinto aniversário da morte de Nicolas Poussin [Jun 1594 – 19 Nov 1665], genial artista do barroco francês no século XVII, a representação de ‘The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem’, que pertence ao Museu de Israel, em Jerusalém.
“…Caesar [Titus] shouted and waved to the combatants to put out the fire; but his shouts were unheard as their ears were deafened by a greater din, and his gesticulations went unheeded amidst the distractions of battle and bloodshed. As the legions charged in, neither persuasion nor threat could check their impetuosity: passion alone was in command…”
(Josephus Flavius, The Jewish War, VI.5-6)
Nicolas Poussin [1594 – 1665]
The Destruction and Sack of the Temple of Jerusalem [1625 – 1626]
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin [2 Novembro 1699 – 6 Dezembro 1779], expoente do barroco francês, apresentou em 1765 no Salon três pinturas encomendadas pelo Marquês de Marigny: Les Attributs des arts, Les Attributs de la musique e Les Attributs des Sciences.
No ano seguinte, produziu Les attributs des arts et les récompenses qui leur sont accordées, que pertence actualmente ao MIA – Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin [1699-1779]
‘The Attributes of the Arts and the Rewards Which Are Accorded Them’, 1776
Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN, USA) – Gallery 306
Visita Guiada é um programa de televisão e de rádio que dá a conhecer o Património Cultural português.
António Branco Almeida
Ana Margarida Lopes
