Caravaggio | Madonna of the Rosary / Madonna del Rosario, 1608

The Madonna of the Rosary is a painting finished in 1607 by the Italian🎨 Baroque painter Caravaggio🎨, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. It is the only painting by Caravaggio that could be called a standard Baroque🎨 altarpiece.

The commissioner of the work is uncertain. As altarpiece it would have been commissioned for a Dominican church, given the presence of Saint Dominic and Saint Peter Martyr of Verona. The donor is included in the painting; at the left, dressed in black with a ruff, seeking protection under the cloak of Saint Dominic and peering out at the viewer.

According to some, the donor was Nicholas (or Nicholas) Radulovic, a rich merchant of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik in Croatia) and the first idea for the composition was a Madonna Enthroned with Saints Nicholas and Vito, then the subject was changed to reflect the wishes of the Dominicans.

Caravaggio | Maddalena in pianto / Magdalene Grieving, 1605-1606

According to some research, "Magdalene grieving" (1605-1606), would be a preliminary study for the character of one of the most famous works of the Lombard master conserved at the Musée du Louvre "The death of the Virgin" (1601-1605).

Commissioned in 1601 for the church of Santa Maria della Scala in Rome, The Death of the Virgin (c. 1601-1606) could not have been finished before 1605-1606.

After being refused by the monks, who found it unworthy of the church, it was replaced by a work on the same subject painted by Carlo Saraceni.

A work of light and shadow

The composition is arranged around the Virgin, the painting's central theme. The compact mass of the assemblage and the posturing of the figures guide the viewer's eye toward the abandoned body. The theatrical drape of blood-red cloth heightens the scene's dramatic effect. The painter makes use of the nuances of light and shadow to model the volumes of the objects, figures, and clothing.

Maya Green, 1957

Maya Green -born Maya Greenblat, is a Ukrainian-Jewish contemporary painter, graphic artist, illustrator and sculptor.

"I have been an artist my whole life.

Originally, i was born and raised in Ukraine and I first developed my love of art there. Since my childhood, I have been intrigued with the patterning of light and the interaction of color.

I studied at the School of Art in Ukraine.

Marc Chagall | Il pittore Sognatore

Marc Chagall riuscì a comunicare felicità e ottimismo tramite la scelta di colori vivaci e brillanti. Il mondo di Chagall era colorato, come se fosse visto attraverso la vetrata di una chiesa.

Marc Chagall nasce a Liosno, presso Vitebsk nel 1887. Dal 1906-1909 studia prima a Vitebsk, all'accademia di Pietroburgo, dove è allievo anche di Léon Bakst.

Nel 1910 si trasferisce a Parigi. Qui conosce le nuove correnti del momento, particolarmente il Fauvismo ed il Cubismo.

Si inserisce negli ambienti artistici d'avanguardia. Frequenta tra gli altri Guillaume Apollinaire e Robert Delaunay.

Nel 1912 espone sia al Salon des Indépendants, che al Salon d'Automne. Delaunay lo fa conoscere al mercante berlinese Herwarth Walden, che nel 1914 gli allestisce una personale presso la sua galleria Der Sturm. Il sopraggiungere della guerra nel 1914 fa rientrare Marc Chagall a Vitebsk.

Caspar David Friedrich | Pittore Romantico

Caspar David Friedrich fu un artista prolifico che produsse più di 500 opere.

Conformandosi con gli ideali romantici dell'epoca, il pittore intese i propri dipinti come pure deposizioni estetiche, quindi evitava accuratamente di assegnare titoli troppo prolissi o evocativi.

Infatti, è probabile che le opere con titoli più descrittivi, come accade ne Le tre età dell'uomo, siano state ribattezzate in occasione del successo postumo di Friedrich.

Friedrich Von Amerling (1803-1887)

Friedrich von Amerling è stato un pittore Austriaco.

Ritrattista, fu pittore di corte di Francesco Giuseppe d'Austria dal 1835-1880. È considerato, con Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, il più grande ritrattista austriaco del XIX secolo.

Friedrich von Amerling fu figlio dell'orafo Franz Amerling e di Theresia Kargl.

Dal 1815-1824 frequentò l'Accademia di belle arti di Vienna e successivamente l'Accademia a Praga, fino al 1826.

Tra il 1827-1828 soggiornò quindi a Londra, dove venne influenzato dal ritrattista Sir Thomas Lawrence.

Successivamente visitò Parigi e Roma, per fare ritorno a Vienna, dove iniziò a lavorare per la corte e per le classi aristocratica e media austriache.

Johan Christian Dahl | Eruption of the Volcano Vesuvius, 1821

Johan Christian Claussen Dahl (24 February 1788 - 14 October 1857), often known as J. C. Dahl or I. C. Dahl, was a Norwegian artist who is considered the first great romantic painter in Norway, the founder of the "golden age" of Norwegian painting, and one of the greatest European artists of all time.

He is often described as "the father of Norwegian landscape painting" and is regarded as the first Norwegian painter ever to reach a level of artistic accomplishment comparable to that attained by the greatest European artists of his day.

He was also the first to acquire genuine fame and cultural renown abroad.