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Mona Lisa – Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo
Leonardo DA VINCI
This portrait was doubtless started in Florence around 1503. It is thought to be of Lisa Gherardini, wife of a Florentine cloth merchant named Francesco del Giocondo - hence the alternative title, La Gioconda. However, Leonardo seems to have taken the completed portrait to France rather than giving it to the person who commissioned it. After his death, the painting entered François I's collection.
Inspired by Mona Lisa – Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo / Leonardo DA VINCI / 1503-1519
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Aphrodite, known as the "Venus de Milo"
Hellenistic Art (C. 100 BC), Island of Melos (Cyclades, Greece)
This graceful statue of a goddess has intrigued and fascinated since its discovery on the island of Melos in 1820. Is it Aphrodite, who was often portrayed half-naked, or the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on Melos? The statue reflects sculptural research during the late Hellenistic Period: classical in essence, with innovatory features such as the spiral composition, the positioning in space, and the fall of the drapery over the hips.
Inspired by: Mona Lisa / Leonardo DA VINCI
Aphrodite, known as the "Vénus de Milo"
The Winged Victory of Samothrace
La Grande Odalisque / Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES
La Belle Jardinière / Raffaello SANTI, known as Raphael
The Astronomer / Johannes VERMEER
The Great Sphinx of Tanis
Louvre Pyramid © I.M. Pei
©2022 Yu Nagaba
The Winged Victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic Art (C. 190 BC), Island of Samothrace (northern Aegean)
The winged goddess of Victory standing on the prow of a ship overlooked the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace. This monument was probably an ex-voto offered by the people of Rhodes in commemoration of a naval victory in the early second century BC. The theatrical stance, vigorous movement, and billowing drapery of this Hellenistic sculpture are combined with references to the Classical period-prefiguring the baroque aestheticism of the Pergamene sculptors.
Inspired by: Mona Lisa / Leonardo DA VINCI
Aphrodite, known as the "Vénus de Milo"
The Winged Victory of Samothrace
La Grande Odalisque / Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES
La Belle Jardinière / Raffaello SANTI, known as Raphael
The Astronomer / Johannes VERMEER
The Great Sphinx of Tanis
Louvre Pyramid © I.M. Pei
©2022 Yu Nagaba
Une Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES
Ingres transposed the theme of the mythological nude, whose long tradition went back to the Renaissance, to an imaginary Orient. This work, his most famous nude, was commissioned by Caroline Murat, Napoleon's sister and the queen of Naples. Here, Ingres painted a nude with long, sinuous lines bearing little resemblance to anatomical reality, but rendered the details and texture of the fabrics with sharp precision. This work drew fierce criticism when it was displayed at the Salon of 1819.
Inspired by: Mona Lisa / Leonardo DA VINCI
Aphrodite, known as the "Vénus de Milo"
The Winged Victory of Samothrace
La Grande Odalisque / Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES
La Belle Jardinière / Raffaello SANTI, known as Raphael
The Astronomer / Johannes VERMEER
The Great Sphinx of Tanis
Louvre Pyramid © I.M. Pei
©2022 Yu Nagaba
La Belle Jardinière – Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist
Raffaello SANTI, known as Raphael
Neither the identity of the sponsor nor the circumstances under which La Belle Jardinière entered the Royal Collection are known. After the Virgin of the Belvedere (Vienna) and the Virgin with the goldfinch (Florence), from 1505 - 1506, La Belle Jardinière, dated 1507 or 1508, closes, at the end of Raphael's Florentine stay, his research on the motif of the Virgin with Child with St. John inscribed in a dynamic and pyramidal composition in the foreground of a landscape.
Inspired by: Mona Lisa / Leonardo DA VINCI
Aphrodite, known as the "Vénus de Milo"
The Winged Victory of Samothrace
La Grande Odalisque / Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES
La Belle Jardinière / Raffaello SANTI, known as Raphael
The Astronomer / Johannes VERMEER
The Great Sphinx of Tanis
Louvre Pyramid © I.M. Pei
©2022 Yu Nagaba
The Astronomer
Johannes VERMEER
The 17th century is the age of scientific revolution. The astronomer studies a celestial globe and there is an astrolabe, possibly of Persian origin, on the table. The man wears a dressing gown similar to a kimono. The Netherlands played a central role in international trade, which explains how Vermeer would have had access to such items.
Inspired by: Mona Lisa / Leonardo DA VINCI
Aphrodite, known as the "Vénus de Milo"
The Winged Victory of Samothrace
La Grande Odalisque / Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES
La Belle Jardinière / Raffaello SANTI, known as Raphael
The Astronomer / Johannes VERMEER
The Great Sphinx of Tanis
Louvre Pyramid © I.M. Pei
©2022 Yu Nagaba
The Great Sphinx of Tanis
Hellenistic Art
The sphinx is a monstrous creature combining the body of a lion and the head of a king. This sphinx was successively inscribed with the names of kings Amenemhat II (1898-1866 B.C., 12th Dynasty), Merneptah (1213-1203 B.C., 19th Dynasty) and Shoshenq I (945-924 B.C., 22nd Dynasty). Some archaeologists argue that in certain details can be found the indication of a more ancient period, the Old Kingdom (around 2600 BC).
Inspired by: Mona Lisa / Leonardo DA VINCI
Aphrodite, known as the "Vénus de Milo"
The Winged Victory of Samothrace
La Grande Odalisque / Jean-Auguste-Dominique INGRES
La Belle Jardinière / Raffaello SANTI, known as Raphael
The Astronomer / Johannes VERMEER
The Great Sphinx of Tanis
Louvre Pyramid © I.M. Pei
©2022 Yu Nagaba
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