| 图酷 Tucoo.com | 矢量图库欧美矢量图卡通矢量图矢量LOGO韩国矢量素材行业LOGO大全中国传统矢量图设计作品创意海报时尚杂志国外最新设计 |
| 网页素材网页截图ICON图标像素画韩国像素模板艺术欣赏视觉艺术美术大典西方古典绘画专业素材光盘 | |
| CG\插画欧美幻想插画卡通形象CG SHOW亚洲插画欧美漫画摄影精品商业摄影个人摄影DPC数码摄影猫猫壁纸酷 |
|
12-19世纪西方经典美术(建筑\雕塑\绘画)博览一百二十三 - 1may1851下载
作者和作品详细介绍(英文):
WINTERHALTER, Franz Xaver (b. 1805, Menzenschwand, d. 1873, Frankfurt) The First of May 1851 1851 Oil on canvas, 107 x 130 cm Royal Collection, Windsor Although Queen Victoria appointed British artists to the post of Principal Painter, the efforts of Sir David Wilkie, Sir George Hayter and James Sant were supplemented by the work of certain European painters brought to the queers attention. Such was the case with Winterhalter, who was born in Germany, but had an extremely successful career as a fashionable portrait painter based at the leading European courts. He was essentially a peripatetic artist of a truly international status who, with the help of studio assistants, had by the end of his life amassed a considerable financial fortune. First recommended to Queen Victoria by Louise, Queen of the Belgians, Winterhalter came to England in 1842 and subsequently worked regularly for the queen and her family over the next two decades. Queen Victoria had a very high opinion of Winterhalter, admiring particularly his ability to capture a likeness and his fresh, invigorating colour. In addition, the painters dexterous brushwork and high finish were also praised, although doubts were quite rightly expressed about the accuracy of his drawing. Together with Landseer, Winterhalter provides a vivid record of Queen Victoria's court and he was responsible for many of the more important and lasting images of the queen and the Prince Consort. His achievement is in many respects comparable with Van Dyck's images of the early Stuart court. The First of May 1851 is a cryptic title for a painting that shows the aged Duke of Wellington presenting a casket to his one-year-old godson, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, who is supported by Queen Victoria. Behind these figures and forming the apex of a pyramidal composition is Prince Albert, half looking over his shoulder towards the Crystal Palace in the left background. Both the Duke of Wellington and Prince Albert are dressed in the uniform of Field Marshal and wear the Order of the Garter. In addition, Prince Albert wears the badge of the Golden Fleece. The painting derives its title from the fact that both the Duke of Wellington and Prince Arthur were born on 1 May, which was also the date of the inauguration of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park. The Crystal Palace was the principal building in the Great Exhibition to which Prince Albert made such an important contribution. Queen Victoria recorded in her Journal that on 1 May 1851 the Duke of Wellington in fact gave a gold cup to Prince Arthur, as opposed to a casket, and received from him, as depicted here, a nosegay. The painting was commissioned by Queen Victoria, but Winterhalter clearly encountered some difficulties in devising an appropriate composition. In the queen's words, he 'did not seem to know how to carry it out' and it was Prince Albert 'with his wonderful knowledge and taste' who gave Winterhalter the idea of using a casket. As regards the composition, and to a certain extent the iconography, the painting resembles an Adoration of the Magi, and, indeed, is not unlike works of that subject by sixteenth-century Italian painters such as Paolo Veronese. Prince Arthur (1850-1942) was Queen Victoria's third son. As befitted a godson of the Duke of Wellington, he pursued an active military career, distinguishing himself during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, and was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal in 1902. Subsequently he was made Governor-General of Canada (1911) and retired from public life in 1928. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: WINTERHALTER, Franz Xaver Title: The First of May 1851 Form: painting Time-line: 1801-1850 School: German Type: historical
|
发布商链接
矢量图免费下载
本专辑(Fine_Art_123)像素模板包括:
|
| 图酷设计咨讯站 - 内容推荐 | 自习室 | 矢量图 | 壁纸酷 | 美术馆 | 海报馆 | 图标库 | 插画本 | 设计赏 |
|
| Tucoo.Com
| Wallcoo.Com | 设为首页 | 加入收藏 | 联系我们 |
资料来源于网络,版权属于作者,请勿用于商业用途 © 1998-2007 Copyright Respective Artists and Publishers Tucoo.Com |