The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: Focus on The Milkmaid of Bordeaux and explain the abstract.

The Milkmaid of Bordeaux (Spanish: La lechera de Burdeos) is an oil-on-canvas painting completed between 1825 and 1827, generally attributed to the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828). This painting is believed to be one of Goya's last works, completed the year before his death, and considered one of Goya's masterpieces.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux.

The Milkmaid of Bordeaux (Spanish: La lechera de Burdeos) is an oil-on-canvas painting completed between 1825 and 1827, generally attributed to the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828). This painting is believed to be one of Goya's last works, completed the year before his death, and considered one of Goya's masterpieces.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: How does The Milkmaid of Bordeaux explain its abstract?

The Milkmaid of Bordeaux (Spanish: La lechera de Burdeos) is an oil-on-canvas painting completed between 1825 and 1827, generally attributed to the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828). This painting is believed to be one of Goya's last works, completed the year before his death, and considered one of Goya's masterpieces.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: In The Milkmaid of Bordeaux, how is the abstract discussed?

The Milkmaid of Bordeaux (Spanish: La lechera de Burdeos) is an oil-on-canvas painting completed between 1825 and 1827, generally attributed to the Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746–1828). This painting is believed to be one of Goya's last works, completed the year before his death, and considered one of Goya's masterpieces.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: Focus on The Milkmaid of Bordeaux and explain the Controversy.

Although the picture is held in great esteem and widely admired by critics and the public, doubt has been cast by art historians as to whether it is an actual Goya. If authentic, it is likely a portrait of either Rosario Weiss or, more likely, her mother Leocadia Weiss—the artist's nurse during the last years of his life. Leocadia cared for Goya in exile in Bordeaux, where he settled to live among politically liberal friends. The true nature of the relationship between Goya and Leocadia is unknown due to a lack of documentation, and while many sources refer to Leocadia as a nurse or housekeeper, others believe her to be Goya's mistress.Following his death, the painting was willed to his last child, Javier (b. 1784). Financial difficulties a year later forced him to sell it to Juan Bautista de Muguiro, a distant relative. Muguiro's descendants donated the work to the Museo del Prado in 1946, where it remains a popular exhibit at the gallery, despite doubts as to its origin. While being widely admired by art historians and the public alike, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux remains one of Goya's works that is infrequently discussed, perhaps because it is considered not as ambitious as his other works. Rosario was later a painter, and it is sometimes claimed that she may have been the creator of this work. However, when compared to her relatively amateur works in the Academia de San Fernando, it is generally considered highly unlikely. It has also been argued that Rosario was Goya's illegitimate daughter, but those claims are unsubstantiated, and it is highly unlikely, given that Leocadia was living with her husband at the time.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: Explain the Controversy of this artwork, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux.

Although the picture is held in great esteem and widely admired by critics and the public, doubt has been cast by art historians as to whether it is an actual Goya. If authentic, it is likely a portrait of either Rosario Weiss or, more likely, her mother Leocadia Weiss—the artist's nurse during the last years of his life. Leocadia cared for Goya in exile in Bordeaux, where he settled to live among politically liberal friends. The true nature of the relationship between Goya and Leocadia is unknown due to a lack of documentation, and while many sources refer to Leocadia as a nurse or housekeeper, others believe her to be Goya's mistress.Following his death, the painting was willed to his last child, Javier (b. 1784). Financial difficulties a year later forced him to sell it to Juan Bautista de Muguiro, a distant relative. Muguiro's descendants donated the work to the Museo del Prado in 1946, where it remains a popular exhibit at the gallery, despite doubts as to its origin. While being widely admired by art historians and the public alike, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux remains one of Goya's works that is infrequently discussed, perhaps because it is considered not as ambitious as his other works. Rosario was later a painter, and it is sometimes claimed that she may have been the creator of this work. However, when compared to her relatively amateur works in the Academia de San Fernando, it is generally considered highly unlikely. It has also been argued that Rosario was Goya's illegitimate daughter, but those claims are unsubstantiated, and it is highly unlikely, given that Leocadia was living with her husband at the time.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: How does The Milkmaid of Bordeaux explain its Controversy?

Although the picture is held in great esteem and widely admired by critics and the public, doubt has been cast by art historians as to whether it is an actual Goya. If authentic, it is likely a portrait of either Rosario Weiss or, more likely, her mother Leocadia Weiss—the artist's nurse during the last years of his life. Leocadia cared for Goya in exile in Bordeaux, where he settled to live among politically liberal friends. The true nature of the relationship between Goya and Leocadia is unknown due to a lack of documentation, and while many sources refer to Leocadia as a nurse or housekeeper, others believe her to be Goya's mistress.Following his death, the painting was willed to his last child, Javier (b. 1784). Financial difficulties a year later forced him to sell it to Juan Bautista de Muguiro, a distant relative. Muguiro's descendants donated the work to the Museo del Prado in 1946, where it remains a popular exhibit at the gallery, despite doubts as to its origin. While being widely admired by art historians and the public alike, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux remains one of Goya's works that is infrequently discussed, perhaps because it is considered not as ambitious as his other works. Rosario was later a painter, and it is sometimes claimed that she may have been the creator of this work. However, when compared to her relatively amateur works in the Academia de San Fernando, it is generally considered highly unlikely. It has also been argued that Rosario was Goya's illegitimate daughter, but those claims are unsubstantiated, and it is highly unlikely, given that Leocadia was living with her husband at the time.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: In The Milkmaid of Bordeaux, how is the Controversy discussed?

Although the picture is held in great esteem and widely admired by critics and the public, doubt has been cast by art historians as to whether it is an actual Goya. If authentic, it is likely a portrait of either Rosario Weiss or, more likely, her mother Leocadia Weiss—the artist's nurse during the last years of his life. Leocadia cared for Goya in exile in Bordeaux, where he settled to live among politically liberal friends. The true nature of the relationship between Goya and Leocadia is unknown due to a lack of documentation, and while many sources refer to Leocadia as a nurse or housekeeper, others believe her to be Goya's mistress.Following his death, the painting was willed to his last child, Javier (b. 1784). Financial difficulties a year later forced him to sell it to Juan Bautista de Muguiro, a distant relative. Muguiro's descendants donated the work to the Museo del Prado in 1946, where it remains a popular exhibit at the gallery, despite doubts as to its origin. While being widely admired by art historians and the public alike, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux remains one of Goya's works that is infrequently discussed, perhaps because it is considered not as ambitious as his other works. Rosario was later a painter, and it is sometimes claimed that she may have been the creator of this work. However, when compared to her relatively amateur works in the Academia de San Fernando, it is generally considered highly unlikely. It has also been argued that Rosario was Goya's illegitimate daughter, but those claims are unsubstantiated, and it is highly unlikely, given that Leocadia was living with her husband at the time.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: Focus on The Milkmaid of Bordeaux and explain the Analysis.

While not his most famous painting, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux is considered a technical masterpiece and among his best work. This portrait features a young woman wrapped in a shawl that Goya had likely bought himself, as mentioned in a letter from Leandro Fernandez de Moratin to Juan Antonio Melón.  The work is his last portrait of a woman before his death. The Milkmaid of Bordeaux has been interpreted as an ode to youth by an old man in failing health.  Its brightness is such a departure in tone from his famous black paintings that it has been argued that Goya is not the artist of the painting, though this claim has little support.  The brushstrokes and colouring of the painting speak to Goya's mastery of technique.While in Bordeaux during the last years of his life, Goya made several drawings and paintings showing the daily life of ordinary people, some of which have been interpreted as a reflection of his faith in humanity, this work included. The portrait itself is of a young woman, presumably a milkmaid or peasant, appearing to sit in contemplation with her head lowered.   Her hair is partially covered in a scarf, a shawl wraps around her shoulders, and an apron sits on her lap. Beside the woman, on the bottom left of the painting, sits what appears to be a milk jug or container of some kind.  The sky in the background is just a blur of colours, and the position of the woman has been interpreted as implying that she is actually riding on a mule, though it, as well as her hands, are not visible in the painting.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: Explain the Analysis of this artwork, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux.

While not his most famous painting, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux is considered a technical masterpiece and among his best work. This portrait features a young woman wrapped in a shawl that Goya had likely bought himself, as mentioned in a letter from Leandro Fernandez de Moratin to Juan Antonio Melón.  The work is his last portrait of a woman before his death. The Milkmaid of Bordeaux has been interpreted as an ode to youth by an old man in failing health.  Its brightness is such a departure in tone from his famous black paintings that it has been argued that Goya is not the artist of the painting, though this claim has little support.  The brushstrokes and colouring of the painting speak to Goya's mastery of technique.While in Bordeaux during the last years of his life, Goya made several drawings and paintings showing the daily life of ordinary people, some of which have been interpreted as a reflection of his faith in humanity, this work included. The portrait itself is of a young woman, presumably a milkmaid or peasant, appearing to sit in contemplation with her head lowered.   Her hair is partially covered in a scarf, a shawl wraps around her shoulders, and an apron sits on her lap. Beside the woman, on the bottom left of the painting, sits what appears to be a milk jug or container of some kind.  The sky in the background is just a blur of colours, and the position of the woman has been interpreted as implying that she is actually riding on a mule, though it, as well as her hands, are not visible in the painting.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: How does The Milkmaid of Bordeaux explain its Analysis?

While not his most famous painting, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux is considered a technical masterpiece and among his best work. This portrait features a young woman wrapped in a shawl that Goya had likely bought himself, as mentioned in a letter from Leandro Fernandez de Moratin to Juan Antonio Melón.  The work is his last portrait of a woman before his death. The Milkmaid of Bordeaux has been interpreted as an ode to youth by an old man in failing health.  Its brightness is such a departure in tone from his famous black paintings that it has been argued that Goya is not the artist of the painting, though this claim has little support.  The brushstrokes and colouring of the painting speak to Goya's mastery of technique.While in Bordeaux during the last years of his life, Goya made several drawings and paintings showing the daily life of ordinary people, some of which have been interpreted as a reflection of his faith in humanity, this work included. The portrait itself is of a young woman, presumably a milkmaid or peasant, appearing to sit in contemplation with her head lowered.   Her hair is partially covered in a scarf, a shawl wraps around her shoulders, and an apron sits on her lap. Beside the woman, on the bottom left of the painting, sits what appears to be a milk jug or container of some kind.  The sky in the background is just a blur of colours, and the position of the woman has been interpreted as implying that she is actually riding on a mule, though it, as well as her hands, are not visible in the painting.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


The Milkmaid of Bordeaux

Prompt: In The Milkmaid of Bordeaux, how is the Analysis discussed?

While not his most famous painting, The Milkmaid of Bordeaux is considered a technical masterpiece and among his best work. This portrait features a young woman wrapped in a shawl that Goya had likely bought himself, as mentioned in a letter from Leandro Fernandez de Moratin to Juan Antonio Melón.  The work is his last portrait of a woman before his death. The Milkmaid of Bordeaux has been interpreted as an ode to youth by an old man in failing health.  Its brightness is such a departure in tone from his famous black paintings that it has been argued that Goya is not the artist of the painting, though this claim has little support.  The brushstrokes and colouring of the painting speak to Goya's mastery of technique.While in Bordeaux during the last years of his life, Goya made several drawings and paintings showing the daily life of ordinary people, some of which have been interpreted as a reflection of his faith in humanity, this work included. The portrait itself is of a young woman, presumably a milkmaid or peasant, appearing to sit in contemplation with her head lowered.   Her hair is partially covered in a scarf, a shawl wraps around her shoulders, and an apron sits on her lap. Beside the woman, on the bottom left of the painting, sits what appears to be a milk jug or container of some kind.  The sky in the background is just a blur of colours, and the position of the woman has been interpreted as implying that she is actually riding on a mule, though it, as well as her hands, are not visible in the painting.

Category:Paintings by Francisco Goya in the Museo del Prado


Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)

Prompt: Focus on Neptunbrunnen (Berlin) and explain the abstract.

The Neptune Fountain (German: Neptunbrunnen) in Berlin was built in 1891 and was designed by Reinhold Begas. The Roman god Neptune is in the center. The four women around him represent the four main rivers of Prussia at the time the fountain was constructed: the Elbe (with the allegorical figure holding fruits and ears of corn), Rhine (fishnet and grapes), Vistula (wooden blocks, symbols of forestry), and Oder (goats and animal skins). The Vistula is now entirely in Poland, while the Oder forms the border between Germany and Poland.The fountain was removed from its original location at the Schlossplatz in 1951, when the former Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace) there was demolished. Eventually, after being restored, the fountain was moved in 1969 to its present location between the St Mary's Church and the Rotes Rathaus.The diameter is 18 m (59 ft), the height is 10 m (33 ft).There was another well-known Neptunbrunnen in Breslau (nicknamed "Gabeljürge" or "Georgie Fork" by the locals), but it was destroyed during World War II and the city was later transferred to Poland.

Category:Allegorical sculptures in Germany

Neptunbrunnen with [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin

Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin


Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Neptunbrunnen (Berlin).

The Neptune Fountain (German: Neptunbrunnen) in Berlin was built in 1891 and was designed by Reinhold Begas. The Roman god Neptune is in the center. The four women around him represent the four main rivers of Prussia at the time the fountain was constructed: the Elbe (with the allegorical figure holding fruits and ears of corn), Rhine (fishnet and grapes), Vistula (wooden blocks, symbols of forestry), and Oder (goats and animal skins). The Vistula is now entirely in Poland, while the Oder forms the border between Germany and Poland.The fountain was removed from its original location at the Schlossplatz in 1951, when the former Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace) there was demolished. Eventually, after being restored, the fountain was moved in 1969 to its present location between the St Mary's Church and the Rotes Rathaus.The diameter is 18 m (59 ft), the height is 10 m (33 ft).There was another well-known Neptunbrunnen in Breslau (nicknamed "Gabeljürge" or "Georgie Fork" by the locals), but it was destroyed during World War II and the city was later transferred to Poland.

Category:Allegorical sculptures in Germany

Neptunbrunnen with [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin

Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin


Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)

Prompt: How does Neptunbrunnen (Berlin) explain its abstract?

The Neptune Fountain (German: Neptunbrunnen) in Berlin was built in 1891 and was designed by Reinhold Begas. The Roman god Neptune is in the center. The four women around him represent the four main rivers of Prussia at the time the fountain was constructed: the Elbe (with the allegorical figure holding fruits and ears of corn), Rhine (fishnet and grapes), Vistula (wooden blocks, symbols of forestry), and Oder (goats and animal skins). The Vistula is now entirely in Poland, while the Oder forms the border between Germany and Poland.The fountain was removed from its original location at the Schlossplatz in 1951, when the former Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace) there was demolished. Eventually, after being restored, the fountain was moved in 1969 to its present location between the St Mary's Church and the Rotes Rathaus.The diameter is 18 m (59 ft), the height is 10 m (33 ft).There was another well-known Neptunbrunnen in Breslau (nicknamed "Gabeljürge" or "Georgie Fork" by the locals), but it was destroyed during World War II and the city was later transferred to Poland.

Category:Allegorical sculptures in Germany

Neptunbrunnen with [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin

Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin


Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)

Prompt: In Neptunbrunnen (Berlin), how is the abstract discussed?

The Neptune Fountain (German: Neptunbrunnen) in Berlin was built in 1891 and was designed by Reinhold Begas. The Roman god Neptune is in the center. The four women around him represent the four main rivers of Prussia at the time the fountain was constructed: the Elbe (with the allegorical figure holding fruits and ears of corn), Rhine (fishnet and grapes), Vistula (wooden blocks, symbols of forestry), and Oder (goats and animal skins). The Vistula is now entirely in Poland, while the Oder forms the border between Germany and Poland.The fountain was removed from its original location at the Schlossplatz in 1951, when the former Berliner Schloss (Berlin Palace) there was demolished. Eventually, after being restored, the fountain was moved in 1969 to its present location between the St Mary's Church and the Rotes Rathaus.The diameter is 18 m (59 ft), the height is 10 m (33 ft).There was another well-known Neptunbrunnen in Breslau (nicknamed "Gabeljürge" or "Georgie Fork" by the locals), but it was destroyed during World War II and the city was later transferred to Poland.

Category:Allegorical sculptures in Germany

Neptunbrunnen with [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin

Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin


Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)

Prompt: Focus on Neptunbrunnen (Berlin) and explain the Events.

In 2013, a member of the Berlin Police Force shot an armed man before the fountain. The 31-year-old man was nude, holding a knife, and was believed to be mentally disturbed.

Category:Allegorical sculptures in Germany

Neptunbrunnen with [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin

Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin


Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)

Prompt: Explain the Events of this artwork, Neptunbrunnen (Berlin).

In 2013, a member of the Berlin Police Force shot an armed man before the fountain. The 31-year-old man was nude, holding a knife, and was believed to be mentally disturbed.

Category:Allegorical sculptures in Germany

Neptunbrunnen with [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin

Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin


Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)

Prompt: How does Neptunbrunnen (Berlin) explain its Events?

In 2013, a member of the Berlin Police Force shot an armed man before the fountain. The 31-year-old man was nude, holding a knife, and was believed to be mentally disturbed.

Category:Allegorical sculptures in Germany

Neptunbrunnen with [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin

Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin


Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)

Prompt: In Neptunbrunnen (Berlin), how is the Events discussed?

In 2013, a member of the Berlin Police Force shot an armed man before the fountain. The 31-year-old man was nude, holding a knife, and was believed to be mentally disturbed.

Category:Allegorical sculptures in Germany

Neptunbrunnen with [[St. Mary's Church, Berlin

Category:Buildings and structures in Berlin


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Focus on Tragic Prelude and explain the abstract.

Tragic Prelude is a mural painted by the American artist John Steuart Curry for the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. It is located on the east side of the second floor rotunda. On the north wall it depicts the abolitionist John Brown with a Bible in one hand, on which the Greek letters alpha and omega of Revelation 1:8 can be seen. In his other hand he holds a rifle, referred to as the "Beecher's Bibles". He is in front of Union and Confederate soldiers, living and dead, with a tornado and a prairie fire approaching. Emigrants with covered wagons travel from east to west.The "tragic prelude" is the Bleeding Kansas period of 1854–1860, seen as a prelude to or dress rehearsal for the Civil War, a period of which John Brown was at the center, fighting to prevent Kansas from being made a slave state. The term "tragic prelude" for this period of Kansas history is attributed by Curry to his champion, the newspaper editor William Allen White.However, the mural has other figures in addition to Brown, as it turns a corner and continues on another wall, making it difficult to photograph in its entirety. The three figures are rarely discussed as part of the work. Chronologically from right to left are the Franciscan missionary Fray Juan de Padilla and the conquistador Coronado, the first Europeans to visit the land that became Kansas, followed by a plainsman, who has just killed a buffalo.It is by far Curry's most famous work; the only work of his to have a book devoted to it.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Tragic Prelude.

Tragic Prelude is a mural painted by the American artist John Steuart Curry for the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. It is located on the east side of the second floor rotunda. On the north wall it depicts the abolitionist John Brown with a Bible in one hand, on which the Greek letters alpha and omega of Revelation 1:8 can be seen. In his other hand he holds a rifle, referred to as the "Beecher's Bibles". He is in front of Union and Confederate soldiers, living and dead, with a tornado and a prairie fire approaching. Emigrants with covered wagons travel from east to west.The "tragic prelude" is the Bleeding Kansas period of 1854–1860, seen as a prelude to or dress rehearsal for the Civil War, a period of which John Brown was at the center, fighting to prevent Kansas from being made a slave state. The term "tragic prelude" for this period of Kansas history is attributed by Curry to his champion, the newspaper editor William Allen White.However, the mural has other figures in addition to Brown, as it turns a corner and continues on another wall, making it difficult to photograph in its entirety. The three figures are rarely discussed as part of the work. Chronologically from right to left are the Franciscan missionary Fray Juan de Padilla and the conquistador Coronado, the first Europeans to visit the land that became Kansas, followed by a plainsman, who has just killed a buffalo.It is by far Curry's most famous work; the only work of his to have a book devoted to it.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: How does Tragic Prelude explain its abstract?

Tragic Prelude is a mural painted by the American artist John Steuart Curry for the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. It is located on the east side of the second floor rotunda. On the north wall it depicts the abolitionist John Brown with a Bible in one hand, on which the Greek letters alpha and omega of Revelation 1:8 can be seen. In his other hand he holds a rifle, referred to as the "Beecher's Bibles". He is in front of Union and Confederate soldiers, living and dead, with a tornado and a prairie fire approaching. Emigrants with covered wagons travel from east to west.The "tragic prelude" is the Bleeding Kansas period of 1854–1860, seen as a prelude to or dress rehearsal for the Civil War, a period of which John Brown was at the center, fighting to prevent Kansas from being made a slave state. The term "tragic prelude" for this period of Kansas history is attributed by Curry to his champion, the newspaper editor William Allen White.However, the mural has other figures in addition to Brown, as it turns a corner and continues on another wall, making it difficult to photograph in its entirety. The three figures are rarely discussed as part of the work. Chronologically from right to left are the Franciscan missionary Fray Juan de Padilla and the conquistador Coronado, the first Europeans to visit the land that became Kansas, followed by a plainsman, who has just killed a buffalo.It is by far Curry's most famous work; the only work of his to have a book devoted to it.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: In Tragic Prelude, how is the abstract discussed?

Tragic Prelude is a mural painted by the American artist John Steuart Curry for the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. It is located on the east side of the second floor rotunda. On the north wall it depicts the abolitionist John Brown with a Bible in one hand, on which the Greek letters alpha and omega of Revelation 1:8 can be seen. In his other hand he holds a rifle, referred to as the "Beecher's Bibles". He is in front of Union and Confederate soldiers, living and dead, with a tornado and a prairie fire approaching. Emigrants with covered wagons travel from east to west.The "tragic prelude" is the Bleeding Kansas period of 1854–1860, seen as a prelude to or dress rehearsal for the Civil War, a period of which John Brown was at the center, fighting to prevent Kansas from being made a slave state. The term "tragic prelude" for this period of Kansas history is attributed by Curry to his champion, the newspaper editor William Allen White.However, the mural has other figures in addition to Brown, as it turns a corner and continues on another wall, making it difficult to photograph in its entirety. The three figures are rarely discussed as part of the work. Chronologically from right to left are the Franciscan missionary Fray Juan de Padilla and the conquistador Coronado, the first Europeans to visit the land that became Kansas, followed by a plainsman, who has just killed a buffalo.It is by far Curry's most famous work; the only work of his to have a book devoted to it.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Focus on Tragic Prelude and explain the History.

Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White began the campaign to get Curry to paint murals for his native Kansas rather than Wisconsin (whose university offered him employment he could not find in Kansas). Other newspapers joined in, and the result was the Kansas Murals Commission. Chaired by Governor Walter Huxman, it was charged with choosing a Kansas artist or artists to create murals for the Capitol, as Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton had done in the Missouri State Capitol.: 37–39 Benton's very large mural was on the topic of, and titled, A Social History of Missouri. The Commission decided, not without some controversy, that in contrast with the Missouri Capitol, where Benton was one of several artists, Curry would be the sole artist to create murals for the Kansas Capitol, on the theme of Kansas history.: 37–39  No state money was involved; White led a fundraising campaign that easily succeeded in raising the money to hire Curry.: 39 Curry painted Tragic Prelude from 1937 to 1942, using egg tempera and oils. It is 11 feet 4 inches (350 cm) tall, and 31 feet (940 cm) long.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Explain the History of this artwork, Tragic Prelude.

Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White began the campaign to get Curry to paint murals for his native Kansas rather than Wisconsin (whose university offered him employment he could not find in Kansas). Other newspapers joined in, and the result was the Kansas Murals Commission. Chaired by Governor Walter Huxman, it was charged with choosing a Kansas artist or artists to create murals for the Capitol, as Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton had done in the Missouri State Capitol.: 37–39 Benton's very large mural was on the topic of, and titled, A Social History of Missouri. The Commission decided, not without some controversy, that in contrast with the Missouri Capitol, where Benton was one of several artists, Curry would be the sole artist to create murals for the Kansas Capitol, on the theme of Kansas history.: 37–39  No state money was involved; White led a fundraising campaign that easily succeeded in raising the money to hire Curry.: 39 Curry painted Tragic Prelude from 1937 to 1942, using egg tempera and oils. It is 11 feet 4 inches (350 cm) tall, and 31 feet (940 cm) long.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: How does Tragic Prelude explain its History?

Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White began the campaign to get Curry to paint murals for his native Kansas rather than Wisconsin (whose university offered him employment he could not find in Kansas). Other newspapers joined in, and the result was the Kansas Murals Commission. Chaired by Governor Walter Huxman, it was charged with choosing a Kansas artist or artists to create murals for the Capitol, as Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton had done in the Missouri State Capitol.: 37–39 Benton's very large mural was on the topic of, and titled, A Social History of Missouri. The Commission decided, not without some controversy, that in contrast with the Missouri Capitol, where Benton was one of several artists, Curry would be the sole artist to create murals for the Kansas Capitol, on the theme of Kansas history.: 37–39  No state money was involved; White led a fundraising campaign that easily succeeded in raising the money to hire Curry.: 39 Curry painted Tragic Prelude from 1937 to 1942, using egg tempera and oils. It is 11 feet 4 inches (350 cm) tall, and 31 feet (940 cm) long.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: In Tragic Prelude, how is the History discussed?

Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White began the campaign to get Curry to paint murals for his native Kansas rather than Wisconsin (whose university offered him employment he could not find in Kansas). Other newspapers joined in, and the result was the Kansas Murals Commission. Chaired by Governor Walter Huxman, it was charged with choosing a Kansas artist or artists to create murals for the Capitol, as Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton had done in the Missouri State Capitol.: 37–39 Benton's very large mural was on the topic of, and titled, A Social History of Missouri. The Commission decided, not without some controversy, that in contrast with the Missouri Capitol, where Benton was one of several artists, Curry would be the sole artist to create murals for the Kansas Capitol, on the theme of Kansas history.: 37–39  No state money was involved; White led a fundraising campaign that easily succeeded in raising the money to hire Curry.: 39 Curry painted Tragic Prelude from 1937 to 1942, using egg tempera and oils. It is 11 feet 4 inches (350 cm) tall, and 31 feet (940 cm) long.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Focus on Tragic Prelude and explain the Curry's description.

Curry later described the work as follows:Centered on the north wall (31′ x 11′6″ [9.4m x 3.5m]) is the gigantic figure of John Brown. In his outstretched left hand the word of God and in the right a “Beecher's Bible." Beside him facing each other are the contending free soil and pro-slavery forces. At their feet, two figures symbolic of the million and a half dead of the North and South. In this group is expressed the fratricidal fury that first flamed on the plains of Kansas, the Tragic Prelude to the last bloody feud of the English-speaking people. Back of this group are the pioneers and their wagons on the endless trek to the West, and back of all the tornado and the raging prairie fire, fitting symbols of the destruction of the coming Civil War.In a newspaper interview of 1939, he explained that "I wanted to paint him as a fanatic, for John Brown was a fanatic. He had the wild zeal of the extremist, the fanatic for his cause—and we had the Civil War, with its untold misery." Later, he wrote in a letter: "I think he is the prototype of a great many Kansans. Someone described a Kansan as one who went about wreaking good on humanity. This might be the kernel of my conception."

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Explain the Curry's description of this artwork, Tragic Prelude.

Curry later described the work as follows:Centered on the north wall (31′ x 11′6″ [9.4m x 3.5m]) is the gigantic figure of John Brown. In his outstretched left hand the word of God and in the right a “Beecher's Bible." Beside him facing each other are the contending free soil and pro-slavery forces. At their feet, two figures symbolic of the million and a half dead of the North and South. In this group is expressed the fratricidal fury that first flamed on the plains of Kansas, the Tragic Prelude to the last bloody feud of the English-speaking people. Back of this group are the pioneers and their wagons on the endless trek to the West, and back of all the tornado and the raging prairie fire, fitting symbols of the destruction of the coming Civil War.In a newspaper interview of 1939, he explained that "I wanted to paint him as a fanatic, for John Brown was a fanatic. He had the wild zeal of the extremist, the fanatic for his cause—and we had the Civil War, with its untold misery." Later, he wrote in a letter: "I think he is the prototype of a great many Kansans. Someone described a Kansan as one who went about wreaking good on humanity. This might be the kernel of my conception."

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: How does Tragic Prelude explain its Curry's description?

Curry later described the work as follows:Centered on the north wall (31′ x 11′6″ [9.4m x 3.5m]) is the gigantic figure of John Brown. In his outstretched left hand the word of God and in the right a “Beecher's Bible." Beside him facing each other are the contending free soil and pro-slavery forces. At their feet, two figures symbolic of the million and a half dead of the North and South. In this group is expressed the fratricidal fury that first flamed on the plains of Kansas, the Tragic Prelude to the last bloody feud of the English-speaking people. Back of this group are the pioneers and their wagons on the endless trek to the West, and back of all the tornado and the raging prairie fire, fitting symbols of the destruction of the coming Civil War.In a newspaper interview of 1939, he explained that "I wanted to paint him as a fanatic, for John Brown was a fanatic. He had the wild zeal of the extremist, the fanatic for his cause—and we had the Civil War, with its untold misery." Later, he wrote in a letter: "I think he is the prototype of a great many Kansans. Someone described a Kansan as one who went about wreaking good on humanity. This might be the kernel of my conception."

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: In Tragic Prelude, how is the Curry's description discussed?

Curry later described the work as follows:Centered on the north wall (31′ x 11′6″ [9.4m x 3.5m]) is the gigantic figure of John Brown. In his outstretched left hand the word of God and in the right a “Beecher's Bible." Beside him facing each other are the contending free soil and pro-slavery forces. At their feet, two figures symbolic of the million and a half dead of the North and South. In this group is expressed the fratricidal fury that first flamed on the plains of Kansas, the Tragic Prelude to the last bloody feud of the English-speaking people. Back of this group are the pioneers and their wagons on the endless trek to the West, and back of all the tornado and the raging prairie fire, fitting symbols of the destruction of the coming Civil War.In a newspaper interview of 1939, he explained that "I wanted to paint him as a fanatic, for John Brown was a fanatic. He had the wild zeal of the extremist, the fanatic for his cause—and we had the Civil War, with its untold misery." Later, he wrote in a letter: "I think he is the prototype of a great many Kansans. Someone described a Kansan as one who went about wreaking good on humanity. This might be the kernel of my conception."

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Focus on Tragic Prelude and explain the Rejection of Tragic Prelude.

The Kansas Legislature rejected the mural and refused to hang it in the Capitol as planned. Curry left Kansas in disgust, abandoning the rest of his Capitol project, and did not sign this or the other completed work, Kansas Pastoral, because he considered the project incomplete. It was hung in the Capitol after his death. His planned first-floor rotunda panels never got beyond preliminary sketches. Much to the displeasure of some Kansans, and reflecting the views of agronomists at his employer, the Agricultural College of the University of Wisconsin, one panel blamed poor farming practices for the erosion and dust storms of the 1930s.: 124

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Explain the Rejection of Tragic Prelude of this artwork, Tragic Prelude.

The Kansas Legislature rejected the mural and refused to hang it in the Capitol as planned. Curry left Kansas in disgust, abandoning the rest of his Capitol project, and did not sign this or the other completed work, Kansas Pastoral, because he considered the project incomplete. It was hung in the Capitol after his death. His planned first-floor rotunda panels never got beyond preliminary sketches. Much to the displeasure of some Kansans, and reflecting the views of agronomists at his employer, the Agricultural College of the University of Wisconsin, one panel blamed poor farming practices for the erosion and dust storms of the 1930s.: 124

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: How does Tragic Prelude explain its Rejection of Tragic Prelude?

The Kansas Legislature rejected the mural and refused to hang it in the Capitol as planned. Curry left Kansas in disgust, abandoning the rest of his Capitol project, and did not sign this or the other completed work, Kansas Pastoral, because he considered the project incomplete. It was hung in the Capitol after his death. His planned first-floor rotunda panels never got beyond preliminary sketches. Much to the displeasure of some Kansans, and reflecting the views of agronomists at his employer, the Agricultural College of the University of Wisconsin, one panel blamed poor farming practices for the erosion and dust storms of the 1930s.: 124

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: In Tragic Prelude, how is the Rejection of Tragic Prelude discussed?

The Kansas Legislature rejected the mural and refused to hang it in the Capitol as planned. Curry left Kansas in disgust, abandoning the rest of his Capitol project, and did not sign this or the other completed work, Kansas Pastoral, because he considered the project incomplete. It was hung in the Capitol after his death. His planned first-floor rotunda panels never got beyond preliminary sketches. Much to the displeasure of some Kansans, and reflecting the views of agronomists at his employer, the Agricultural College of the University of Wisconsin, one panel blamed poor farming practices for the erosion and dust storms of the 1930s.: 124

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Focus on Tragic Prelude and explain the Archival material.

A study for the mural is in the Spencer Museum.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Explain the Archival material of this artwork, Tragic Prelude.

A study for the mural is in the Spencer Museum.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: How does Tragic Prelude explain its Archival material?

A study for the mural is in the Spencer Museum.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: In Tragic Prelude, how is the Archival material discussed?

A study for the mural is in the Spencer Museum.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Focus on Tragic Prelude and explain the In popular culture.

The image was used as the album cover of Kansas (1974), the debut album of the rock band Kansas.Poster recreations and T-shirts were made every year for the annual "Border War" between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: Explain the In popular culture of this artwork, Tragic Prelude.

The image was used as the album cover of Kansas (1974), the debut album of the rock band Kansas.Poster recreations and T-shirts were made every year for the annual "Border War" between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: How does Tragic Prelude explain its In popular culture?

The image was used as the album cover of Kansas (1974), the debut album of the rock band Kansas.Poster recreations and T-shirts were made every year for the annual "Border War" between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Tragic Prelude

Prompt: In Tragic Prelude, how is the In popular culture discussed?

The image was used as the album cover of Kansas (1974), the debut album of the rock band Kansas.Poster recreations and T-shirts were made every year for the annual "Border War" between the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri.

Category:Monuments and memorials to John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Trump Welcome Parties in Greensboro (37312324720).jpg

Category:Cultural depictions of John Brown (abolitionist)

File:Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (left) and U.S. Secretary of Education --Arne Duncan observe a mural at the Kansas State Capitol in 2012.jpg

Category:Paintings by John Steuart Curry

''Tragic Prelude'' appears on an anti-fascist sign, Greensboro, NC, 2017.


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: Focus on Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo) and explain the abstract.

The Sleeping Cupid is a now-lost sculpture created by Renaissance artist Michelangelo, which he artificially aged to make it look like an antique on the advice of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco in order to sell for a higher price. It was this sculpture which first brought him to the attention of patrons in Rome.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo).

The Sleeping Cupid is a now-lost sculpture created by Renaissance artist Michelangelo, which he artificially aged to make it look like an antique on the advice of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco in order to sell for a higher price. It was this sculpture which first brought him to the attention of patrons in Rome.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: How does Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo) explain its abstract?

The Sleeping Cupid is a now-lost sculpture created by Renaissance artist Michelangelo, which he artificially aged to make it look like an antique on the advice of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco in order to sell for a higher price. It was this sculpture which first brought him to the attention of patrons in Rome.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: In Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo), how is the abstract discussed?

The Sleeping Cupid is a now-lost sculpture created by Renaissance artist Michelangelo, which he artificially aged to make it look like an antique on the advice of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco in order to sell for a higher price. It was this sculpture which first brought him to the attention of patrons in Rome.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: Focus on Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo) and explain the Creation.

Michelangelo began working on his sleeping cupid in 1495, in Florence, Italy. It was never said by Michelangelo as to why he carved a sculpture of a cupid, but it is known that he studied a sculpture in the Medici Gardens that contained a sleeping cupid. Michelangelo's work was described by Ascanio Condivi, Italian Painter, as, "a god of love, aged six or seven years old and asleep".

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: Explain the Creation of this artwork, Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo).

Michelangelo began working on his sleeping cupid in 1495, in Florence, Italy. It was never said by Michelangelo as to why he carved a sculpture of a cupid, but it is known that he studied a sculpture in the Medici Gardens that contained a sleeping cupid. Michelangelo's work was described by Ascanio Condivi, Italian Painter, as, "a god of love, aged six or seven years old and asleep".

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: How does Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo) explain its Creation?

Michelangelo began working on his sleeping cupid in 1495, in Florence, Italy. It was never said by Michelangelo as to why he carved a sculpture of a cupid, but it is known that he studied a sculpture in the Medici Gardens that contained a sleeping cupid. Michelangelo's work was described by Ascanio Condivi, Italian Painter, as, "a god of love, aged six or seven years old and asleep".

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: In Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo), how is the Creation discussed?

Michelangelo began working on his sleeping cupid in 1495, in Florence, Italy. It was never said by Michelangelo as to why he carved a sculpture of a cupid, but it is known that he studied a sculpture in the Medici Gardens that contained a sleeping cupid. Michelangelo's work was described by Ascanio Condivi, Italian Painter, as, "a god of love, aged six or seven years old and asleep".

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: Focus on Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo) and explain the Description.

Michelangelo created the sculpture and then passed it onto a dealer, Baldassare del Milanese. Eventually the sleeping cupid was bought by Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio, controversy arose when he discovered the statue was falsely aged and demanded his money back. However, Michelangelo was permitted to keep his share of the money. When Michelangelo offered to take the sculpture back from Baldassare when he learned how much money he made off of selling it, Baldassare refused, saying, "he would rather break it into a hundred pieces; he had bought the child, and it was his property". The Sleeping Cupid was a significant work in establishing the reputation of the young Michelangelo, who was 21 at the time. The sculpture was later donated by Cesare Borgia to Isabella d'Este, and was probably collected by Charles I of England when all the Gonzaga collections were bought and taken to London in the seventeenth century. It was previously impossible to attempt to identify Michelangelo's cupid, until Paul Norton's proposal that Michelangelo's work may be in the Album of Busts and Statues in Whitehall. This led to one of the cupids on the album to be thought to be Michelangelo's lost cupid, as the description matches quite well. But it is still unknown if this is the exact one Michelangelo created, as there is no record the statue after the original sale.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: Explain the Description of this artwork, Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo).

Michelangelo created the sculpture and then passed it onto a dealer, Baldassare del Milanese. Eventually the sleeping cupid was bought by Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio, controversy arose when he discovered the statue was falsely aged and demanded his money back. However, Michelangelo was permitted to keep his share of the money. When Michelangelo offered to take the sculpture back from Baldassare when he learned how much money he made off of selling it, Baldassare refused, saying, "he would rather break it into a hundred pieces; he had bought the child, and it was his property". The Sleeping Cupid was a significant work in establishing the reputation of the young Michelangelo, who was 21 at the time. The sculpture was later donated by Cesare Borgia to Isabella d'Este, and was probably collected by Charles I of England when all the Gonzaga collections were bought and taken to London in the seventeenth century. It was previously impossible to attempt to identify Michelangelo's cupid, until Paul Norton's proposal that Michelangelo's work may be in the Album of Busts and Statues in Whitehall. This led to one of the cupids on the album to be thought to be Michelangelo's lost cupid, as the description matches quite well. But it is still unknown if this is the exact one Michelangelo created, as there is no record the statue after the original sale.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: How does Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo) explain its Description?

Michelangelo created the sculpture and then passed it onto a dealer, Baldassare del Milanese. Eventually the sleeping cupid was bought by Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio, controversy arose when he discovered the statue was falsely aged and demanded his money back. However, Michelangelo was permitted to keep his share of the money. When Michelangelo offered to take the sculpture back from Baldassare when he learned how much money he made off of selling it, Baldassare refused, saying, "he would rather break it into a hundred pieces; he had bought the child, and it was his property". The Sleeping Cupid was a significant work in establishing the reputation of the young Michelangelo, who was 21 at the time. The sculpture was later donated by Cesare Borgia to Isabella d'Este, and was probably collected by Charles I of England when all the Gonzaga collections were bought and taken to London in the seventeenth century. It was previously impossible to attempt to identify Michelangelo's cupid, until Paul Norton's proposal that Michelangelo's work may be in the Album of Busts and Statues in Whitehall. This led to one of the cupids on the album to be thought to be Michelangelo's lost cupid, as the description matches quite well. But it is still unknown if this is the exact one Michelangelo created, as there is no record the statue after the original sale.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: In Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo), how is the Description discussed?

Michelangelo created the sculpture and then passed it onto a dealer, Baldassare del Milanese. Eventually the sleeping cupid was bought by Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio, controversy arose when he discovered the statue was falsely aged and demanded his money back. However, Michelangelo was permitted to keep his share of the money. When Michelangelo offered to take the sculpture back from Baldassare when he learned how much money he made off of selling it, Baldassare refused, saying, "he would rather break it into a hundred pieces; he had bought the child, and it was his property". The Sleeping Cupid was a significant work in establishing the reputation of the young Michelangelo, who was 21 at the time. The sculpture was later donated by Cesare Borgia to Isabella d'Este, and was probably collected by Charles I of England when all the Gonzaga collections were bought and taken to London in the seventeenth century. It was previously impossible to attempt to identify Michelangelo's cupid, until Paul Norton's proposal that Michelangelo's work may be in the Album of Busts and Statues in Whitehall. This led to one of the cupids on the album to be thought to be Michelangelo's lost cupid, as the description matches quite well. But it is still unknown if this is the exact one Michelangelo created, as there is no record the statue after the original sale.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: Focus on Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo) and explain the Destruction.

In 1698, the Sleeping Cupid was most likely destroyed in the great fire in the Palace of Whitehall, London along with many other fine works of art. It is unknown what happened to the sculpture.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: Explain the Destruction of this artwork, Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo).

In 1698, the Sleeping Cupid was most likely destroyed in the great fire in the Palace of Whitehall, London along with many other fine works of art. It is unknown what happened to the sculpture.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: How does Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo) explain its Destruction?

In 1698, the Sleeping Cupid was most likely destroyed in the great fire in the Palace of Whitehall, London along with many other fine works of art. It is unknown what happened to the sculpture.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo)

Prompt: In Sleeping Cupid (Michelangelo), how is the Destruction discussed?

In 1698, the Sleeping Cupid was most likely destroyed in the great fire in the Palace of Whitehall, London along with many other fine works of art. It is unknown what happened to the sculpture.

Category:Charles I of England
Raffaele Riario
National Gallery, London
Yale University Press
Michelangelo
Medici Gardens
London
Bacchus (Michelangelo)
Category:1496 sculptures
Category:Gonzaga art collection
Category:Lost sculptures
Category:Cesare Borgia
House of Gonzaga
List of works by Michelangelo
Giulio Romano (painter)
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco
Category:Sculptures of Cupid
Charles I of England
Giulio Romano
Gonzaga
Category:European sculpture
Category:Sculpture forgeries
Rome
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici
Palace of Whitehall
Isabella d'Este
Angel (Michelangelo)
Cupid
Category:Michelangelo
Category:Sculptures by Michelangelo
Medici villas
Ascanio Condivi
Cardinal Riario of San Giorgio
Florence, Italy
Cesare Borgia
cupid
Florence


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: Focus on Flying Horse of Gansu and explain the abstract.

The Flying Horse of Gansu, also known as the Bronze Running Horse (銅奔馬) or the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (馬踏飛燕), is a Chinese bronze sculpture from circa the 2nd century CE. Discovered in 1969 near the city of Wuwei, in the province of Gansu, it is now in the Gansu Provincial Museum. "Perfectly balanced," says one authority, "on the one hoof which rests without pressure on a flying swallow, it is a remarkable example of three-dimensional form and of animal portraiture with the head vividly expressing mettlesome vigor."

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Flying Horse of Gansu.

The Flying Horse of Gansu, also known as the Bronze Running Horse (銅奔馬) or the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (馬踏飛燕), is a Chinese bronze sculpture from circa the 2nd century CE. Discovered in 1969 near the city of Wuwei, in the province of Gansu, it is now in the Gansu Provincial Museum. "Perfectly balanced," says one authority, "on the one hoof which rests without pressure on a flying swallow, it is a remarkable example of three-dimensional form and of animal portraiture with the head vividly expressing mettlesome vigor."

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: How does Flying Horse of Gansu explain its abstract?

The Flying Horse of Gansu, also known as the Bronze Running Horse (銅奔馬) or the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (馬踏飛燕), is a Chinese bronze sculpture from circa the 2nd century CE. Discovered in 1969 near the city of Wuwei, in the province of Gansu, it is now in the Gansu Provincial Museum. "Perfectly balanced," says one authority, "on the one hoof which rests without pressure on a flying swallow, it is a remarkable example of three-dimensional form and of animal portraiture with the head vividly expressing mettlesome vigor."

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: In Flying Horse of Gansu, how is the abstract discussed?

The Flying Horse of Gansu, also known as the Bronze Running Horse (銅奔馬) or the Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow (馬踏飛燕), is a Chinese bronze sculpture from circa the 2nd century CE. Discovered in 1969 near the city of Wuwei, in the province of Gansu, it is now in the Gansu Provincial Museum. "Perfectly balanced," says one authority, "on the one hoof which rests without pressure on a flying swallow, it is a remarkable example of three-dimensional form and of animal portraiture with the head vividly expressing mettlesome vigor."

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: Focus on Flying Horse of Gansu and explain the Description.

The statue is made from bronze. It is 34.5 cm in height, 45 cm in length, and 13.1 cm in width.

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: Explain the Description of this artwork, Flying Horse of Gansu.

The statue is made from bronze. It is 34.5 cm in height, 45 cm in length, and 13.1 cm in width.

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: How does Flying Horse of Gansu explain its Description?

The statue is made from bronze. It is 34.5 cm in height, 45 cm in length, and 13.1 cm in width.

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: In Flying Horse of Gansu, how is the Description discussed?

The statue is made from bronze. It is 34.5 cm in height, 45 cm in length, and 13.1 cm in width.

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: Focus on Flying Horse of Gansu and explain the Discovery and world fame.

The Flying Horse of Gansu was discovered in 1969. It was unearthed from a Han tomb at Leitai in Wuwei. The tomb belonged to General Zhang of Zhangye.The discovery was made by a team of locals who had been told to dig air-raid shelters in the case of an imminent war with the Soviet Union. During the excavations, they found a chamber under a monastery which held a group of over 200 bronze figurines of men, horses, and chariots, which they put in plastic bags and took home.They later realized the importance of their find and reported it to provincial authorities. Professional archaeologists then took up the excavations. They discovered a three-chambered tomb which had apparently been entered by looters soon after the original burial some 2,000 years earlier. The looters had not, however, entered the chamber in  which the bronzes were found. The archaeologists determined that the opulent tomb was that of a Han dynasty army general who had been given the important task of maintaining imperial frontier defenses. They took the bronzes to the museum in Lanzhou.In Lanzhou, the group of bronzes was observed by Guo Moruo, China's elder statesman of archaeology and history, who was conducting Cambodian Prince Sihanouk on a tour of China. Guo was struck by the beauty of the horse and selected it for national and international exhibition.The horse in the bronze is a breed brought back from Fergana by a punitive expedition sent by Emperor Han Wudi in 104 BCE. These "celestial horses" were highly prized as marks of status.Although scholars pointed out that the bird was not in fact a swallow, the piece was exhibited in many countries in the 1970s as "Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow."In 2002, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China included the Gansu Flying Horse  in the inaugural list of 64 grade-one cultural relics that are forbidden to be taken out of mainland China for exhibition.A copy of the sculpture was donated to the city of Lexington, Kentucky, US, on June 15, 2000, by the City of Xi'an, China and Hao Bao Zhu, President, Five Rings International.

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: Explain the Discovery and world fame of this artwork, Flying Horse of Gansu.

The Flying Horse of Gansu was discovered in 1969. It was unearthed from a Han tomb at Leitai in Wuwei. The tomb belonged to General Zhang of Zhangye.The discovery was made by a team of locals who had been told to dig air-raid shelters in the case of an imminent war with the Soviet Union. During the excavations, they found a chamber under a monastery which held a group of over 200 bronze figurines of men, horses, and chariots, which they put in plastic bags and took home.They later realized the importance of their find and reported it to provincial authorities. Professional archaeologists then took up the excavations. They discovered a three-chambered tomb which had apparently been entered by looters soon after the original burial some 2,000 years earlier. The looters had not, however, entered the chamber in  which the bronzes were found. The archaeologists determined that the opulent tomb was that of a Han dynasty army general who had been given the important task of maintaining imperial frontier defenses. They took the bronzes to the museum in Lanzhou.In Lanzhou, the group of bronzes was observed by Guo Moruo, China's elder statesman of archaeology and history, who was conducting Cambodian Prince Sihanouk on a tour of China. Guo was struck by the beauty of the horse and selected it for national and international exhibition.The horse in the bronze is a breed brought back from Fergana by a punitive expedition sent by Emperor Han Wudi in 104 BCE. These "celestial horses" were highly prized as marks of status.Although scholars pointed out that the bird was not in fact a swallow, the piece was exhibited in many countries in the 1970s as "Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow."In 2002, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China included the Gansu Flying Horse  in the inaugural list of 64 grade-one cultural relics that are forbidden to be taken out of mainland China for exhibition.A copy of the sculpture was donated to the city of Lexington, Kentucky, US, on June 15, 2000, by the City of Xi'an, China and Hao Bao Zhu, President, Five Rings International.

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: How does Flying Horse of Gansu explain its Discovery and world fame?

The Flying Horse of Gansu was discovered in 1969. It was unearthed from a Han tomb at Leitai in Wuwei. The tomb belonged to General Zhang of Zhangye.The discovery was made by a team of locals who had been told to dig air-raid shelters in the case of an imminent war with the Soviet Union. During the excavations, they found a chamber under a monastery which held a group of over 200 bronze figurines of men, horses, and chariots, which they put in plastic bags and took home.They later realized the importance of their find and reported it to provincial authorities. Professional archaeologists then took up the excavations. They discovered a three-chambered tomb which had apparently been entered by looters soon after the original burial some 2,000 years earlier. The looters had not, however, entered the chamber in  which the bronzes were found. The archaeologists determined that the opulent tomb was that of a Han dynasty army general who had been given the important task of maintaining imperial frontier defenses. They took the bronzes to the museum in Lanzhou.In Lanzhou, the group of bronzes was observed by Guo Moruo, China's elder statesman of archaeology and history, who was conducting Cambodian Prince Sihanouk on a tour of China. Guo was struck by the beauty of the horse and selected it for national and international exhibition.The horse in the bronze is a breed brought back from Fergana by a punitive expedition sent by Emperor Han Wudi in 104 BCE. These "celestial horses" were highly prized as marks of status.Although scholars pointed out that the bird was not in fact a swallow, the piece was exhibited in many countries in the 1970s as "Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow."In 2002, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China included the Gansu Flying Horse  in the inaugural list of 64 grade-one cultural relics that are forbidden to be taken out of mainland China for exhibition.A copy of the sculpture was donated to the city of Lexington, Kentucky, US, on June 15, 2000, by the City of Xi'an, China and Hao Bao Zhu, President, Five Rings International.

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

Detail of the foot and swallow (replica)

Flying Horse of Gansu replica in Lexington Kentucky USA


Flying Horse of Gansu

Prompt: In Flying Horse of Gansu, how is the Discovery and world fame discussed?

The Flying Horse of Gansu was discovered in 1969. It was unearthed from a Han tomb at Leitai in Wuwei. The tomb belonged to General Zhang of Zhangye.The discovery was made by a team of locals who had been told to dig air-raid shelters in the case of an imminent war with the Soviet Union. During the excavations, they found a chamber under a monastery which held a group of over 200 bronze figurines of men, horses, and chariots, which they put in plastic bags and took home.They later realized the importance of their find and reported it to provincial authorities. Professional archaeologists then took up the excavations. They discovered a three-chambered tomb which had apparently been entered by looters soon after the original burial some 2,000 years earlier. The looters had not, however, entered the chamber in  which the bronzes were found. The archaeologists determined that the opulent tomb was that of a Han dynasty army general who had been given the important task of maintaining imperial frontier defenses. They took the bronzes to the museum in Lanzhou.In Lanzhou, the group of bronzes was observed by Guo Moruo, China's elder statesman of archaeology and history, who was conducting Cambodian Prince Sihanouk on a tour of China. Guo was struck by the beauty of the horse and selected it for national and international exhibition.The horse in the bronze is a breed brought back from Fergana by a punitive expedition sent by Emperor Han Wudi in 104 BCE. These "celestial horses" were highly prized as marks of status.Although scholars pointed out that the bird was not in fact a swallow, the piece was exhibited in many countries in the 1970s as "Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow."In 2002, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China included the Gansu Flying Horse  in the inaugural list of 64 grade-one cultural relics that are forbidden to be taken out of mainland China for exhibition.A copy of the sculpture was donated to the city of Lexington, Kentucky, US, on June 15, 2000, by the City of Xi'an, China and Hao Bao Zhu, President, Five Rings International.

A copy of the sculpture is located on the front square of [[Lanzhou railway station

File:Lanzhou Railway Station 2011 - panoramio.jpg

List of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad

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National Monument at Vítkov

Prompt: Focus on National Monument at Vítkov and explain the abstract.

The National Monument at Vítkov (Czech: Národní památník na Vítkově) on top of Vítkov Hill in Prague's Žižkov district is one of the most important buildings related to the development of Czechoslovak/Czech statehood.It includes the third-largest bronze rider statue in the world, of Jan Žižka, who defeated the Catholic forces led by King Sigismund in 1420 at the Battle of Vítkov Hill. The Monument also includes the Ceremonial Hall, an exhibition entitled Crossroads of Czech and Czechoslovak Statehood, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and other exhibition halls.The Monument was built from 1928 to 1938 in honor of the World War I Czechoslovak legionaries. After 1948, it was used to promote the communist regime. Between 1954 and 1962, it housed the mausoleum of Klement Gottwald. In 2000, the monument was acquired by the National Museum, which conducted a major restoration work. After over two years of reconstruction, the Memorial was opened to the public on 29 October 2009.

Category:Collection of the National Museum in Prague

Category:20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic

Category:Mausoleums in the Czech Republic

Category:Buildings and structures in Prague

Category:Monuments and memorials in Prague

Category:Cultural depictions of Jan Žižka

Category:1933 establishments in Czechoslovakia


National Monument at Vítkov

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, National Monument at Vítkov.

The National Monument at Vítkov (Czech: Národní památník na Vítkově) on top of Vítkov Hill in Prague's Žižkov district is one of the most important buildings related to the development of Czechoslovak/Czech statehood.It includes the third-largest bronze rider statue in the world, of Jan Žižka, who defeated the Catholic forces led by King Sigismund in 1420 at the Battle of Vítkov Hill. The Monument also includes the Ceremonial Hall, an exhibition entitled Crossroads of Czech and Czechoslovak Statehood, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and other exhibition halls.The Monument was built from 1928 to 1938 in honor of the World War I Czechoslovak legionaries. After 1948, it was used to promote the communist regime. Between 1954 and 1962, it housed the mausoleum of Klement Gottwald. In 2000, the monument was acquired by the National Museum, which conducted a major restoration work. After over two years of reconstruction, the Memorial was opened to the public on 29 October 2009.

Category:Collection of the National Museum in Prague

Category:20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic

Category:Mausoleums in the Czech Republic

Category:Buildings and structures in Prague

Category:Monuments and memorials in Prague

Category:Cultural depictions of Jan Žižka

Category:1933 establishments in Czechoslovakia


National Monument at Vítkov

Prompt: How does National Monument at Vítkov explain its abstract?

The National Monument at Vítkov (Czech: Národní památník na Vítkově) on top of Vítkov Hill in Prague's Žižkov district is one of the most important buildings related to the development of Czechoslovak/Czech statehood.It includes the third-largest bronze rider statue in the world, of Jan Žižka, who defeated the Catholic forces led by King Sigismund in 1420 at the Battle of Vítkov Hill. The Monument also includes the Ceremonial Hall, an exhibition entitled Crossroads of Czech and Czechoslovak Statehood, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and other exhibition halls.The Monument was built from 1928 to 1938 in honor of the World War I Czechoslovak legionaries. After 1948, it was used to promote the communist regime. Between 1954 and 1962, it housed the mausoleum of Klement Gottwald. In 2000, the monument was acquired by the National Museum, which conducted a major restoration work. After over two years of reconstruction, the Memorial was opened to the public on 29 October 2009.

Category:Collection of the National Museum in Prague

Category:20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic

Category:Mausoleums in the Czech Republic

Category:Buildings and structures in Prague

Category:Monuments and memorials in Prague

Category:Cultural depictions of Jan Žižka

Category:1933 establishments in Czechoslovakia


National Monument at Vítkov

Prompt: In National Monument at Vítkov, how is the abstract discussed?

The National Monument at Vítkov (Czech: Národní památník na Vítkově) on top of Vítkov Hill in Prague's Žižkov district is one of the most important buildings related to the development of Czechoslovak/Czech statehood.It includes the third-largest bronze rider statue in the world, of Jan Žižka, who defeated the Catholic forces led by King Sigismund in 1420 at the Battle of Vítkov Hill. The Monument also includes the Ceremonial Hall, an exhibition entitled Crossroads of Czech and Czechoslovak Statehood, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and other exhibition halls.The Monument was built from 1928 to 1938 in honor of the World War I Czechoslovak legionaries. After 1948, it was used to promote the communist regime. Between 1954 and 1962, it housed the mausoleum of Klement Gottwald. In 2000, the monument was acquired by the National Museum, which conducted a major restoration work. After over two years of reconstruction, the Memorial was opened to the public on 29 October 2009.

Category:Collection of the National Museum in Prague

Category:20th-century architecture in the Czech Republic

Category:Mausoleums in the Czech Republic

Category:Buildings and structures in Prague

Category:Monuments and memorials in Prague

Category:Cultural depictions of Jan Žižka

Category:1933 establishments in Czechoslovakia