Fishing (Carracci)

Prompt: How does Fishing (Carracci) explain its History?

The painting and its companion, Hunting, were included in Charles Le Brun's inventory in 1683, and in November 1695 they were in the apartments of King Louis XIV's younger brother. It was no doubt for this purpose that they were given two sumptuous gilt frames, each with attributes suited to the subject of the painting - among the finest examples of the art of frame-making in the time of Louis XIV. In 1955, when the varnish was being cleaned, the 19th century gilding covering the original gilding was removed - a task of some magnitude which was carried out by the French firm of Lebrun.This work, together with its companion, date from Carracci's Bolognese period, before he left for Rome in 1595 to paint at the Galleria Farnese. At this time he was extremely interested in landscape, and his experiments are a foreshadowing of Poussin's classical compositions; but in these pictures he is exploring in a different direction, in the tradition of the Bassani, a family of painters whose studios continued to turn out landscapes which were prized all over Europe. His interest was the countryside. Without any religious theme as pretext, he painted two pure landscapes whose true subjects are the forest and the river, motivated by the themes of hunting and fishing. Therefore, Carracci was able to show nature animated with the life of the aristocracy and of ordinary people. The composition follows the visual device of division into compartments.Together with the Galleria Farnese, the two thematic paintings are Carracci's greatest masterpieces, and have always been much admired by artists. Manet found inspiration in the Fishing, and the Hunting has been copied by Matisse, Edvard Munch and Rouault.

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Category:Paintings in the Louvre by Italian artists


Fishing (Carracci)

Prompt: In Fishing (Carracci), how is the History discussed?

The painting and its companion, Hunting, were included in Charles Le Brun's inventory in 1683, and in November 1695 they were in the apartments of King Louis XIV's younger brother. It was no doubt for this purpose that they were given two sumptuous gilt frames, each with attributes suited to the subject of the painting - among the finest examples of the art of frame-making in the time of Louis XIV. In 1955, when the varnish was being cleaned, the 19th century gilding covering the original gilding was removed - a task of some magnitude which was carried out by the French firm of Lebrun.This work, together with its companion, date from Carracci's Bolognese period, before he left for Rome in 1595 to paint at the Galleria Farnese. At this time he was extremely interested in landscape, and his experiments are a foreshadowing of Poussin's classical compositions; but in these pictures he is exploring in a different direction, in the tradition of the Bassani, a family of painters whose studios continued to turn out landscapes which were prized all over Europe. His interest was the countryside. Without any religious theme as pretext, he painted two pure landscapes whose true subjects are the forest and the river, motivated by the themes of hunting and fishing. Therefore, Carracci was able to show nature animated with the life of the aristocracy and of ordinary people. The composition follows the visual device of division into compartments.Together with the Galleria Farnese, the two thematic paintings are Carracci's greatest masterpieces, and have always been much admired by artists. Manet found inspiration in the Fishing, and the Hunting has been copied by Matisse, Edvard Munch and Rouault.

Image:Annibale Carracci - Hunting - WGA04417.jpg

Category:Paintings in the Louvre by Italian artists


Prompt: Focus on Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen and explain the abstract.

Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted c. 1622 and now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The couple has been identified as Isaac Massa and his bride Beatrix van der Laen.

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Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen.

Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted c. 1622 and now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The couple has been identified as Isaac Massa and his bride Beatrix van der Laen.

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Prompt: How does Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen explain its abstract?

Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted c. 1622 and now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The couple has been identified as Isaac Massa and his bride Beatrix van der Laen.

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Prompt: In Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, how is the abstract discussed?

Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted c. 1622 and now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The couple has been identified as Isaac Massa and his bride Beatrix van der Laen.

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Prompt: Focus on Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen and explain the Painting.

The painting shows a happy couple sitting against a tree "picnic-style", with a garden scene in the distance. They smile at the viewer and look more relaxed than amorous.

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Prompt: Explain the Painting of this artwork, Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen.

The painting shows a happy couple sitting against a tree "picnic-style", with a garden scene in the distance. They smile at the viewer and look more relaxed than amorous.

File:2021 Portret van een stel, Muurschildering Haarlemmerstraat 141.jpg


Prompt: How does Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen explain its Painting?

The painting shows a happy couple sitting against a tree "picnic-style", with a garden scene in the distance. They smile at the viewer and look more relaxed than amorous.

File:2021 Portret van een stel, Muurschildering Haarlemmerstraat 141.jpg


Prompt: In Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, how is the Painting discussed?

The painting shows a happy couple sitting against a tree "picnic-style", with a garden scene in the distance. They smile at the viewer and look more relaxed than amorous.

File:2021 Portret van een stel, Muurschildering Haarlemmerstraat 141.jpg


Prompt: Focus on Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen and explain the Name.

In his 1910 catalog of Frans Hals works Hofstede de Groot wrote:427. A MARRIED COUPLE. B. 15; M. 90. In a garden a gentleman sits in the left foreground smiling at the spectator. His right hand is at his breast; his left hand is pressed to his side. He has a moustache and a small pointed beard. He wears a broad-brimmed black felt hat, a black silk costume with a lace collar and fine linen wristbands. Beside him to the right sits a woman, bending slightly forward, with her head turned three-quarters left. She smiles rather slyly at the spectator. Her right hand rests on the man's left shoulder; her left hand is in her lap. She wears a black dress under a dark-purple gown, a ruff, a white cap threaded with a pink ribbon, and lace-trimmed wristbands. Behind the couple are trees. To the right is a park with merry-making couples, a building, a fountain, and a statue. It was wrongly supposed to represent Frans Hals and his wife. Canvas, 58 inches by 67 1/2 inches. Sales. J. Six, Amsterdam, April 6, 1702 (bought in). H. Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, No. 15. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1084.

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Prompt: Explain the Name of this artwork, Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen.

In his 1910 catalog of Frans Hals works Hofstede de Groot wrote:427. A MARRIED COUPLE. B. 15; M. 90. In a garden a gentleman sits in the left foreground smiling at the spectator. His right hand is at his breast; his left hand is pressed to his side. He has a moustache and a small pointed beard. He wears a broad-brimmed black felt hat, a black silk costume with a lace collar and fine linen wristbands. Beside him to the right sits a woman, bending slightly forward, with her head turned three-quarters left. She smiles rather slyly at the spectator. Her right hand rests on the man's left shoulder; her left hand is in her lap. She wears a black dress under a dark-purple gown, a ruff, a white cap threaded with a pink ribbon, and lace-trimmed wristbands. Behind the couple are trees. To the right is a park with merry-making couples, a building, a fountain, and a statue. It was wrongly supposed to represent Frans Hals and his wife. Canvas, 58 inches by 67 1/2 inches. Sales. J. Six, Amsterdam, April 6, 1702 (bought in). H. Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, No. 15. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1084.

File:2021 Portret van een stel, Muurschildering Haarlemmerstraat 141.jpg


Prompt: How does Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen explain its Name?

In his 1910 catalog of Frans Hals works Hofstede de Groot wrote:427. A MARRIED COUPLE. B. 15; M. 90. In a garden a gentleman sits in the left foreground smiling at the spectator. His right hand is at his breast; his left hand is pressed to his side. He has a moustache and a small pointed beard. He wears a broad-brimmed black felt hat, a black silk costume with a lace collar and fine linen wristbands. Beside him to the right sits a woman, bending slightly forward, with her head turned three-quarters left. She smiles rather slyly at the spectator. Her right hand rests on the man's left shoulder; her left hand is in her lap. She wears a black dress under a dark-purple gown, a ruff, a white cap threaded with a pink ribbon, and lace-trimmed wristbands. Behind the couple are trees. To the right is a park with merry-making couples, a building, a fountain, and a statue. It was wrongly supposed to represent Frans Hals and his wife. Canvas, 58 inches by 67 1/2 inches. Sales. J. Six, Amsterdam, April 6, 1702 (bought in). H. Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, No. 15. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1084.

File:2021 Portret van een stel, Muurschildering Haarlemmerstraat 141.jpg


Prompt: In Marriage Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, how is the Name discussed?

In his 1910 catalog of Frans Hals works Hofstede de Groot wrote:427. A MARRIED COUPLE. B. 15; M. 90. In a garden a gentleman sits in the left foreground smiling at the spectator. His right hand is at his breast; his left hand is pressed to his side. He has a moustache and a small pointed beard. He wears a broad-brimmed black felt hat, a black silk costume with a lace collar and fine linen wristbands. Beside him to the right sits a woman, bending slightly forward, with her head turned three-quarters left. She smiles rather slyly at the spectator. Her right hand rests on the man's left shoulder; her left hand is in her lap. She wears a black dress under a dark-purple gown, a ruff, a white cap threaded with a pink ribbon, and lace-trimmed wristbands. Behind the couple are trees. To the right is a park with merry-making couples, a building, a fountain, and a statue. It was wrongly supposed to represent Frans Hals and his wife. Canvas, 58 inches by 67 1/2 inches. Sales. J. Six, Amsterdam, April 6, 1702 (bought in). H. Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, No. 15. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1084.

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We Choose Love

Prompt: Focus on We Choose Love and explain the abstract.

We Choose Love was a memorial to the 2017 Portland train attack, located at the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center in Northeast Portland, Oregon. TriMet commissioned the memorial in the aftermath of the May 2017 attack, selecting a design by Sarah Farahat in a contest. We Choose Love was completed in May 2018, and was in place until January 2024.

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Category:2024 disestablishments in Oregon

Vigil commemorating victims of the 2017 Portland train attack, showing chalk messages on the gray concrete ramp in the background

Category:Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon

File:Portland Tri Met MAX stabbing vigil 1.jpg


We Choose Love

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, We Choose Love.

We Choose Love was a memorial to the 2017 Portland train attack, located at the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center in Northeast Portland, Oregon. TriMet commissioned the memorial in the aftermath of the May 2017 attack, selecting a design by Sarah Farahat in a contest. We Choose Love was completed in May 2018, and was in place until January 2024.

File:Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon (2021) - 06.jpg

Category:2024 disestablishments in Oregon

Vigil commemorating victims of the 2017 Portland train attack, showing chalk messages on the gray concrete ramp in the background

Category:Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon

File:Portland Tri Met MAX stabbing vigil 1.jpg


We Choose Love

Prompt: How does We Choose Love explain its abstract?

We Choose Love was a memorial to the 2017 Portland train attack, located at the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center in Northeast Portland, Oregon. TriMet commissioned the memorial in the aftermath of the May 2017 attack, selecting a design by Sarah Farahat in a contest. We Choose Love was completed in May 2018, and was in place until January 2024.

File:Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon (2021) - 06.jpg

Category:2024 disestablishments in Oregon

Vigil commemorating victims of the 2017 Portland train attack, showing chalk messages on the gray concrete ramp in the background

Category:Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon

File:Portland Tri Met MAX stabbing vigil 1.jpg


We Choose Love

Prompt: In We Choose Love, how is the abstract discussed?

We Choose Love was a memorial to the 2017 Portland train attack, located at the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center in Northeast Portland, Oregon. TriMet commissioned the memorial in the aftermath of the May 2017 attack, selecting a design by Sarah Farahat in a contest. We Choose Love was completed in May 2018, and was in place until January 2024.

File:Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon (2021) - 06.jpg

Category:2024 disestablishments in Oregon

Vigil commemorating victims of the 2017 Portland train attack, showing chalk messages on the gray concrete ramp in the background

Category:Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon

File:Portland Tri Met MAX stabbing vigil 1.jpg


We Choose Love

Prompt: Focus on We Choose Love and explain the History.

On November 9, 2017, TriMet asked artists to propose "text-based" designs for a mural commemorating Ricky Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, who were killed in the 2017 Portland train attack. The mural was painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center. Submissions were due by November 29, and artists were determined by December 5. Concepts were due in January 2018, and final design plans are to be confirmed in late February or early March. Work on the "Tribute Wall" began on April 20, and was scheduled to be completed by May 12, 2018.Sarah Farahat's design was selected by TriMet's tribute advisory committee from four finalists, all of whom drew inspiration from chalk messages left by people following the attack. Farahat's design includes sunflowers and an excerpt from Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish's poem, "Mural". TriMet has confirmed plans to unveil a plaque on May 26, the anniversary of the attack. Farahat's design, We Choose Love, was completed in summer 2018. John Laursen was commissioned to create the plaque, which will be made of porcelain enamel and steel, and feature both images and text. In addition to Best and Namkai-Meche, the plaque will commemorate three other victims from the attack.According to TriMet, the memorial honors Best and Namkai-Meche, "as well as recognize the courage of those who were targeted by and stood up to hatred and violence".

File:Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon (2021) - 06.jpg

Category:2024 disestablishments in Oregon

Vigil commemorating victims of the 2017 Portland train attack, showing chalk messages on the gray concrete ramp in the background

Category:Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon

File:Portland Tri Met MAX stabbing vigil 1.jpg


We Choose Love

Prompt: Explain the History of this artwork, We Choose Love.

On November 9, 2017, TriMet asked artists to propose "text-based" designs for a mural commemorating Ricky Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, who were killed in the 2017 Portland train attack. The mural was painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center. Submissions were due by November 29, and artists were determined by December 5. Concepts were due in January 2018, and final design plans are to be confirmed in late February or early March. Work on the "Tribute Wall" began on April 20, and was scheduled to be completed by May 12, 2018.Sarah Farahat's design was selected by TriMet's tribute advisory committee from four finalists, all of whom drew inspiration from chalk messages left by people following the attack. Farahat's design includes sunflowers and an excerpt from Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish's poem, "Mural". TriMet has confirmed plans to unveil a plaque on May 26, the anniversary of the attack. Farahat's design, We Choose Love, was completed in summer 2018. John Laursen was commissioned to create the plaque, which will be made of porcelain enamel and steel, and feature both images and text. In addition to Best and Namkai-Meche, the plaque will commemorate three other victims from the attack.According to TriMet, the memorial honors Best and Namkai-Meche, "as well as recognize the courage of those who were targeted by and stood up to hatred and violence".

File:Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon (2021) - 06.jpg

Category:2024 disestablishments in Oregon

Vigil commemorating victims of the 2017 Portland train attack, showing chalk messages on the gray concrete ramp in the background

Category:Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon

File:Portland Tri Met MAX stabbing vigil 1.jpg


We Choose Love

Prompt: How does We Choose Love explain its History?

On November 9, 2017, TriMet asked artists to propose "text-based" designs for a mural commemorating Ricky Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, who were killed in the 2017 Portland train attack. The mural was painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center. Submissions were due by November 29, and artists were determined by December 5. Concepts were due in January 2018, and final design plans are to be confirmed in late February or early March. Work on the "Tribute Wall" began on April 20, and was scheduled to be completed by May 12, 2018.Sarah Farahat's design was selected by TriMet's tribute advisory committee from four finalists, all of whom drew inspiration from chalk messages left by people following the attack. Farahat's design includes sunflowers and an excerpt from Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish's poem, "Mural". TriMet has confirmed plans to unveil a plaque on May 26, the anniversary of the attack. Farahat's design, We Choose Love, was completed in summer 2018. John Laursen was commissioned to create the plaque, which will be made of porcelain enamel and steel, and feature both images and text. In addition to Best and Namkai-Meche, the plaque will commemorate three other victims from the attack.According to TriMet, the memorial honors Best and Namkai-Meche, "as well as recognize the courage of those who were targeted by and stood up to hatred and violence".

File:Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon (2021) - 06.jpg

Category:2024 disestablishments in Oregon

Vigil commemorating victims of the 2017 Portland train attack, showing chalk messages on the gray concrete ramp in the background

Category:Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon

File:Portland Tri Met MAX stabbing vigil 1.jpg


We Choose Love

Prompt: In We Choose Love, how is the History discussed?

On November 9, 2017, TriMet asked artists to propose "text-based" designs for a mural commemorating Ricky Best and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, who were killed in the 2017 Portland train attack. The mural was painted along the ramp walls of the Hollywood/Northeast 42nd Avenue Transit Center. Submissions were due by November 29, and artists were determined by December 5. Concepts were due in January 2018, and final design plans are to be confirmed in late February or early March. Work on the "Tribute Wall" began on April 20, and was scheduled to be completed by May 12, 2018.Sarah Farahat's design was selected by TriMet's tribute advisory committee from four finalists, all of whom drew inspiration from chalk messages left by people following the attack. Farahat's design includes sunflowers and an excerpt from Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish's poem, "Mural". TriMet has confirmed plans to unveil a plaque on May 26, the anniversary of the attack. Farahat's design, We Choose Love, was completed in summer 2018. John Laursen was commissioned to create the plaque, which will be made of porcelain enamel and steel, and feature both images and text. In addition to Best and Namkai-Meche, the plaque will commemorate three other victims from the attack.According to TriMet, the memorial honors Best and Namkai-Meche, "as well as recognize the courage of those who were targeted by and stood up to hatred and violence".

File:Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon (2021) - 06.jpg

Category:2024 disestablishments in Oregon

Vigil commemorating victims of the 2017 Portland train attack, showing chalk messages on the gray concrete ramp in the background

Category:Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon

File:Portland Tri Met MAX stabbing vigil 1.jpg


Remnants of an Army

Prompt: Focus on Remnants of an Army and explain the abstract.

The remnants of an army, Jellalabad (sic), January 13, 1842, better known as Remnants of an Army, is an 1879 oil-on-canvas painting by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler.  It depicts William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army, arriving at the gates of Jalalabad in January 1842. The walls of Jalalabad loom over a desolate plain and riders from the garrison gallop from the gate to reach the solitary figure bringing the first word of the fate of the "Army of Afghanistan".Supposedly Brydon was initially thought to be the only survivor of the approximately 16,000 soldiers and camp followers from the 1842 retreat from Kabul in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and is shown toiling the last few miles to safety on an exhausted and dying horse. A few other stragglers from the army arrived later, and larger numbers were eventually released or rescued after spending time as captives of Afghan forces.The painting was made during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.  Lady Butler was developing a reputation for her military pictures after the favourable reception of her earlier painting The Roll Call of 1874, on a subject from the Crimean War. It measures 132.1 centimetres (52.0 in) by 233.7 centimetres (92.0 in)Remnants of an Army was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1879, and acquired by Sir Henry Tate, who presented to the Tate Gallery in 1897.  Still owned by the Tate Gallery, it was on long-term loan as part of a permanent exhibition at the Somerset Military Museum: the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry) was involved in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and moved to Jalalabad in late 1841. In 2023 it was rehung at Tate Britain.

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

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Category:Paintings in the Tate galleries


Remnants of an Army

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Remnants of an Army.

The remnants of an army, Jellalabad (sic), January 13, 1842, better known as Remnants of an Army, is an 1879 oil-on-canvas painting by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler.  It depicts William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army, arriving at the gates of Jalalabad in January 1842. The walls of Jalalabad loom over a desolate plain and riders from the garrison gallop from the gate to reach the solitary figure bringing the first word of the fate of the "Army of Afghanistan".Supposedly Brydon was initially thought to be the only survivor of the approximately 16,000 soldiers and camp followers from the 1842 retreat from Kabul in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and is shown toiling the last few miles to safety on an exhausted and dying horse. A few other stragglers from the army arrived later, and larger numbers were eventually released or rescued after spending time as captives of Afghan forces.The painting was made during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.  Lady Butler was developing a reputation for her military pictures after the favourable reception of her earlier painting The Roll Call of 1874, on a subject from the Crimean War. It measures 132.1 centimetres (52.0 in) by 233.7 centimetres (92.0 in)Remnants of an Army was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1879, and acquired by Sir Henry Tate, who presented to the Tate Gallery in 1897.  Still owned by the Tate Gallery, it was on long-term loan as part of a permanent exhibition at the Somerset Military Museum: the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry) was involved in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and moved to Jalalabad in late 1841. In 2023 it was rehung at Tate Britain.

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

Category:Paintings by Elizabeth Thompson

Category:Paintings in the Tate galleries


Remnants of an Army

Prompt: How does Remnants of an Army explain its abstract?

The remnants of an army, Jellalabad (sic), January 13, 1842, better known as Remnants of an Army, is an 1879 oil-on-canvas painting by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler.  It depicts William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army, arriving at the gates of Jalalabad in January 1842. The walls of Jalalabad loom over a desolate plain and riders from the garrison gallop from the gate to reach the solitary figure bringing the first word of the fate of the "Army of Afghanistan".Supposedly Brydon was initially thought to be the only survivor of the approximately 16,000 soldiers and camp followers from the 1842 retreat from Kabul in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and is shown toiling the last few miles to safety on an exhausted and dying horse. A few other stragglers from the army arrived later, and larger numbers were eventually released or rescued after spending time as captives of Afghan forces.The painting was made during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.  Lady Butler was developing a reputation for her military pictures after the favourable reception of her earlier painting The Roll Call of 1874, on a subject from the Crimean War. It measures 132.1 centimetres (52.0 in) by 233.7 centimetres (92.0 in)Remnants of an Army was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1879, and acquired by Sir Henry Tate, who presented to the Tate Gallery in 1897.  Still owned by the Tate Gallery, it was on long-term loan as part of a permanent exhibition at the Somerset Military Museum: the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry) was involved in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and moved to Jalalabad in late 1841. In 2023 it was rehung at Tate Britain.

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

Category:Paintings by Elizabeth Thompson

Category:Paintings in the Tate galleries


Remnants of an Army

Prompt: In Remnants of an Army, how is the abstract discussed?

The remnants of an army, Jellalabad (sic), January 13, 1842, better known as Remnants of an Army, is an 1879 oil-on-canvas painting by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler.  It depicts William Brydon, assistant surgeon in the Bengal Army, arriving at the gates of Jalalabad in January 1842. The walls of Jalalabad loom over a desolate plain and riders from the garrison gallop from the gate to reach the solitary figure bringing the first word of the fate of the "Army of Afghanistan".Supposedly Brydon was initially thought to be the only survivor of the approximately 16,000 soldiers and camp followers from the 1842 retreat from Kabul in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and is shown toiling the last few miles to safety on an exhausted and dying horse. A few other stragglers from the army arrived later, and larger numbers were eventually released or rescued after spending time as captives of Afghan forces.The painting was made during the Second Anglo-Afghan War.  Lady Butler was developing a reputation for her military pictures after the favourable reception of her earlier painting The Roll Call of 1874, on a subject from the Crimean War. It measures 132.1 centimetres (52.0 in) by 233.7 centimetres (92.0 in)Remnants of an Army was exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1879, and acquired by Sir Henry Tate, who presented to the Tate Gallery in 1897.  Still owned by the Tate Gallery, it was on long-term loan as part of a permanent exhibition at the Somerset Military Museum: the 13th (1st Somersetshire) Regiment (Light Infantry) was involved in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and moved to Jalalabad in late 1841. In 2023 it was rehung at Tate Britain.

Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan

Category:Paintings by Elizabeth Thompson

Category:Paintings in the Tate galleries


Amiable Child Monument

Prompt: Focus on Amiable Child Monument and explain the abstract.

The Amiable Child Monument is a monument located in New York City's Riverside Park.  It stands west of the southbound lanes of Riverside Drive north of 122nd Street in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.It is a monument to a small boy who died in what was then an area of country homes near New York City.  One side of the monument reads: “Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age.”  The monument is composed of a granite urn on a granite pedestal inside a wrought iron fence.  It is across the street from Grant's Tomb. The monument, originally erected by George Pollock, who was either the boy's father or his uncle, has been replaced twice due to deterioration.  The present marker was placed on the site in 1967 to replace a marble marker installed by the city in 1897.During Morningside Heights’s Golden Age, when the nearby Claremont Inn served luminaries that included George M. Cohan, Cole Porter, Lillian Russell and Mayor Jimmy Walker, the site inspired pilgrimages and poetry.  Of the many verses written about the memorial is Herman George Scheffauer’s “An Amiable Child,” which describes the grave as being “like a song of peace in iron frays.”  An identically named poem by Anna Markham, wife of proletarian author and critic Edwin Markham, opens with the lines that defined the monument for her contemporaries:  “At Riverside, on the slow hill-slant / Two memoried graves are seen / A granite dome is over Grant / and over a child the green.”  The monument is also the inspiration for Irene Marcuse's novel Death of an Amiable Child.By one late nineteenth-century account, as related by Donald Reynolds, an attempt to relocate the grave in order to clear space for General Grant's tomb, which was quickly abandoned by the city after a groundswell of public opposition, transformed the “tribute to the gentleness that underlies the apparent brutality of the great city” into “almost a national institution”.The monument is thought to be the only single-person private grave on city-owned land in New York City.

Category:Monuments and memorials in Manhattan

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

Monumental inscription carved on back side of the Amiable Child Monument, reading: "'Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.' Job 14:1–2."

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Category:Granite sculptures in New York City

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Monumental inscription carved into stone on one side of the Amiable Child Monument, reading: "Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age."


Amiable Child Monument

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Amiable Child Monument.

The Amiable Child Monument is a monument located in New York City's Riverside Park.  It stands west of the southbound lanes of Riverside Drive north of 122nd Street in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.It is a monument to a small boy who died in what was then an area of country homes near New York City.  One side of the monument reads: “Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age.”  The monument is composed of a granite urn on a granite pedestal inside a wrought iron fence.  It is across the street from Grant's Tomb. The monument, originally erected by George Pollock, who was either the boy's father or his uncle, has been replaced twice due to deterioration.  The present marker was placed on the site in 1967 to replace a marble marker installed by the city in 1897.During Morningside Heights’s Golden Age, when the nearby Claremont Inn served luminaries that included George M. Cohan, Cole Porter, Lillian Russell and Mayor Jimmy Walker, the site inspired pilgrimages and poetry.  Of the many verses written about the memorial is Herman George Scheffauer’s “An Amiable Child,” which describes the grave as being “like a song of peace in iron frays.”  An identically named poem by Anna Markham, wife of proletarian author and critic Edwin Markham, opens with the lines that defined the monument for her contemporaries:  “At Riverside, on the slow hill-slant / Two memoried graves are seen / A granite dome is over Grant / and over a child the green.”  The monument is also the inspiration for Irene Marcuse's novel Death of an Amiable Child.By one late nineteenth-century account, as related by Donald Reynolds, an attempt to relocate the grave in order to clear space for General Grant's tomb, which was quickly abandoned by the city after a groundswell of public opposition, transformed the “tribute to the gentleness that underlies the apparent brutality of the great city” into “almost a national institution”.The monument is thought to be the only single-person private grave on city-owned land in New York City.

Category:Monuments and memorials in Manhattan

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

Monumental inscription carved on back side of the Amiable Child Monument, reading: "'Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.' Job 14:1–2."

File:Monumental inscription on back side of the Amiable Child Monument.jpg

Category:Granite sculptures in New York City

alt=Monumental inscription carved into stone on monument.

File:Monumental inscription of the Amiable Child Monument.jpg

Monumental inscription carved into stone on one side of the Amiable Child Monument, reading: "Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age."


Amiable Child Monument

Prompt: How does Amiable Child Monument explain its abstract?

The Amiable Child Monument is a monument located in New York City's Riverside Park.  It stands west of the southbound lanes of Riverside Drive north of 122nd Street in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.It is a monument to a small boy who died in what was then an area of country homes near New York City.  One side of the monument reads: “Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age.”  The monument is composed of a granite urn on a granite pedestal inside a wrought iron fence.  It is across the street from Grant's Tomb. The monument, originally erected by George Pollock, who was either the boy's father or his uncle, has been replaced twice due to deterioration.  The present marker was placed on the site in 1967 to replace a marble marker installed by the city in 1897.During Morningside Heights’s Golden Age, when the nearby Claremont Inn served luminaries that included George M. Cohan, Cole Porter, Lillian Russell and Mayor Jimmy Walker, the site inspired pilgrimages and poetry.  Of the many verses written about the memorial is Herman George Scheffauer’s “An Amiable Child,” which describes the grave as being “like a song of peace in iron frays.”  An identically named poem by Anna Markham, wife of proletarian author and critic Edwin Markham, opens with the lines that defined the monument for her contemporaries:  “At Riverside, on the slow hill-slant / Two memoried graves are seen / A granite dome is over Grant / and over a child the green.”  The monument is also the inspiration for Irene Marcuse's novel Death of an Amiable Child.By one late nineteenth-century account, as related by Donald Reynolds, an attempt to relocate the grave in order to clear space for General Grant's tomb, which was quickly abandoned by the city after a groundswell of public opposition, transformed the “tribute to the gentleness that underlies the apparent brutality of the great city” into “almost a national institution”.The monument is thought to be the only single-person private grave on city-owned land in New York City.

Category:Monuments and memorials in Manhattan

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

Monumental inscription carved on back side of the Amiable Child Monument, reading: "'Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.' Job 14:1–2."

File:Monumental inscription on back side of the Amiable Child Monument.jpg

Category:Granite sculptures in New York City

alt=Monumental inscription carved into stone on monument.

File:Monumental inscription of the Amiable Child Monument.jpg

Monumental inscription carved into stone on one side of the Amiable Child Monument, reading: "Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age."


Amiable Child Monument

Prompt: In Amiable Child Monument, how is the abstract discussed?

The Amiable Child Monument is a monument located in New York City's Riverside Park.  It stands west of the southbound lanes of Riverside Drive north of 122nd Street in Morningside Heights, Manhattan.It is a monument to a small boy who died in what was then an area of country homes near New York City.  One side of the monument reads: “Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age.”  The monument is composed of a granite urn on a granite pedestal inside a wrought iron fence.  It is across the street from Grant's Tomb. The monument, originally erected by George Pollock, who was either the boy's father or his uncle, has been replaced twice due to deterioration.  The present marker was placed on the site in 1967 to replace a marble marker installed by the city in 1897.During Morningside Heights’s Golden Age, when the nearby Claremont Inn served luminaries that included George M. Cohan, Cole Porter, Lillian Russell and Mayor Jimmy Walker, the site inspired pilgrimages and poetry.  Of the many verses written about the memorial is Herman George Scheffauer’s “An Amiable Child,” which describes the grave as being “like a song of peace in iron frays.”  An identically named poem by Anna Markham, wife of proletarian author and critic Edwin Markham, opens with the lines that defined the monument for her contemporaries:  “At Riverside, on the slow hill-slant / Two memoried graves are seen / A granite dome is over Grant / and over a child the green.”  The monument is also the inspiration for Irene Marcuse's novel Death of an Amiable Child.By one late nineteenth-century account, as related by Donald Reynolds, an attempt to relocate the grave in order to clear space for General Grant's tomb, which was quickly abandoned by the city after a groundswell of public opposition, transformed the “tribute to the gentleness that underlies the apparent brutality of the great city” into “almost a national institution”.The monument is thought to be the only single-person private grave on city-owned land in New York City.

Category:Monuments and memorials in Manhattan

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan

Monumental inscription carved on back side of the Amiable Child Monument, reading: "'Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.' Job 14:1–2."

File:Monumental inscription on back side of the Amiable Child Monument.jpg

Category:Granite sculptures in New York City

alt=Monumental inscription carved into stone on monument.

File:Monumental inscription of the Amiable Child Monument.jpg

Monumental inscription carved into stone on one side of the Amiable Child Monument, reading: "Erected to the Memory of an Amiable Child, St. Claire Pollock, Died 15 July 1797 in the Fifth Year of His Age."


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: Focus on Flora (Titian) and explain the abstract.

Flora is an oil painting by Italian late Renaissance painter Titian, dated to around 1515 and now held at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Flora (Titian).

Flora is an oil painting by Italian late Renaissance painter Titian, dated to around 1515 and now held at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: How does Flora (Titian) explain its abstract?

Flora is an oil painting by Italian late Renaissance painter Titian, dated to around 1515 and now held at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: In Flora (Titian), how is the abstract discussed?

Flora is an oil painting by Italian late Renaissance painter Titian, dated to around 1515 and now held at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: Focus on Flora (Titian) and explain the History.

The work was reproduced in numerous 16th century etchings. Later, it followed an unclear series of changes of hands at Brussels and Vienna. In the 17th century, it was sold by the Spanish ambassador at Amsterdam to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and was cited by Rembrandt in his Saskia Dressing as Flora  of London and in two portraits in Dresden and New York. Later included in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, it was one of the works exchanged with the Uffizi.In the 18th century, it was erroneously attributed to Palma the Elder.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: Explain the History of this artwork, Flora (Titian).

The work was reproduced in numerous 16th century etchings. Later, it followed an unclear series of changes of hands at Brussels and Vienna. In the 17th century, it was sold by the Spanish ambassador at Amsterdam to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and was cited by Rembrandt in his Saskia Dressing as Flora  of London and in two portraits in Dresden and New York. Later included in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, it was one of the works exchanged with the Uffizi.In the 18th century, it was erroneously attributed to Palma the Elder.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: How does Flora (Titian) explain its History?

The work was reproduced in numerous 16th century etchings. Later, it followed an unclear series of changes of hands at Brussels and Vienna. In the 17th century, it was sold by the Spanish ambassador at Amsterdam to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and was cited by Rembrandt in his Saskia Dressing as Flora  of London and in two portraits in Dresden and New York. Later included in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, it was one of the works exchanged with the Uffizi.In the 18th century, it was erroneously attributed to Palma the Elder.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: In Flora (Titian), how is the History discussed?

The work was reproduced in numerous 16th century etchings. Later, it followed an unclear series of changes of hands at Brussels and Vienna. In the 17th century, it was sold by the Spanish ambassador at Amsterdam to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and was cited by Rembrandt in his Saskia Dressing as Flora  of London and in two portraits in Dresden and New York. Later included in the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna, it was one of the works exchanged with the Uffizi.In the 18th century, it was erroneously attributed to Palma the Elder.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: Focus on Flora (Titian) and explain the Description.

It portrays an idealized beautiful woman, a model established in the Venetian school by Titian's master Giorgione with his Laura. Her left hand holds a pink-shaded mantle, and her right holds a handful of flowers and leaves.The woman was portrayed by Titian in numerous other works of the period, including the Woman at the Mirror, the Vanity, Salome and Violante, as well as some Holy Conversations. The meaning of the painting is disputed: some, basing for example to inscriptions added to the 16th century reproductions, identifies the woman as a courtesan; other consider it a symbol of nuptial love, although her dress is not a dressing one. The identification with Flora, the ancient goddess of Spring and vegetation, derives from the presence of Spring flowers in her hands.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: Explain the Description of this artwork, Flora (Titian).

It portrays an idealized beautiful woman, a model established in the Venetian school by Titian's master Giorgione with his Laura. Her left hand holds a pink-shaded mantle, and her right holds a handful of flowers and leaves.The woman was portrayed by Titian in numerous other works of the period, including the Woman at the Mirror, the Vanity, Salome and Violante, as well as some Holy Conversations. The meaning of the painting is disputed: some, basing for example to inscriptions added to the 16th century reproductions, identifies the woman as a courtesan; other consider it a symbol of nuptial love, although her dress is not a dressing one. The identification with Flora, the ancient goddess of Spring and vegetation, derives from the presence of Spring flowers in her hands.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: How does Flora (Titian) explain its Description?

It portrays an idealized beautiful woman, a model established in the Venetian school by Titian's master Giorgione with his Laura. Her left hand holds a pink-shaded mantle, and her right holds a handful of flowers and leaves.The woman was portrayed by Titian in numerous other works of the period, including the Woman at the Mirror, the Vanity, Salome and Violante, as well as some Holy Conversations. The meaning of the painting is disputed: some, basing for example to inscriptions added to the 16th century reproductions, identifies the woman as a courtesan; other consider it a symbol of nuptial love, although her dress is not a dressing one. The identification with Flora, the ancient goddess of Spring and vegetation, derives from the presence of Spring flowers in her hands.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Flora (Titian)

Prompt: In Flora (Titian), how is the Description discussed?

It portrays an idealized beautiful woman, a model established in the Venetian school by Titian's master Giorgione with his Laura. Her left hand holds a pink-shaded mantle, and her right holds a handful of flowers and leaves.The woman was portrayed by Titian in numerous other works of the period, including the Woman at the Mirror, the Vanity, Salome and Violante, as well as some Holy Conversations. The meaning of the painting is disputed: some, basing for example to inscriptions added to the 16th century reproductions, identifies the woman as a courtesan; other consider it a symbol of nuptial love, although her dress is not a dressing one. The identification with Flora, the ancient goddess of Spring and vegetation, derives from the presence of Spring flowers in her hands.

Category:Mythological paintings by Titian


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: Focus on Coming of the White Man and explain the abstract.

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture by American artist Hermon Atkins MacNeil, installed in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon in the United States. The statue was gifted to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson and installed the following year. It depicts two Native American men, including Chief Multnomah, looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, Coming of the White Man.

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture by American artist Hermon Atkins MacNeil, installed in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon in the United States. The statue was gifted to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson and installed the following year. It depicts two Native American men, including Chief Multnomah, looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: How does Coming of the White Man explain its abstract?

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture by American artist Hermon Atkins MacNeil, installed in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon in the United States. The statue was gifted to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson and installed the following year. It depicts two Native American men, including Chief Multnomah, looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: In Coming of the White Man, how is the abstract discussed?

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture by American artist Hermon Atkins MacNeil, installed in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon in the United States. The statue was gifted to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson and installed the following year. It depicts two Native American men, including Chief Multnomah, looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: Focus on Coming of the White Man and explain the Description.

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture designed by Hermon Atkins MacNeil (1866–1947), an American artist most known for depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas and Western pioneers. The statue is installed in Portland's Washington Park, along Southwest Washington Way. It depicts Chief Multnomah and another Native American man looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark. One man is shown holding branches in his lifted right arm, pointed in the direction of the approaching explorers; the other figure folds his arms in front. According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the sculpture measures 8 feet 8 inches (2.64 m) × 6 feet (1.8 m) × 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and is mounted to a stone base that measures 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) × 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) × 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). The irregular stone base has an inscription of the work's title. The pedestal displays the text "Presented to the City of Portland by the Family of David P. Thompson" as shown in the image.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: Explain the Description of this artwork, Coming of the White Man.

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture designed by Hermon Atkins MacNeil (1866–1947), an American artist most known for depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas and Western pioneers. The statue is installed in Portland's Washington Park, along Southwest Washington Way. It depicts Chief Multnomah and another Native American man looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark. One man is shown holding branches in his lifted right arm, pointed in the direction of the approaching explorers; the other figure folds his arms in front. According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the sculpture measures 8 feet 8 inches (2.64 m) × 6 feet (1.8 m) × 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and is mounted to a stone base that measures 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) × 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) × 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). The irregular stone base has an inscription of the work's title. The pedestal displays the text "Presented to the City of Portland by the Family of David P. Thompson" as shown in the image.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: How does Coming of the White Man explain its Description?

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture designed by Hermon Atkins MacNeil (1866–1947), an American artist most known for depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas and Western pioneers. The statue is installed in Portland's Washington Park, along Southwest Washington Way. It depicts Chief Multnomah and another Native American man looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark. One man is shown holding branches in his lifted right arm, pointed in the direction of the approaching explorers; the other figure folds his arms in front. According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the sculpture measures 8 feet 8 inches (2.64 m) × 6 feet (1.8 m) × 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and is mounted to a stone base that measures 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) × 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) × 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). The irregular stone base has an inscription of the work's title. The pedestal displays the text "Presented to the City of Portland by the Family of David P. Thompson" as shown in the image.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: In Coming of the White Man, how is the Description discussed?

Coming of the White Man is a bronze sculpture designed by Hermon Atkins MacNeil (1866–1947), an American artist most known for depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas and Western pioneers. The statue is installed in Portland's Washington Park, along Southwest Washington Way. It depicts Chief Multnomah and another Native American man looking towards the Columbia River upon the arrival of Lewis and Clark. One man is shown holding branches in his lifted right arm, pointed in the direction of the approaching explorers; the other figure folds his arms in front. According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the sculpture measures 8 feet 8 inches (2.64 m) × 6 feet (1.8 m) × 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and is mounted to a stone base that measures 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) × 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) × 9 feet 6 inches (2.90 m). The irregular stone base has an inscription of the work's title. The pedestal displays the text "Presented to the City of Portland by the Family of David P. Thompson" as shown in the image.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: Focus on Coming of the White Man and explain the History.

The statue was donated to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson. It was installed the following year, ahead of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.A plaster cast of the sculpture, donated by MacNeil, resides in the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point, Queens, New York. Most of the branch originally held by the other man has broken off.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: Explain the History of this artwork, Coming of the White Man.

The statue was donated to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson. It was installed the following year, ahead of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.A plaster cast of the sculpture, donated by MacNeil, resides in the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point, Queens, New York. Most of the branch originally held by the other man has broken off.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: How does Coming of the White Man explain its History?

The statue was donated to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson. It was installed the following year, ahead of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.A plaster cast of the sculpture, donated by MacNeil, resides in the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point, Queens, New York. Most of the branch originally held by the other man has broken off.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


Coming of the White Man

Prompt: In Coming of the White Man, how is the History discussed?

The statue was donated to the City of Portland in 1904 by former mayor David P. Thompson. It was installed the following year, ahead of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition.A plaster cast of the sculpture, donated by MacNeil, resides in the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point, Queens, New York. Most of the branch originally held by the other man has broken off.

Category:Sculptures of Native Americans in Oregon

Category:Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

File:Coming of the White Man sculpture.jpg

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon


City Reflections

Prompt: Focus on City Reflections and explain the abstract.

City Reflections is an outdoor 2009 bronze sculpture by Patti Warashina, located in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Category:Sculptures on the MAX Green Line

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

File:City Reflections plaque, Portland.jpg

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon

Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States


City Reflections

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, City Reflections.

City Reflections is an outdoor 2009 bronze sculpture by Patti Warashina, located in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Category:Sculptures on the MAX Green Line

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

File:City Reflections plaque, Portland.jpg

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon

Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States


City Reflections

Prompt: How does City Reflections explain its abstract?

City Reflections is an outdoor 2009 bronze sculpture by Patti Warashina, located in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Category:Sculptures on the MAX Green Line

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

File:City Reflections plaque, Portland.jpg

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon

Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States


City Reflections

Prompt: In City Reflections, how is the abstract discussed?

City Reflections is an outdoor 2009 bronze sculpture by Patti Warashina, located in downtown Portland, Oregon.

Category:Sculptures on the MAX Green Line

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

File:City Reflections plaque, Portland.jpg

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon

Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States


City Reflections

Prompt: Focus on City Reflections and explain the Description and history.

City Reflections was designed by American artist Patti Warashina, who was inspired by life on a public walkway in an urban environment. It was installed at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Southwest Main Street on the Portland Transit Mall in 2009. It consists of two bronze sculptures depicting a standing figure and dog, respectively. According to TriMet, which funded the work, the humanoid figure is a "stylized version of a strong female in both a classical and minimal form", while the dog serves as a "counterbalance" and is the "friendly canine companion that is so much a part of our popular culture". The woman measures 86 inches (2.2 m) x 21 inches (0.53 m) x 19 inches (0.48 m) and the dog measures 33 inches (0.84 m) x 13 inches (0.33 m) x 27 inches (0.69 m).Both sculptures feature black and copper geometric shapes. The black shapes allude to aspects of the human body as well as the "shapes and shadows" of nearby buildings. The copper shapes represent "computer-generated forms, which speak to the times we live in". Dark shadows are depicted on the sidewalk, serving as "natural transitions" to pedestrians and signaling the time of day. The woman's shadow measures 58 inches (1.5 m) x 26 inches (0.66 m) and the dog's shadow measures 27 inches (0.69 m) x 48 inches (1.2 m).City Reflections is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), which administers the work. In 2013, RACC staff members deemed the sculpture too sensitive to corrosion due to its glossy finish to participate in the Downtown Marketing Initiative's "UglySweaterPDX" campaign, which outfits sculptures with "yard-bombed" articles of clothing, to promote shopping in downtown Portland.

Category:Sculptures on the MAX Green Line

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

File:City Reflections plaque, Portland.jpg

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon

Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States


City Reflections

Prompt: Explain the Description and history of this artwork, City Reflections.

City Reflections was designed by American artist Patti Warashina, who was inspired by life on a public walkway in an urban environment. It was installed at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Southwest Main Street on the Portland Transit Mall in 2009. It consists of two bronze sculptures depicting a standing figure and dog, respectively. According to TriMet, which funded the work, the humanoid figure is a "stylized version of a strong female in both a classical and minimal form", while the dog serves as a "counterbalance" and is the "friendly canine companion that is so much a part of our popular culture". The woman measures 86 inches (2.2 m) x 21 inches (0.53 m) x 19 inches (0.48 m) and the dog measures 33 inches (0.84 m) x 13 inches (0.33 m) x 27 inches (0.69 m).Both sculptures feature black and copper geometric shapes. The black shapes allude to aspects of the human body as well as the "shapes and shadows" of nearby buildings. The copper shapes represent "computer-generated forms, which speak to the times we live in". Dark shadows are depicted on the sidewalk, serving as "natural transitions" to pedestrians and signaling the time of day. The woman's shadow measures 58 inches (1.5 m) x 26 inches (0.66 m) and the dog's shadow measures 27 inches (0.69 m) x 48 inches (1.2 m).City Reflections is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), which administers the work. In 2013, RACC staff members deemed the sculpture too sensitive to corrosion due to its glossy finish to participate in the Downtown Marketing Initiative's "UglySweaterPDX" campaign, which outfits sculptures with "yard-bombed" articles of clothing, to promote shopping in downtown Portland.

Category:Sculptures on the MAX Green Line

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

File:City Reflections plaque, Portland.jpg

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon

Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States


City Reflections

Prompt: How does City Reflections explain its Description and history?

City Reflections was designed by American artist Patti Warashina, who was inspired by life on a public walkway in an urban environment. It was installed at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Southwest Main Street on the Portland Transit Mall in 2009. It consists of two bronze sculptures depicting a standing figure and dog, respectively. According to TriMet, which funded the work, the humanoid figure is a "stylized version of a strong female in both a classical and minimal form", while the dog serves as a "counterbalance" and is the "friendly canine companion that is so much a part of our popular culture". The woman measures 86 inches (2.2 m) x 21 inches (0.53 m) x 19 inches (0.48 m) and the dog measures 33 inches (0.84 m) x 13 inches (0.33 m) x 27 inches (0.69 m).Both sculptures feature black and copper geometric shapes. The black shapes allude to aspects of the human body as well as the "shapes and shadows" of nearby buildings. The copper shapes represent "computer-generated forms, which speak to the times we live in". Dark shadows are depicted on the sidewalk, serving as "natural transitions" to pedestrians and signaling the time of day. The woman's shadow measures 58 inches (1.5 m) x 26 inches (0.66 m) and the dog's shadow measures 27 inches (0.69 m) x 48 inches (1.2 m).City Reflections is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), which administers the work. In 2013, RACC staff members deemed the sculpture too sensitive to corrosion due to its glossy finish to participate in the Downtown Marketing Initiative's "UglySweaterPDX" campaign, which outfits sculptures with "yard-bombed" articles of clothing, to promote shopping in downtown Portland.

Category:Sculptures on the MAX Green Line

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

File:City Reflections plaque, Portland.jpg

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon

Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States


City Reflections

Prompt: In City Reflections, how is the Description and history discussed?

City Reflections was designed by American artist Patti Warashina, who was inspired by life on a public walkway in an urban environment. It was installed at the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Southwest Main Street on the Portland Transit Mall in 2009. It consists of two bronze sculptures depicting a standing figure and dog, respectively. According to TriMet, which funded the work, the humanoid figure is a "stylized version of a strong female in both a classical and minimal form", while the dog serves as a "counterbalance" and is the "friendly canine companion that is so much a part of our popular culture". The woman measures 86 inches (2.2 m) x 21 inches (0.53 m) x 19 inches (0.48 m) and the dog measures 33 inches (0.84 m) x 13 inches (0.33 m) x 27 inches (0.69 m).Both sculptures feature black and copper geometric shapes. The black shapes allude to aspects of the human body as well as the "shapes and shadows" of nearby buildings. The copper shapes represent "computer-generated forms, which speak to the times we live in". Dark shadows are depicted on the sidewalk, serving as "natural transitions" to pedestrians and signaling the time of day. The woman's shadow measures 58 inches (1.5 m) x 26 inches (0.66 m) and the dog's shadow measures 27 inches (0.69 m) x 48 inches (1.2 m).City Reflections is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), which administers the work. In 2013, RACC staff members deemed the sculpture too sensitive to corrosion due to its glossy finish to participate in the Downtown Marketing Initiative's "UglySweaterPDX" campaign, which outfits sculptures with "yard-bombed" articles of clothing, to promote shopping in downtown Portland.

Category:Sculptures on the MAX Green Line

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon

File:City Reflections plaque, Portland.jpg

Category:Bronze sculptures in Portland, Oregon

Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: Focus on The Night Revels of Han Xizai and explain the abstract.

The Night Revels of Han Xizai or The Night Entertainments of Han Xizai (traditional Chinese: 韓熙載夜宴圖; simplified Chinese: 韩熙载夜宴图; pinyin: Hán Xīzaì Yèyàn Tú) is a painted handscroll attributed to Chinese 10th-century artist Gu Hongzhong. The painting depicts Han Xizai, a minister from Southern Tang under the imperial government of emperor Li Yu, accompanied with realistic portrayals of more than forty people. Two copies of the artwork survived: a reproduction from the Song Dynasty, currently housed in the Palace Museum at Beijing; and a replica from the Ming Dynasty, under the collection of the Three Gorges Museum at Chongqing. The painting is highly regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese art.

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: Explain the abstract of this artwork, The Night Revels of Han Xizai.

The Night Revels of Han Xizai or The Night Entertainments of Han Xizai (traditional Chinese: 韓熙載夜宴圖; simplified Chinese: 韩熙载夜宴图; pinyin: Hán Xīzaì Yèyàn Tú) is a painted handscroll attributed to Chinese 10th-century artist Gu Hongzhong. The painting depicts Han Xizai, a minister from Southern Tang under the imperial government of emperor Li Yu, accompanied with realistic portrayals of more than forty people. Two copies of the artwork survived: a reproduction from the Song Dynasty, currently housed in the Palace Museum at Beijing; and a replica from the Ming Dynasty, under the collection of the Three Gorges Museum at Chongqing. The painting is highly regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese art.

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: How does The Night Revels of Han Xizai explain its abstract?

The Night Revels of Han Xizai or The Night Entertainments of Han Xizai (traditional Chinese: 韓熙載夜宴圖; simplified Chinese: 韩熙载夜宴图; pinyin: Hán Xīzaì Yèyàn Tú) is a painted handscroll attributed to Chinese 10th-century artist Gu Hongzhong. The painting depicts Han Xizai, a minister from Southern Tang under the imperial government of emperor Li Yu, accompanied with realistic portrayals of more than forty people. Two copies of the artwork survived: a reproduction from the Song Dynasty, currently housed in the Palace Museum at Beijing; and a replica from the Ming Dynasty, under the collection of the Three Gorges Museum at Chongqing. The painting is highly regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese art.

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: In The Night Revels of Han Xizai, how is the abstract discussed?

The Night Revels of Han Xizai or The Night Entertainments of Han Xizai (traditional Chinese: 韓熙載夜宴圖; simplified Chinese: 韩熙载夜宴图; pinyin: Hán Xīzaì Yèyàn Tú) is a painted handscroll attributed to Chinese 10th-century artist Gu Hongzhong. The painting depicts Han Xizai, a minister from Southern Tang under the imperial government of emperor Li Yu, accompanied with realistic portrayals of more than forty people. Two copies of the artwork survived: a reproduction from the Song Dynasty, currently housed in the Palace Museum at Beijing; and a replica from the Ming Dynasty, under the collection of the Three Gorges Museum at Chongqing. The painting is highly regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of Chinese art.

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: Focus on The Night Revels of Han Xizai and explain the Creation.

Gu Hongzhong was reportedly sent to spy on Han Xizai. In one version of the story, Han Xizai repeatedly missed morning audiences with Li Yu because of his revelry and needed to be shamed into dignified behavior. In another version, Han Xizai refused Li Yu's offer to become prime minister.To check Han's suitability and find out what he was doing at home, Li Yu sent Gu Hongzhong alongside another court painter, Zhou Wenju, to one of Han's night parties and depict what they saw. Each of two painters created a painting based on their observation after a night of partying. Unlike Gu's painting, the one made by Zhou was subsequently lost.

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: Explain the Creation of this artwork, The Night Revels of Han Xizai.

Gu Hongzhong was reportedly sent to spy on Han Xizai. In one version of the story, Han Xizai repeatedly missed morning audiences with Li Yu because of his revelry and needed to be shamed into dignified behavior. In another version, Han Xizai refused Li Yu's offer to become prime minister.To check Han's suitability and find out what he was doing at home, Li Yu sent Gu Hongzhong alongside another court painter, Zhou Wenju, to one of Han's night parties and depict what they saw. Each of two painters created a painting based on their observation after a night of partying. Unlike Gu's painting, the one made by Zhou was subsequently lost.

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: How does The Night Revels of Han Xizai explain its Creation?

Gu Hongzhong was reportedly sent to spy on Han Xizai. In one version of the story, Han Xizai repeatedly missed morning audiences with Li Yu because of his revelry and needed to be shamed into dignified behavior. In another version, Han Xizai refused Li Yu's offer to become prime minister.To check Han's suitability and find out what he was doing at home, Li Yu sent Gu Hongzhong alongside another court painter, Zhou Wenju, to one of Han's night parties and depict what they saw. Each of two painters created a painting based on their observation after a night of partying. Unlike Gu's painting, the one made by Zhou was subsequently lost.

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: In The Night Revels of Han Xizai, how is the Creation discussed?

Gu Hongzhong was reportedly sent to spy on Han Xizai. In one version of the story, Han Xizai repeatedly missed morning audiences with Li Yu because of his revelry and needed to be shamed into dignified behavior. In another version, Han Xizai refused Li Yu's offer to become prime minister.To check Han's suitability and find out what he was doing at home, Li Yu sent Gu Hongzhong alongside another court painter, Zhou Wenju, to one of Han's night parties and depict what they saw. Each of two painters created a painting based on their observation after a night of partying. Unlike Gu's painting, the one made by Zhou was subsequently lost.

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: Focus on The Night Revels of Han Xizai and explain the Composition.

The painting is divided into five distinct parts and contains a seal of Shi Miyuan, a Song dynasty official. Viewed from right to left, the parts show Han Xizai listening to a pipa, striking a drum for dancers, resting, watching five female musicians playing flutes, and seeing off his guests. While in the early Tang period, musicians played sitting on floor mats, the painting shows them sitting on chairs, demonstrating the change that had occurred. Gu purposely created a somber ambiance, with none of the depicted persons smiling. The painting helped Li Yu dispel some of his distrust in Han, but did little to prevent the decline of Li's dynasty."The first of the five scenes that make up the painting shows the enjoyment of music. With high hat and full beard, Han Xizai is sitting on a couch with red-robed Lang Can, a scholar who ranked first in the highest imperial examination. They are listening attentively to a pipa lute (a stringed musical instrument) played by the sister of Li Jiaming, assistant director of the Imperial Theatre and Music Academy, who sits watchfully by her side. The girl in light blue is Wang Wushan, a talented dancer serving Han Xizai. The man standing behind her is Han's student Shu Ya. Seated near the table are two guests, Chen Zhiyong, an official in charge of rites, and his student Zhu Xian.In the second scene, Wang Wushan is dancing to the beats of a drum that Han Xizai is striking. Everybody is focusing on her movements except Han's friend the monk Deming, who crosses his hands in front of his chest and bows his head. Although embarrassed, he cannot help but listen to the beats. In the third scene, surrounded by four female companions, Han is resting on a couch washing his hands in a basin. The fourth scene depicts the five females playing flutes. Han Xizai sits in a chair, cross-legged with his robe unbuttoned. In the fifth scene, Han holds two drumsticks in his right hand and waves goodbye to his guests with his left hand. A male guest is whispering to a maid behind Han. The five discrete scenes are artfully linked by screens.There remains an inscription about Han Xizai, twenty words in length, at the beginning of the scroll by a collector of the Southern Song. The Ming calligrapher Cheng Nanyun (active early fifteenth century) wrote a three-word title "Night Revelry" (Yeyan tu). At the end of the scroll a label in running script reads A Brief Biography of Han Xizai (Han Xizai xiaozhuan) with several authentication seals. The Qing Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795) also inscribed a colophon after the painting. The painting was included in The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat: the First Edition (Shiqu baoji), a catalogue of the Qianlong Emperor's calligraphy and painting collection."

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: Explain the Composition of this artwork, The Night Revels of Han Xizai.

The painting is divided into five distinct parts and contains a seal of Shi Miyuan, a Song dynasty official. Viewed from right to left, the parts show Han Xizai listening to a pipa, striking a drum for dancers, resting, watching five female musicians playing flutes, and seeing off his guests. While in the early Tang period, musicians played sitting on floor mats, the painting shows them sitting on chairs, demonstrating the change that had occurred. Gu purposely created a somber ambiance, with none of the depicted persons smiling. The painting helped Li Yu dispel some of his distrust in Han, but did little to prevent the decline of Li's dynasty."The first of the five scenes that make up the painting shows the enjoyment of music. With high hat and full beard, Han Xizai is sitting on a couch with red-robed Lang Can, a scholar who ranked first in the highest imperial examination. They are listening attentively to a pipa lute (a stringed musical instrument) played by the sister of Li Jiaming, assistant director of the Imperial Theatre and Music Academy, who sits watchfully by her side. The girl in light blue is Wang Wushan, a talented dancer serving Han Xizai. The man standing behind her is Han's student Shu Ya. Seated near the table are two guests, Chen Zhiyong, an official in charge of rites, and his student Zhu Xian.In the second scene, Wang Wushan is dancing to the beats of a drum that Han Xizai is striking. Everybody is focusing on her movements except Han's friend the monk Deming, who crosses his hands in front of his chest and bows his head. Although embarrassed, he cannot help but listen to the beats. In the third scene, surrounded by four female companions, Han is resting on a couch washing his hands in a basin. The fourth scene depicts the five females playing flutes. Han Xizai sits in a chair, cross-legged with his robe unbuttoned. In the fifth scene, Han holds two drumsticks in his right hand and waves goodbye to his guests with his left hand. A male guest is whispering to a maid behind Han. The five discrete scenes are artfully linked by screens.There remains an inscription about Han Xizai, twenty words in length, at the beginning of the scroll by a collector of the Southern Song. The Ming calligrapher Cheng Nanyun (active early fifteenth century) wrote a three-word title "Night Revelry" (Yeyan tu). At the end of the scroll a label in running script reads A Brief Biography of Han Xizai (Han Xizai xiaozhuan) with several authentication seals. The Qing Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795) also inscribed a colophon after the painting. The painting was included in The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat: the First Edition (Shiqu baoji), a catalogue of the Qianlong Emperor's calligraphy and painting collection."

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: How does The Night Revels of Han Xizai explain its Composition?

The painting is divided into five distinct parts and contains a seal of Shi Miyuan, a Song dynasty official. Viewed from right to left, the parts show Han Xizai listening to a pipa, striking a drum for dancers, resting, watching five female musicians playing flutes, and seeing off his guests. While in the early Tang period, musicians played sitting on floor mats, the painting shows them sitting on chairs, demonstrating the change that had occurred. Gu purposely created a somber ambiance, with none of the depicted persons smiling. The painting helped Li Yu dispel some of his distrust in Han, but did little to prevent the decline of Li's dynasty."The first of the five scenes that make up the painting shows the enjoyment of music. With high hat and full beard, Han Xizai is sitting on a couch with red-robed Lang Can, a scholar who ranked first in the highest imperial examination. They are listening attentively to a pipa lute (a stringed musical instrument) played by the sister of Li Jiaming, assistant director of the Imperial Theatre and Music Academy, who sits watchfully by her side. The girl in light blue is Wang Wushan, a talented dancer serving Han Xizai. The man standing behind her is Han's student Shu Ya. Seated near the table are two guests, Chen Zhiyong, an official in charge of rites, and his student Zhu Xian.In the second scene, Wang Wushan is dancing to the beats of a drum that Han Xizai is striking. Everybody is focusing on her movements except Han's friend the monk Deming, who crosses his hands in front of his chest and bows his head. Although embarrassed, he cannot help but listen to the beats. In the third scene, surrounded by four female companions, Han is resting on a couch washing his hands in a basin. The fourth scene depicts the five females playing flutes. Han Xizai sits in a chair, cross-legged with his robe unbuttoned. In the fifth scene, Han holds two drumsticks in his right hand and waves goodbye to his guests with his left hand. A male guest is whispering to a maid behind Han. The five discrete scenes are artfully linked by screens.There remains an inscription about Han Xizai, twenty words in length, at the beginning of the scroll by a collector of the Southern Song. The Ming calligrapher Cheng Nanyun (active early fifteenth century) wrote a three-word title "Night Revelry" (Yeyan tu). At the end of the scroll a label in running script reads A Brief Biography of Han Xizai (Han Xizai xiaozhuan) with several authentication seals. The Qing Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795) also inscribed a colophon after the painting. The painting was included in The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat: the First Edition (Shiqu baoji), a catalogue of the Qianlong Emperor's calligraphy and painting collection."

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)


The Night Revels of Han Xizai

Prompt: In The Night Revels of Han Xizai, how is the Composition discussed?

The painting is divided into five distinct parts and contains a seal of Shi Miyuan, a Song dynasty official. Viewed from right to left, the parts show Han Xizai listening to a pipa, striking a drum for dancers, resting, watching five female musicians playing flutes, and seeing off his guests. While in the early Tang period, musicians played sitting on floor mats, the painting shows them sitting on chairs, demonstrating the change that had occurred. Gu purposely created a somber ambiance, with none of the depicted persons smiling. The painting helped Li Yu dispel some of his distrust in Han, but did little to prevent the decline of Li's dynasty."The first of the five scenes that make up the painting shows the enjoyment of music. With high hat and full beard, Han Xizai is sitting on a couch with red-robed Lang Can, a scholar who ranked first in the highest imperial examination. They are listening attentively to a pipa lute (a stringed musical instrument) played by the sister of Li Jiaming, assistant director of the Imperial Theatre and Music Academy, who sits watchfully by her side. The girl in light blue is Wang Wushan, a talented dancer serving Han Xizai. The man standing behind her is Han's student Shu Ya. Seated near the table are two guests, Chen Zhiyong, an official in charge of rites, and his student Zhu Xian.In the second scene, Wang Wushan is dancing to the beats of a drum that Han Xizai is striking. Everybody is focusing on her movements except Han's friend the monk Deming, who crosses his hands in front of his chest and bows his head. Although embarrassed, he cannot help but listen to the beats. In the third scene, surrounded by four female companions, Han is resting on a couch washing his hands in a basin. The fourth scene depicts the five females playing flutes. Han Xizai sits in a chair, cross-legged with his robe unbuttoned. In the fifth scene, Han holds two drumsticks in his right hand and waves goodbye to his guests with his left hand. A male guest is whispering to a maid behind Han. The five discrete scenes are artfully linked by screens.There remains an inscription about Han Xizai, twenty words in length, at the beginning of the scroll by a collector of the Southern Song. The Ming calligrapher Cheng Nanyun (active early fifteenth century) wrote a three-word title "Night Revelry" (Yeyan tu). At the end of the scroll a label in running script reads A Brief Biography of Han Xizai (Han Xizai xiaozhuan) with several authentication seals. The Qing Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-1795) also inscribed a colophon after the painting. The painting was included in The Precious Collection of the Stone Moat: the First Edition (Shiqu baoji), a catalogue of the Qianlong Emperor's calligraphy and painting collection."

Han Xizai
Palace Museum
Shanghai Daily
Song Dynasty
handscroll
Category:Southern Tang
Southern Tang
Handscroll
pipa
Zhou Wenju
Shi Miyuan
color
Chinese language
Chinese pigments
Chinese art
Category:Chinese paintings
Category:10th-century paintings
Beijing
Category:12th-century paintings
Ming dynasty
Song dynasty
Gu Hongzhong
Three Gorges Museum
realistic
Ming Dynasty
Li Yu
Li Yu (Southern Tang)
Ink
Chinese
Qianlong Emperor
Chongqing
Inkstick
silk
Realism (arts)