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Notre Dame, Paris by Terrick Williams

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December 9, 2015Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Notre Dame de Paris is one of the most famous buildings of Paris, France. It is the cathedral dedicated to Virgin Marry. The building is a gothic style structure and is standing tall in the middle of the city. The gothic style structure and little details such as artistic gargoyles, the beauty you can only enjoy by visiting the church. Building made prominent by the bright colors, comprises a full history within it. Being one of the oldest buildings in the city, the church was built in 12th century. It has seen many ages and wars. The importance and the significance in the Paris are understandable when we know that it has inspired many books and movies. The most famous of them is The Hunchback […]

Notre Dame, Paris 1914 by Terrick Williams

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December 9, 201520th Century Genre Painting WesternNo comments

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Red and Gold Brixham by Terrick Williams

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December 9, 2015Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Water being one of the toughest elements to describe on a canvas with oil, Terrick Williams has taken the same challenge in his hand by portraying a busy port of English town Brixham. The challenge has been accomplished adequately by the artist who mainly illustrated landscapes with marine subjects. The waving surface of the water and the strikingly accurate reflections of the boats and little bit of sky makes us realize his understanding of the entire scene. Brixham is a small fishing town. And many boats can be perceived anchored at the bays. Terrick Williams has represented a normal day from the town with a little bit of artistic imagination which gives the scene its red and gold colors which are prominent colors in the […]

Gondoles devant le Quai Des Esclavons by Felix Ziem

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December 8, 2015Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Another version of the same dock in Italy artist seams fascinated with the view of the Bacino de San Marco about which he has made around 5 more versions of the same landscape. The keen history and the novice of the surroundings may have intrigued him to portray the scene. Here, we are watching a more clear and detailed version of the port, with buildings having more detail and the Quai des Esclavons (the pavement near the creek) is having more objects than the other portrayals. The prominent buildings on the right are The Doge’s Palace, The clock Tower & The Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana. The big square emerges between those buildings is called St Mark’s Square. All of them have their own significant histories in the […]

Gondole quittant le quai des Escvalons Venise by Felix Ziem

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December 7, 2015Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Iconic landscape of Venice, at the evening time, has been depicted by Felix Ziem the French artist. It is among his around 5 versions of the quai des Esclavons, means Dock of Esclvaons. This dock has been used for centuries for overseas trades. Other than the trading ships (which are slightly seen on the far left) the painting mainly depicts the Venice’s iconic boats, the Gondolas, leaving the dockyard. It is depicted middle with darker colors. Those are the main links to sail around the city as the City of Water has canals instead of streets. Gondolas can’t much further in the ocean due to its small size and limited amount of goods it can carry. The title in French language also gives importance to […]

Le coup de canon by Felix Ziem

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December 7, 2015Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Firework Display at the Castel Sant’ Angelo in Rome by Joseph Wright of Derby

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December 2, 2015Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Glory of Venice by Felix Ziem

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October 16, 2015Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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Felix Ziam takes a new angel in depicting Venice’s noticeable place of Bacino de San Marco, an important port from where Venice’s most overseas business was handled. In Venice, it’s like every building is historical and each them has its own intriguing history to know about. Here, the building on the left is called Punta Della Dogana (point of customs). As the name suggests, the building was used for managing the affairs of overseas business. It looked after the ships bringing and carrying away the goods from the city. Thus, it was the epicenter of the oversea business for the city which was a main point to increase the city’s wealth in many ways. On the right, in the far background, the visible buildings are […]