General art history

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focal point

Art history; General art history

The center of visual interest in a 2D painting where the viewer's eye is naturally drawn.

Ginevra de’ Benci

Art history; General art history

Ginevra de’ Benci was an aristocrat from fifteenth-century Florence, admired for her intelligence by Florentine contemporaries. She is the subject of a portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci. The ...

The Last Supper is a mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. The work is presumed to have been commenced and was commissioned as part ...

Head of a Woman

Art history; General art history

The Head of a Woman also known as La Scapigliata is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci, housed in the Galleria Nazionale di Parma, Italy. The work is an unfinished ...

Bacchus

Art history; General art history

Bacchus is a painting in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, based on a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is presumed to have been executed by an unknown follower, ...

art economy

Economy; Economics

The system of individuals, groups, and institutions involved in creating, exhibiting, promoting, buying, and selling art. Principal actors include artists, museums, galleries, auction houses, and ...

catalogue raisonné

Art history; General art history

A scholarly, annotated compilation, organized either chronologically or thematically, of all of an artist's known works in a given medium. Each work is described through technical, bibliographical, ...