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• Apelles — (Ἀπελλῆς) of Kos (flourished 4th century BC) was a renowned painter of ancient Greece. Pliny the Elder, to whom we owe much of our knowledge of this artist ( Naturalis Historia 35.36.79 97 and passim ) rated him superior to preceding and… …   Wikipedia

• painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …   Universalium

• Byzantine art — The most famous of the surviving Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople the image of Christ Pantocrator on the walls of the upper southern gallery. Christ is flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. The mosaics were made… …   Wikipedia

• Alexander Mosaic — Infobox Painting| title=The Alexander Mosaic artist=Mosaicist unknown (copy of image by Apelles or Philoxenos of Eretria) year=c.200 BC type=mosaic height=582 width=313 height inch=19ft width inch = 10ft 3 in diameter cm = diameter inch = city=… …   Wikipedia

• Leonardo da Vinci — • Florentine painter, sculptor, architect, engineer and scholar (1452 1519) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Leonardo da Vinci     Leonardo da Vinci      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …   Universalium

• History of painting — The history of painting reaches back in time to artifacts from pre historic humans, and spans all cultures. The history of painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. Across cultures, and spanning continents and… …   Wikipedia

• Western painting — The history of Western painting represents a continuous, though disrupted, tradition from Antiquity. [Art of the Western World: From Ancient Greece to Post Modernism (Paperback)by Bruce Cole, Simon and Shuster, 1981,… …   Wikipedia

• Marcionites — • Said that the creator god of the Old Testament was not the good God and Father of Jesus Christ of the New Testament. Had their own shadow hierarchy and their own Bible, which consisted of parts of Luke and Paul, edited so as to disparage the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Birth of Venus (Botticelli) — The Birth of Venus Artist Sandro Botticelli Year c. 1486 Type tempera on canvas Dimensions …   Wikipedia

• Western art history — Also see articles: History of painting, Western painting Western Art redirects here. For art of the American West, see Artists of the American West Western art is the art of Europe, and those parts of the world that have come to follow… …   Wikipedia