Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was the Renaissance humanist ideal. This means he did almost everything.
But I'm gonna focus only on his paintings and sketches, as this is what interests me the most.

Head of a Man

Female Head

Grotesque Profile

Head of a Young Woman with Tousled Hair (Leda)

La Belle Ferroniere

Leda

Madonna with the Yarnwinder

Mona Lisa

Study for Madonna with the Yarnwinder

Study for the Last Supper: Judas

Study of nursing Madonna and profile heads

The Lady with the Ermine (Cecilia Gallerani)

The Madonna of the Carnation

Eugene de Blaas

Eugene de Blaas (also known as Eugene von Blaas or Eugenio de Blaas) (1843-1932) was an Italian painter born to Austrian parents.

A Helping Hand

A Favourite Fan

Girl with Pomegranates

On the Beach

On the Balcony

The Flirtation

The Market Girl

The Water Carrier

Venetian Flower Seller

In the Water

The Love Letter

Venetian Beauty on a Balcony

Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) was an Italian architect working in the Republic of Venice. He was influenced by Roman and Greek architecture. He gained popularity in England when his work The Four Books of Architecture was released there in early 18th Century. He was an inspiration for architects and artist form Classicism, and he even has his own style called Palladian architecture.(the classicism architecture). His most important works: Villa Barbaro, Villa Capra "La Rotonda", Basilica Palladiana, Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Il Redentore and Teatro Olimpico. Also the city of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Villa Barbaro

Villa Capra "La Rotonda"

Basilica Palladiana

Church of San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice)

Church of San Giorgio Maggiore (Interior)

Il Redentore

Teatro Olimpico (photo from 1968)

Villa Godi (Interior)

Villa Thiene

Villa Emo

 all photos taken from wikipedia.com

Frédéric Soulacroix

Frédéric Soulacroix (1858 - 1933) was an Italian painter, although his father Charles Soulacroix was well-known French sculptor and painter. 

In the Garden

The Afternoon Visitor

The Cavalier's Kiss

The Marriage Proposal

The Outing

The Pet Parrot

The Tea Party

Women on a Balcony

An Elegant Entrance

The Recital

.Well I hope that his works were less "boring" than in the few previous posts.;> I don't know, but they were all like almost the same, but still very pretty. I'll try to find something more interesting the next time. Because of course it's fun to look at all those beautiful ladies, dressed in wonderful clothes, but after some time it might get slightly boring, don't you think. A short break may do some good.;>

Giovanni Segantini

Although I wanted the first post to be about Picasso, I deciced to write about Giovanni Segantini. He was an Italian painter. Born 1858 died 1899, he didn't live very long, but even though he was one of the most famous painters in Europe through the 19th century. He's best know for his landscapes of the Alps.


"I am now working passionately in order to wrest the secret of Nature's spirit from her. Nature utters the eternal word to the artist: love, love; and the earth sings life in spring, and the soul of things reawakens." (Segantinis words after moving to the mountains.)

L'angelo della vita (1894)

 This is the work that captured my attention. I really like it, even though it may seem a little bit grey, the colours are just perfect, of course they are not bright, I'd even say they look a little bit dirty but that makes the atmosphere of this painting.

Alla stanga

Afternoon in the Alps

I quite like the way in which these 3 paintings are painted.

Donna alla fonte (c. 1893)

Pascoli Alpini

Self-portrait (1893)