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34.4 cm × 24.5 cm (13.5 in × 9.6 in) Location. Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice. The Vitruvian Man (Italian: L'uomo vitruviano; [ˈlwɔːmo vitruˈvjaːno]) is a drawing by the Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1490. Inspired by the writings of the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, the drawing depicts a ...
Pieter van Bloemen, Norbert van Bloemen. Jan Frans van Bloemen (baptized 12 May 1662 - buried 13 June 1749) [2] was a Flemish landscape painter mainly active in Rome. Here he was able to establish himself as the leading painter of views (vedute) of the Roman countryside depicted in the aesthetic of the classical landscape tradition.
Location. Private collection. The Son of Man (French: Le fils de l'homme) is a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. It is perhaps his best-known artwork. [1] Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. [2] The painting consists of a man in an overcoat and a bowler hat standing in front of a low wall, beyond which are the ...
ISBN. 978-1840243536 (UK) ISBN 978-0060594527 (US) Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. The book was turned into a film, also called Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Capra and a lavish musical remake in 1973 by producer Ross Hunter with music by Burt Bacharach. It is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a ...
The Fall of Man, Adam and Eve or Adam and Eve in the earthly paradise is a 1628–1629 painting by Rubens, now in the Prado in Madrid. Once attributed to the minor Dutch artist Karel van Mander, [citation needed] it is now recognised as a work by Rubens. It is a copy of the painting of the same subject by Titian, [1] seen by Rubens during his ...
Pizzo dell'Uomo is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps and part of the extended Saint-Gotthard Massif, located between Lai da Sontga Maria and Pizzo del Sole, in the canton of Ticino, just southwest of the Passo del Lucomagno. The border with the canton of Graubünden runs on the northern foot of the mountain, although it lies on the main Alpine ...
31 August 1967. (1967-08-31) (Italy) Running time. 114 minutes. Country. Italy [1] Death Rides a Horse (Italian: Da uomo a uomo, lit. 'From man to man') is a 1967 Italian Spaghetti Western directed by Giulio Petroni, written by Luciano Vincenzoni and starring Lee Van Cleef and John Phillip Law.
L’Homme qui marche I ([lɔm ki maʁʃ œ̃] The Walking Man I or The Striding Man I, lit. 'The Man who Walks I') is the name of any one of the cast bronze sculptures that comprise six numbered editions plus four artist proofs created by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti in 1961. [1][2] On 3 February 2010, the second edition of the cast of the ...