Baroque art painting

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Carlo Dolci (Florence, May 25, 1616 - Florence, January 17, 1686) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. His painstaking technique made him unsuited for large-scale fresco painting. He painted chiefly sacred subjects, and his works are generally small in scale, although he made a few life-size pictures. He often repeated the same composition in several versions, and his daughter, Agnese Dolci, also made excellent copies of his works. [Oil on canvas, 71 x 54 cm]…

First Earrings Bedtime The Cauld Blast Guardian Angels Motherly Love The Child’s Grave Prenez Garde Young Girl Holding Posies Girl In Red Kerchief With Her Tambourine Head Of A Girl

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Today is Feb. 14th! Happy Valentines Day! The concept of LOVE has been explored by many artists throughout history. Some of my own paintings and drawings are based on this theme. Love is a very strong emotion, and is probably as difficult to define as art itself. There are several kinds of love – maternal, patriotism, brotherly, romantic love, etc. Artists have interpreted this emotion in many ways, as seen in these 10 famous paintings and sculptures based on LOVE! Famous LOVE Artwork –…

Caravaggio - Judith beheading Holofernes, 1599 (detail) >> http://www.explorartorium.info/?id=3356