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Showing posts with label 1590s. Show all posts

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (UK: /bɛərˈniːni/, US: /bərˈ-/, Italian: [ˈdʒan loˈrɛntso berˈniːni]; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Gian Lorenzo Bernini


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Images


   
Self-portrait of Bernini, c. 1623, Galleria Borghese, Rome    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini



Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656)

Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi (US: /ˌdʒɛntiˈlɛski/,[1][2] Italian: [arteˈmiːzja dʒentiˈleski]; 8 July 1593 – c. 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Artemisia Gentileschi


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Images


   
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1638–39    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi



Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)

Nicolas Poussin

Nicolas Poussin (June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Nicolas Poussin


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Images


   
Self-portrait by Poussin, 1650    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Poussin



René Descartes (1596-1650)

René Descartes

René Descartes (31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by René Descartes


Existence

¶ I think, therefore I am.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Descartes


Guercino (1591-1666)

Guercino

Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666), better known as (il) Guercino (Italian pronunciation: [ɡwerˈtʃiːno]), was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna.[1]



Quotes·Quotations by Guercino


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Images


   
Self portrait, c. 1635    

 

Works


   
Self-Portrait before a Painting of "Amor Fedele", 1655, oil on canvas, 116 x 95.6 cm, National Gallery of Art    

 


[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guercino



William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor, 1590-1657)


William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor, 1590-1657)

William Bradford (March 19, 1590 – May 9, 1657) was an English Separatist leader of settlers at Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. He served as governor for over 30 years after the previous governor, John Carver, died. His journal (1620–1647) was published as Of Plymouth Plantation. Bradford is credited as the first civil authority to designate what popular American culture now views as Thanksgiving in the United States.


Quotes·Quotations by William Bradford

Winter

¶ And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_(Plymouth_Colony_governor)