Essays about: "Lena Beckman"

Found 2 essays containing the words Lena Beckman.

  1. 1. CRITICAL APPROACHES TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF ATTRIBUTION AND DATING OF FRANCESCO GUARDI’S VEDUTE

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Lena Elisabeth Beckman Rietz; [2022]
    Keywords : Francesco Guardi; attribution; vedute; connoisseurship; iconography; style; technical art history; topography; Venice; workshop; art history;

    Abstract : The Venetian veduta or view, became popular in the Settecento when Venice had turned into a regular stop on the Grand Tour. The foreign market’s interest in vedute, prompted Venetian artists to follow in Canaletto’s path. Francesco Guardi (1712-1793) is today famous for such views, and his paintings hang in museums around the world. READ MORE

  3. 2. THE GROTESQUE IN EL GRECO : BETWEEN FORM - BEYOND LANGUAGE - BESIDE THE SUBLIME

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lena Beckman; [2019]
    Keywords : grotesque; El Greco; the sublime; form; mannerism; domus aurea; formalist;

    Abstract : This study attempts to investigate the grotesque in four paintings of the artist Domenikos Theotokopoulos or El Greco as he is most commonly called. The concept of the grotesque originated from the finding of Domus Aurea in the 1480s. READ MORE