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Atlas Géographique et Physique

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Description: Atlas Géographique et Physique
TitleAtlas Géographique et Physique
Creator nameKueva, Fabiano
Creator nationality/cultureEcuadorian
Creator roleArtist
Creation date2016
Object typeOther
MaterialsPhotomontage
LocationAlexander von Humboldt Archive, Ecuador
SubjectsAllegoriesHistoriographyImperialismIndigenous peoples
StatusPhoto at right: Alejandro Jaramillo Hoyos, Bogotá
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5. Humanity: For the Anthropocene
Alan C. Braddock
Description: Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a German scientist and polymath internationally celebrated during the nineteenth century for devising holistic, synthetic methods...
Author
Alan C. Braddock
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© Yale University Press
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00341.6
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Chapter subject tags:EcocriticismEcology in artHumboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859AnthropoceneHumanity
Humanitas. Literae. Fruges.: Humboldt, Empire, and Humanity in the Anthropocene
Alan C. Braddock
Description: Humans
Humans
Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a German scientist and polymath internationally celebrated during the nineteenth century for devising holistic, synthetic methods of studying plant geography, geology, and other environmental phenomena. After...
Author
Alan C. Braddock
PublisherTerra Foundation for American Art
Copyright© 2021, Terra Foundation for American Art
Related print edition pages: pp.42-63
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00289.2
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Chapter subject tags:Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859HumanityGeology, Stratigraphic--AnthropoceneEnlightenmentImperialism

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Description: Primavera, detail of Venus, the Graces, and Mercury
Primavera, detail of Venus, the Graces, and Mercury
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1480
Object typePainting
MaterialsTempera grassa on wood
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/botticelli-spring
Accession number1890 no. 8360
Primavera, detail of Venus, the Graces,...
Primavera, detail of the Three Graces
Description: Primavera
Primavera
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 07
Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1480
Object typePainting
MaterialsTempera grassa on wood
Dimensions79 7/8 x 123 5/8 in. (203 x 314 cm)
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/botticelli-spring
Accession number1890 no. 8360
Primavera
Primavera
Description: Primavera, detail
Primavera, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 07
Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1480
Object typePainting
MaterialsTempera grassa on wood
LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence
https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/botticelli-spring
Accession number1890 no. 8360
Primavera, detail
Primavera, detail
Description: Happy Union
Happy Union
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 09
Creator nameVeronese, Paolo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1575
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions73 3/4 x 73 1/2 in. (187.4 x 186.7 cm)
LocationNational Gallery, London
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paolo-veronese-happy-union
Accession numberNG1326
Happy Union
Allegory of Marriage
Description: The Painter's Studio
The Painter's Studio
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 23
Creator nameCourbet, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1854–1855
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions142 1/8 × 235 7/16 in. (361 × 598 cm)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/latelier-du-peintre-927
Accession numberRF 2257
The Painter's Studio
The Artist's Studio, a real allegory summing up seven years of my artistic and moral life
Description: Melencolia I
Melencolia I
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameDürer, Albrecht
Creator nationality/cultureGerman
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1514
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1910-0212-303
Accession number1910,0212.303
Melencolia I
Melencolia I
Description: Indian village
Indian village
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 19
Creator nameValkenburg, Dirk
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1707
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions52.5 cm × 45.5 cm
LocationRijksmuseum, Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?q=SK-A-4075&p=1&ps=12&st=Objects&ii=0#/SK-A-4075,0
Accession numberSK-A-4075
Indian village
Indian village
Description: Humanitas. Literae. Fruges.
Humanitas. Literae. Fruges.
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 07
Creator nameGérard, François, Baron;Humboldt, Alexander von
Creator name (description)Frontispiece engraved by Barthélemy Roger
Creator nationality/cultureFrench; German
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1814
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
LocationBeinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2030910
Accession numberFolio Q115 H84 1B
Humanitas. Literae. Fruges.
Humanitas, Literae, Fruges
Description: The Three Graces
The Three Graces
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameRubens, Peter Paul
Creator nationality/cultureFlemish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1630–1635
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions86 7/8 × 71 3/4 in. (2.205 × 1.82 m)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-three-graces/145eadd9-0b54-4b2d-affe-09af370b6932
Accession numberP001670
The Three Graces
The Three Graces
Description: Capital and Charity
Capital and Charity
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator namePissarro, Lucien
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1891
Object typePrint
MaterialsLithograph
LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
Capital and Charity
Capital and Charity
Description: Day
Day
Posted by:John Carlson
Jan 23
Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1530
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsLength 72 7/8 in. (185 cm)
LocationSan Lorenzo, Florence
Day
Day
Description: The Secret of England's Greatness (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience...
The Secret of England's Greatness (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 28
Creator nameBarker, Thomas Jones
Creator nationality/cultureBritish
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1862-1863
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions167.6 × 213.8 cm
LocationNational Portrait Gallery, London
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw00071/The-Secret-of-Englands-Greatness-Queen-Victoria-presenting-a-Bible-in-the-Audience-Chamber-at-Windsor
Accession number4969
The Secret of England's Greatness (Queen...
The Secret of England's Greatness (Queen Victoria presenting a Bible in the Audience Chamber at Windsor)
Description: Allegory of Death and Fame
Allegory of Death and Fame
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nameMusi, Agostino
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1518
Object typePrint
MaterialsEngraving
Dimensions12 1/4 x 20 in. (31 x 50.8 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1426755&partId=1
Accession number1857,0502.18
Allegory of Death and Fame
Allegory of Death and Fame

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