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4 Paintings Found Only in the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid (and 1 Formerly Held There)

4 Paintings Found Only in the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid (and 1 Formerly Held There)
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These 5 Frescos by Giotto Are Required Viewing on Your Next Trip to Italy

St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, fresco attributed to Giotto, c. 1300; in the upper church of St. Francis Basilica, Assisi, Italy. Giotto di Bondone worked in Tuscany, Naples, northern Italy, and possibly in France. A friend of kings and popes, and Grand Master of Florence, his name was renowned. This is one of 28 frescoes depicting the life of St. Francis of Assisi in the Upper Church in San Francesco, 25 of which are attributed to Giotto. Initially an apprentice of Cimabue, Giotto later took over the painting of the frescoes, which are his earliest known work in the medium. Each fresco depicts an event in the saint’s life.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art Is Home to These 12 Notable Paintings

© Samuel Borges Photography/Shutterstock.com The Philadelphia Museum of Art was founded in 1876 as the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art; it adopted its current name in 1938. Today its collection consists of more than 240,000 artworks. This list focuses on just 12 of its paintings. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Stephen Farthing (2018). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Entry into Port of a Ship with a Red Rose Aboard (1985–86) This painting is expressive of Enzo Cucchi’s more subdued works somber colors and stark themes, redolent of death and sadness. In it, the crosses ostensibly mark the moorings of other boats in the port, which the ship must navigate its way beyond. Yet they are sinister, suggestive of cemeteries, or perhaps slave ships. The deliberately smeared black leeching from some of the crosses evokes not only water in the port but also tears a

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