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Art and artists
Italy
Giuseppe Verdi
Leonardo
dada
Vinci
Leonardo
Vinci
(1452-1519)
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance
polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician,
scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor,
anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and
writer whose genius, makes him the archetype of
the Renaissance man. He is widely considered to
be one of the greatest painters of all time and
perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to
have lived.
Some of Leonardo’s famous works
The last supper
A design for "Aerial Screw",
considered as an early helicopter.
The Vitruvian man
Giuseppe Verdi
(1823 - 1901)
Giuseppe Verdi was an Italian
Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was
one of the most influential composers of the
19th century. His works are frequently
performed in opera houses throughout the
world and some of his themes have long since
taken root in popular culture – such as “La
donna è mobile" from Rigoletto, “Va’
pensiero" (The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
from Nabucco, “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici" (The
Drinking Song) from La Traviata and the
“Grand march" from Aida.
Some of Verdi’s famous works
Renato Guttuso
(1911-1987)
Renato Guttuso was
an italian painter. He was
born in Bagheria near
Palermo, in Sicily, but he
worked in Rome.
Guttuso also designed for the
theatre and did illustrations
for books.
Guttuso’s famous works
Poland
Jan Matejko
(1838-1893)
Polish painter, who represents the 19th century of polish painting.
From 1852 to 1858 Matejko studied at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow under
Wojciech Korneli Stattler and Władysław Luszczkiewicz. After studying under the
history painter Hermann Anschütz in Munich (1859) and then briefly and less
successfully in Vienna, Matejko returned to Krakow, where he lived for the rest of
his life. Beginning in 1873, he was for many years the principal of the School of Fine
Arts. Since 1904 he has a section in the National Museum in Krakow called Dom
Jana Matejki.
Matejko is well known for his historical and batalistic works like Battle of
Grunwald and portraits of Polish kings. Jan Matejko created many woodcuts based
on his own drawings. He created illustrations depicting historical figures and
buildings. Kraków Academy of Fine Arts named after Matejko in 1979, where he
served as president of many years.
Matejko’s famous works:
Battle
of
Grunwald
Year: 1878
Type : Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
426 cm × 987 cm
A few portraits
of 44 Polish
kings painted by
Matejko from
1890 to 1892
Fryderyk Chopin
(1810-1849)
The greatest Polish composer, celebrated world-wide: his works
are performed at concerts and recorded by the most outstanding musicians.
Chopin's creative output is one of the most enduring elements of the world's
musical culture. Chopin was a musical genius, a highly talented composer
and a matchless pianist. As a composer he synthetized bold musical ideas in
the domain of harmony, melody, texture and timbre with the simplicity of
folk motifs and so elevated raised the piano to the status of a major
instrument. His mastery of form, and the melodic and harmonic wealth of
his music became an unattainable model for many composers. Chopin's
creative output established new ways of development for music and has been
a source of inspiration for many succeeding composers.
Chopin’s works
genre by genre:
Ballades (4), Chamber works (3),
Etudes (27), Impromptus (4),
Mazurkas (59), Minor Works (21),
Nocturnes (21), Piano Concertos (2),
Polonaises (17), Scherzos (4),
Preludes (27), Rondos (5),
Sonatas (4), Songs (20),
Variations (7), Waltzes (20)
More information :
http://pianosociety.com/cms/index.php?section=636
Krzysztof Penderecki
He was born on November 23rd, 1933 in Dębica, he is a Polish composer and
conductor. His 1960 avant-garde Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string
orchestra brought him to international attention, and this success was followed by
acclaim for his choral St. Luke Passion. Both these works exhibit novel compositional
techniques. Since the 1970s Penderecki's style has changed to encompass a postRomantic idiom. He has won prestigious awards including Grammy Awards in 1987
and 1998 and 2001, and the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 1992.
As well as the works already mentioned, his compositions include four operas, eight
symphonies and other orchestral pieces, a variety of instrumental concertos, choral
settings of mainly religious texts, as well as chamber and instrumental works.
Penderecki’s works:
St. Luke's Passion
More information:
http://www.krzysztofpenderecki.eu/en/
Portugal
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa, born in Lisbon in 1888, was a
Portuguese poet and writer, one of the greatest of the
Portuguese language and literature.
He lived some years in South
Africa, where he learned English perfectly, and three of
the four works that he published during his lifetime, are
written in English.
During his lifetime, he worked as
a businessman, editor, literary critic, journalist,
politician, commentator, translator, inventor, astrologer,
and at the same time he produced his prose and verse
works.
As a poet, he was known for his
multiple personalities, designed by heteronyms, which
were the basis for the studies about his life and work.
Fernando Pessoa died in Lisbon,
with 47 years old, as a victim of hepatic colic.
Most important works
work
Rui Veloso
Rui Veloso was born on July 30, 1957 in Lisbon, but
moved very early to the Oporto.
With only fifteen years old, he begins playing guitar by
himself, knowing, four years later, Carlos Tê, his lyricist, and
forming a group called Magara Blues Band (with Mano Zé and
Manfred Minneman).
In 1979, he recorded a demo that included subjects in
English and Portuguese, in which the editor Valentim de
Carvalho, interested by the themes in Portuguese, hired the young
musician.
One year later, in July, he publishes the album “Ar de
Rock”, with the great success “Chico Fininho” and “Rapariga do
Shopping”. This success led to a lot of rock bands singing in
Portuguese, in what became known as the Boom Rock Portuguese,
which leads to the consideration of Rui Veloso as the father of
Portuguese rock.
Most Important Works
Paula Rego
Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego is considered one of the
greatest personalities of the twentieth century, being
recognized all over the world. She was born in Lisbon
in 1935, however, since 1976 she has lived in London,
where she studied in the Slade School of Fine Art and
married the English painter Victor Wiling.
In the 60´s, her work is exposed in
England and Portugal, in the 70’s, she becomes a
scholar of the Gulbenkian Foundation, and in the
80’s, her paintings are influenced by intimate
memories and myths expressed by anthropomorphic
figures.
At the present, her works are influenced
by surrealism and expressionism and can be found in
several galleries, with special attention to the
Marlborough Fine Art of London, where we can find
her best paintings.
Most important work
Shred 1
Romania
Gheorghe Zamfir
Brancusi was born
February 19, 1876 in
Romania and died
March 16, 1957 in
Paris. Brâncusi is
considered one of the
founding figures of
modern sculpture and
one of the most
original artists of the
twentieth-century.
"I ground matter to find the
continuous line. And when I
realized I could not find it, I
stopped, as if an unseen
someone had slapped my
hands."
He began working on the
group of sculptures that are
known as "Bird in Space“(1)
•
Sleeping Muse (2)- has
different versions as well
•
The Column of the Infinite (3)
stacks 17 rhomboidal modules
•
"Table of Silence“(4)
•
"The Gate of the Kiss“(5)
•
1
5
3
4
2
Gheorghe
Gheorghe Zamfir
Gheorghe Zamfir (born April 6, 1941) is a Romanian pan pipe musician.
He is known as "The Master of the Pan Pipe", though his standing as a
leading figure within the history of Romanian folk music has not been
without criticism.
•A few songs by Gheorghe Zamfir:
The Lonely Shepherd
Thank You For The Music
When I Need You
Somewhere My Love
Limelight
Forbidden games
Yesterday
Time To Say Goodbye
Einsamer hirte
Inna
Elena Alexandra was born October 16,
1986 near Mangalia, Romania, known as
Inna, is a Romanian dance-pop singer,
dancer and occasionally songwriter.
The single performed strongly on the
Romanian Top 100, peaking at number five
in December 2008.
"Sun Is Up“
"Club Rocker"
"Un Momento“
"Hot“
"Déjà Vu“
"Amazing“
"10 Minutes"
In February, 2012
Inna was the first
European female
singer to surpass
one billion hits on
YouTube.
Salvador Dalí
Antoni Gaudí
He was born in Reus, in 1852.
Gaudí had 4 life passions:
architecture, nature, religion and
love for Catalonia.
Gaudí was an important figure of
Catalan Modernism.
He used materials like:
ceramics, stained glass and iron.
He
introduced
the
new
technique of trencadís, made of
ceramic pieces. Most of this
buildings are based on nature
and geometrical shapes.
Gaudí died in 1926.
ARCHITECTURE
Some of his most important works are:
“Parc Güell”
“Sagrada Família”
Urban park in Barcelona including
elements made of tiles.
Religous temple, not finished.
Josep Llimona
Josep Llimona was born in
Spain, Barcelona, 18 April 1867.
He was a sculptor considered
one of the best representatives
of Catalan modernist sculpture.
He studied at the School of the
of the Llotja and the workshop
of the brothers Agapit and
Venanci Vallmitjana.
SCULPTURE
He died in Spain, Barcelona, 28
February 1934.
The most important works of Josep Llimona:
El Desconsol:
Sant Jordi:
Ramon Berenguer III:
Feminine figure in
Barcelona.
We can not see her face.
it is in the square
of St. George, in
Barcelona.
It was done
in 1950.
Salvador Dalí
 Salvador Dalí, was an important
Spanish surrealist painter born in
Figueres (Spain) in 1904.
 He
worked
in
drawing,
photography, sculpture, writing
and film.
 Dalí was a draftsman, best known
for the bizarre images in his
surrealist work. His painterly
skills are often attributed to the
influence of Renaissance masters.
PAINTING
 He died in Figueres,
January 23, 1989.
Spain,
These are some of the most important pictures of Dalí:
La persistència de la memòria: Noia a la finestra:
The painting has been in the
It represents the
collection of the Museum of
artist's sister.
Modern Art in New York City.
Crucifixió:
The crucifixion is a
picture with Jesus
and Gala.
The Netherlands
Karel Appel
Vincent Willem van Gogh
30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890
•
Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch
post-Impressionist painter. His works,
were known for its rough beauty,
emotional honesty, and bold colours.
•
After many years of painful and
stressful mental illness, he died at the
age of 37 from a gunshot wound.
•
Van Gogh did not begin painting until
his late twenties. Many of his bestknown works were produced during
the last two years of his life.
•
Vincent van Gogh produced more than 2,100 artworks : 860 oil
paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches
and prints.
Van Gogh’s Materpieces
Starry Night 1889
Bedroom in Arles
1888
Café Terrace at Night 1988
Irises 1889
Almond Blossoms
1890
Pieter Cornelis Mondrian
7 March 1872 - 1 February 1944
• Piet Mondrian was a 20th century
abstract painter. His most famous
compositions are made up of black lines,
colored squares, rectangles, and thick
black lines.
• During World War I, he
formulated an approach he called
neo-plasticism.
•
After the war, in Paris he made his most
famous painting, Composition with Red,
Yellow and Blue (1921).
• After his death, his works became so famous that even in this
century, other graphic artists, architects, advertisers and fashion
designers around the world copied his distinctive style.
"Broadway Boogie Woogie"
ca.1942-1943
Mondrian’s Masterpieces
"Composition with Red, Blue
and Yellow” ca.1930
"Composition A" ca.1920
"Composition 10" ca.1939-1942
Karel Appel
25 April 1921-3 May 2006
• Christiaan Karel Appel is still our
most famous postwar Dutch painter,
sculptor, and poet.
• He was awarded the UNESCO Prize
at the 27th International Biennale
in Venice, and the first prize at the
Guggenheim International.
•
In 2002 about 400 pieces of Appel's
works went missing on the way to his
foundation to the Netherlands.
• It is only in 2012, 6 years after his death, the missing works were
found in a disused UK warehouse and were returned to the
foundation.
Karel Appel’s Masterpieces
People, Birds and Sun
Questioning Children
Hip, Hip, Hoorah!
Creeping Cat
I.C.S. “G.MARCONI” – PALERMO – ITALY
SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA Nr 4 IM. - JANA PAWLA II LUBARTOWIE –
LUBARTOW – POLAND
AGRUPAMENTO VERTICAL DE PORTEL – PORTEL – PORTUGAL
SCOALA Nr. 2 - “ION MINULESCU” PITESTI – ROMANIA
ESCOLA ERNEST LLUCH - ABRERA – SPAIN
TOTAALSCHOOL DE VUURLINDER – THE HAGUE – THE NETHERLANDS