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  Francisco Goya, tapestry painter
Despite the disadvantages, Goya's career as a tapestry painter served as an important introduction to the court of Madrid, and his contribution to the tapestry factory is still remembered today, as tapestries after or inspired by Goya's cartoons continue to be produced.
Goya's designs, which had been created under the supervision of Francisoo Bayeu, apparently won the approval of his seniors at court, since from this point on he was allowed to create tapestry cartoons without the direct supervision of another court painter.
In April 1790, the court painter Mariano Salvador Maella (1739-1819) conveyed to Goya the royal order that he execute another series of cartoons with "comic and rustic" subjects for the king's office in the palace at El Escorial.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-83939667.html   (3093 words)

  
 History of Art: Baroque and Rococo - Diego Velazquez
Though he continued to paint other subjects, as court painter he was chiefly occupiedin portraying members of the royal family and their entourage, and he painted numerous portraits of Philip IV during the course of his life.
The portraits of court dwarfs, painted during the next few years, display the same impartial and discerning eye as those of royal and noble sitters, while the character of the dwarfs' deformities is revealed through their awkward, unconventional poses, their individual expressions, and by the exceptionally free and bold brushwork.
Velázquez's last activity was to accompany the king and court to the French border, in the spring of 1660, to arrange the decoration of the Spanish pavilion for the marriage of the Infanta María Teresa with Louis XIV.
www.all-art.org /history252-24.html   (2906 words)

  
  John Kirthian Court: American Portrait Artist, Painter, Sculptor
Court's knowledge of horsemanship is most readily seen in the drawing of the artist's father's horsemanship atop the faithful family equine retainer, Geronimo (fig 4).
From the point of view of Court as a romantic painter, it is interesting that when he built the house on Sao Miguel, he made it in the manner of Palladio, the great Venetian architect who put the elements of classical architecture in a somewhat different order.
Court has combined the pose of the standing figure with the sex of the reclining one and created a solitary, preoccupied and mysterious young woman.
www.johncourt.com /home.html   (2315 words)

  
  Diego Velázquez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Though considered a generally dull, commonplace painter, at times Pacheco would express a simple, direct realism that is in contradiction to the style of Raphael that he was taught.
Those works presage the advent of the painter's third and latest manner, a noble example of which is the great portrait of Pope Innocent X in the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome, where Velázquez now proceeded.
Calling Velázquez the "painter of painters," Manet admired Velázquez's use of vivid brushwork in the midst of the baroque academic style of his contemporaries and built upon Velázquez's motifs in his own art.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Velasquez   (4443 words)

  
 History Channel Search Results   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Although the great Flemish master did not have a direct impact on the style of the younger painter, their conversations almost certainly inspired Velázquez to visit the art collections in Italy that were so much admired by Rubens.
Dating from the late 1630s and early '40s are the famous depictions of court dwarfs in which, unlike court-jester portraits by earlier artists, the sitters are treated with respect and sympathy.
The key works of the painter's last two decades are Fable of Arachne (1644–48, Prado), an image of sophisticated mythological symbolism, and his masterwork, Las meninas (The Maids of Honor, 1656, Prado), a stunning group portrait of the royal family and Velázquez himself in the act of painting.
www.historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..ve012900.a   (1144 words)

  
 MyWestTexas.com - Commissioners' Court approves trip to learn about jail supervision alternative
The Commissioners' Court approved a request Monday by Sheriff's Office Capt. Richard Sexton to attend a symposium on jail supervision that could influence the design of a potential jail expansion and the manner in which deputies supervise inmates in the future.
Painter said a jail operating with direct supervision would not need a guard shack to be built in the living quarters, which would reduce the cost of construction for a new facility.
Painter said his primary concern regarding a switch to direct supervision would be the safety of the guards.
www.mywesttexas.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15899522   (772 words)

  
 artwrite
Diego Velazquez was the court painter for King Philip IV in Madrid Spain during the 17th century; the works he created for the royal family then are still hailed today as masterpieces because of their complex nature.
The court painter was seen as a valuable resource because their portraits were a way for the monarchy to display their power and prestige, as well as to establish a legacy of the reign for future generations to observe.
Around the princess the scene is crowded with members of the court, to the left a maid of honour offers her a drink on a gold tray and to the right two of the court dwarves are standing, one of whom is poking a sleepy dog.
blogs.cofa.unsw.edu.au /blog/artwrite/?month=6&day=23&year=2005   (581 words)

  
 No. 00-3063
We affirm the judgment of the circuit court.
The circuit court's statement that the debt is not dischargeable may have been a suggestion to a federal court that Wisconsin courts would consider this relationship to be the type of fiduciary relationship included within the exceptions.
Since the language may not be binding on the federal court, Whitnall has not explained to this court how he is harmed by the language in the circuit court's order.
www.wisbar.org /res/capp/z2000/00-3063.htm   (868 words)

  
 Constitutional Law Center: Supreme Court: Landmark Decisions
Although the Court affirmed the Plessy decision, it found Missouri's separate out-of-state facilities to not be equal.
Painter, the Court struck down a Texas statute which restricted the University of Texas Law School to white students, even though, the state made available an in-state law school for fl students.
While the Court declined to re-examine the Plessy decision, their rulings cast serious doubt on the continuing viability of the "separate but equal" doctrine.
conlaw.usatoday.findlaw.com /supreme_court/landmark2.html   (551 words)

  
 Memorial plaque to commemorate landmark lawsuit - Top Stories
The Travis County Commissioners Court unanimously voted to approve a commemorative plaque to be placed outside the 126th District Court at the Travis County Courthouse in honor of the Heman Sweatt v.
In June 1950, the court ruled that an equivalent course of study had not been provided, and Sweatt had to be admitted to the UT law school.
Shepperd told the court that he and Greenstein expect to be ready with funding, the plan for the plaque and a draft of its wording within three months.
www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2004/06/23/TopStories/Memorial.Plaque.To.Commemorate.Landmark.Lawsuit-689014.shtml   (691 words)

  
 Tate | Glossary | Stuart
He brought Rubens (Baroque) to London and then his great pupil and rival Van Dyck, who was court painter from 1632 to his death in 1641, year of outbreak of the Civil War.
During war Van Dyck was succeeded as court painter to Charles by Dobson whose Endymion Porter is perhaps greatest English Baroque portrait.
The court of Charles II (reigned 1660-85) was notorious for its pleasure loving sensuality which was perfectly served by court painter Lely in for example his Windsor Beauties - ten of the most voluptuous ladies of Charles's court grouped around a portrait of the King himself - now at Hampton Court.
www.tate.org.uk /collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=287   (148 words)

  
 ZACARÍAS GONZÁLEZ VELÁZQUEZ Spanish painter
The influence of his family and the Academy of San Fernando, as well as his working at the Court, were the key factors in the development of the artistic career of Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez during his life.
Antonio Gonzalez Velazquez, son of a sculptor Pablo Gonzalez Velazquez, was a famous painter who was admitted to the Court in 1775 and who occupied the position of Director of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando since 1765.
His attachment to the Infant Carlos Maria Isidro, his true protector during the reign of Fernando VII resulted in the disregard of his talent after the death of the Infant who was trying earlier to succeed to the throne.
www.josedelamano.net /pages/zacariasgonzalez.htm   (774 words)

  
 VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y
Although the great Flemish master did not have a direct impact on the style of the younger painter, their conversations almost certainly inspired Velázquez to visit the art collections in Italy that were so much admired by Rubens.
Dating from the late 1630s and early '40s are the famous depictions of court dwarfs in which, unlike court-jester portraits by earlier artists, the sitters are treated with respect and sympathy.
The key works of the painter's last two decades are Fable of Arachne (1644–48, Prado), an image of sophisticated mythological symbolism, and his masterwork, Las meninas (The Maids of Honor, 1656, Prado), a stunning group portrait of the royal family and Velázquez himself in the act of painting.
www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=225079   (1495 words)

  
 Joseph and Potiphar's Wife by GENTILESCHI, Orazio
The question of inviting an Italian painter was complicated primarily by the political circumstances and by religious principles.
Efforts were made, for example, to attract Guercino and Albani to the English court, but the former declined on the basis that England was officially a Protestant country and that the climate was too inclement, and negotiations with the latter came to nothing.
The predilection for simplified, dramatic compositions and exaggerated gesture, together with the sharp contrast between exposed flesh and the texture of draperies, are paralleled in the plots of contemporary masques and poetry.
www.wga.hu /html/g/gentiles/orazio/joseph.html   (703 words)

  
 Fausto Zonaro: Ottoman Court Painter
Zonaro’s appeal is enhanced by his role as painter of the court as well as of the city.
Later the same year he was appointed painter to the sultan, with a salary and a spacious house in Akaratler, a new street of terraced houses behind Dolmabahçe Palace.
As a court artist, Zonaro began to paint large official canvases of Ottoman victories, past and present, of pashas, princes and even some of the Sultan’s daughters.
www.cornucopia.net /aboutzo.html   (837 words)

  
 Divorce Source: The Terminal Date for Equitable Distribution
The court found that the stock option awards were a form of deferred compensation of her efforts expended during the marriage.
The court noted that the stock option award was "an inducement to commence employment, not as a recognition for past performance with a company." Therefore, the Robertson case was distinguished from the Pascale case.
The court determined that the "cut off" date to determine and value assets eligible for equitable distribution was the date of the agreement.
www.divorcesource.com /NJ/ARTICLES/sliwinski76.html   (1054 words)

  
 Jan van Eyck as Court Painter
Court painters belonged to the "familia" of the sovereign.
The records that have come down to us indicate the court painters were regularly called upon to paint saddles, banners, etc. with the arms and devices of the aristocrats.
As discussed in the web-page introducing the court of Burgundy, the London panel is probably a portrait of the Burgundian court musician Gille Binchois.
employees.oneonta.edu /farberas/arth/arth214_folder/van_eyck/court_painter.html   (1916 words)

  
 Appeals court: Law was ignored
The Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals reversed a judge's decision to expunge a Cincinnati man's felony conviction and berated the judge for ignoring the law.
Writing for a unanimous court, Appeals Court Judge Mark Painter noted that an extensive amount of work by defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges had to be done in each case.
Painter once compared a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court judge to a hanging judge and issued a ruling against a judge who quoted the Bible.
www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/04/05/loc_appeal05.html   (392 words)

  
 Godfrey Kneller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (August 8, 1646–October 19, 1723) was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to British monarchs from Charles II to George I.
He came to England in 1674, at the invitation of the Duke of Monmouth, accompanied by his brother, John Zacharias Kneller, who was an ornamental painter.
When Sir Peter Lely died in 1680, Kneller was appointed Principal Painter to the Crown by Charles II.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Godfrey_Kneller   (406 words)

  
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Painter who was one of the pioneers of the great tradition of Spanish portrait painting.
The favorite portrait painter of King Philip II, he introduced into Spanish portraiture a specifically Spanish character that endured until Velasquez came to the court in the 1620s.
In 1555 he moved to the Spanish court of Philip II, having been recommended by the widow of John III, Juana, who was the sister of the Spanish king.
www.euro-art-gallery.com /history/sanchez.htm   (230 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Though that case involved the segregation of the races on a common carrier, the separate but equal doctrine utilized in the case to sanction segregation in that situation was subsequently recognized as applicable in a wide variety of situations, including that of segregation of the white and fl races for public education.
Painter indicating that the Supreme Court was shifting to a new and more exacting standing of equality that would ultimately require the state to be "color-blind" in all its activities, these decisions had not proceeded to the point of shaking the foundations of the long-established tradition of an attempt to get equality through segregation.
Painter did not establish the invalidation of race separation per se by force of law, but the criteria used by the court in the application of the separate but equal doctrine gave legal experts cause to believe that the doctrine was virtually dead.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/SS/jrs1.html   (901 words)

  
 Tooele Transcript Bulletin On-line   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Painter's guilt or innocence & the debate the traditional court is most suited to decide & took a dramatic back seat to the debate regarding Painter's competency to stand trial.
They found Painter limited in his understanding of the court proceedings and he was remanded to the State Hospital for treatment.
Though he is unable to comment on Painter's or any other case in particular, Judge Skanchy said the traditional courts need to adopt broader goals for dealing with a variety of different kinds of criminal activity.
www2.tooeletranscript.com /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=10228&Itemid=54   (2119 words)

  
 INTRODUCTION TO THE COURT OPINION ON THE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION CASE
Painter that a makeshift law school the state of Texas had created to avoid admitting fls into the prestigious University of Texas Law School did not come anywhere close to being equal.
Painter, there are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors.
The effect of this separation on their educational opportunities was well stated by a finding in the Kansas case by a court which nevertheless felt compelled to rule against the Negro plaintiffs: "Segregation of white and colored children in public schools has a detrimental effect upon the colored children.
usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/facts/democrac/36.htm   (1890 words)

  
 Rudolf II and his artists
The Swiss Joseph Heintz appointed court painter of Rudolf II in 1591.
One of the famous painter of Rudolf II was the Italian Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Few people know, however, that Arcimboldo was already active aat the court of Rudolf's father Maximilian and that he was also a designer of costumes for court ceremonies, a musician and draughtsman who documented important political evenets.
old.hrad.cz /castle/historie/rud_um_uk.html   (730 words)

  
 Pinturas de Missionários Ocidentais do Palácio Qing
One is therefore compelled to argue that the painter kept to the formulas formulae for the creation of the form in icon paintings that he had adopted in his earlier years.
In depictions of state occasions, court painters did not have the courage to portray the Emperor as a ‘normal’ human being.
Given the political factors and social conditions, it was not possible for the painters to see the change of their approach from a perspective of egalitarian ideology.
www.artmuseum.gov.mo /shows/exile/english/teses2_2_e.htm   (2765 words)

  
 Goya - MSN Encarta
Much in the art of Goya is derived from that of Velázquez, just as much in the art of the 19th-century French master Édouard Manet and the 20th-century genius Pablo Picasso is taken from Goya.
His father was a painter and a gilder of altarpieces, and his mother was descended from a family of minor Aragonese nobility.
Bayeu (the brother of Goya's wife) was influential in forming Goya's early style and was responsible for his participation in an important commission, the fresco decoration (1771, 1780-1782) of the Church of the Virgin in El Pilar in Zaragoza.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761570599   (797 words)

  
 ::: Stair Sainty Gallery :::
Bachiacca was one of the leading painters in Florence for most of the first half of the sixteenth century.
This skill made Bachiacca the premier court painter of the proto-scientific illustrations of flora and fauna that nourished the young duke’s interests in botany and the natural sciences.
Bachiacca’s artistic method is rooted in the ancient tale of the Greek painter Zeuxis and the Maidens of Croton that was dear to Renaissance painters.
www.europeanpaintings.com /html/bio.asp?numcol=257   (1022 words)

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