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32 matches to Gobelins Tapestry Works
Gobelins Tapestry Works. 1440. Established by Jehan Gobelin. Colbert reorganized 1662. Louis XIV sumptuous style. Le Brun. Versailles interiors.
LeBrun, Charles. 1619-90. Painter. Head of Gobelins Tapestry Works, 1662-. Versailles decorator.
Savonnerie. 1604-1826. Royal French carpet makers incorporated into Gobelins.
Aubusson Tapestry Works. 17 and 18C works for aristocracy and bourgeoisie.
Bayeux Tapestry. c1104. 70 meter illustration of Norman Conquest of England.
Felletin. French tapestry works 15C-. Coarser weave in rustic motifs. Aubusson.
Lurçat, Jean. 1892-1966. French painter, revived the art of tapestry. Apocalypse 1948.
Apelles. 4C BC. Greek painter. No surviving works.
Bibliothèque Nationale. French National Library begun by Charles V collection now houses 20M works. 7M Books.
Blanc, Louis. 1811-82. French Utopian Socialist. Theory of equal wages. National Workshops. Organization du Travail 1839.
CWA. Civil Works Admin. US New Deal project employed 4M.
Feuerbach, Ludwig. 1804-72. German philosopher. God is illusion. Immortality of man is only through works and offspring. Thoughts on Death 1830.
Handel, George Frideric. 1685-1759. German/ English composer of oratorio, Italian opera. Peak of polyphonic music. Water Music 1717. Messiah 1741. Music for Royal Fireworks 1749.
Hesiod. c800BC. Greek poet. Works and Days.
Jabir Ibn Hayyan. c721-815. Arab alchemist. Mercury+sulphur=gold. 2,000 works.
Jones, Ernest. 1897-1958. Welsh psychoanalyst. Life and Works of Freud 1953-7.
Kinetic Art. 20C. Works which move, or give the illusion of movement. Calder. Riley.
Krupp. 1587-1968. German family of arms manufacturers. Steel works 1812. Canon 1847. Used slave labour in WWII.
Macquarie, Lachlan. 1761-1824. Scottish governor of New South Wales 1809-21. Public works; currency 1813; bank 1817.
Miller, Henry. 1891-1980. US autobiographical novelist. Tropic of Cancer 1934. Tropic of Capricorn 1939. Works banned in US for sexual content until 1964.
Pappus of Alexandria. Greek mathematician. Collection c340 of Greek works.
Poussin, Nicolas. 1594-1665. French Neoclassical painter. Strong pictorial emotional works. Arcadian Shepherds 1638/55. Rape of the Sabines 1636-7.
Prehistoric. Period of Greek Art. 1500-1000BC. Mycenaeans created massive stone works, painted vases, bronze ornaments.
Public Works of Art Project. (PWAP) 1933-4. New Deal. Gave work to unemployed artists. WPA.
Rachmaninov, Sergei. 1873-1943. Russian/US pianist, composer. Romantic nostalgic works of great virtuosity. Prelude 1892.