| Title | Creator |
Date |
Era | City | Country | Emotional Sum (Sense of Life or emotional World View) | Theme | |
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| Chariot of Apollo | Sculptor: Jean Baptiste (1630-1700) Tuby | 1668-1670 | 1600s | Versailles | France |
The world has thrilling powerful men of action. There are no limits to what can be achieved. |
Elegant, physical power. The fantasy ability to fly through water and air with grace and ease. |
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| Feast of Belshazzar | Painter: Rembrandt Van Rijn | 1635c. | 1600s | London | United Kingdom |
The only way to know the sense of life or world view of the painting is through it's history, since the image is very mixed. Shows an opulent and sumptuous world, but the people are obviously distressed over something. Assuming one knows its history, you could conclude it is an exercise in depicting the dangers of the worldly pursuits and wealth. |
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| Head of a Bearded Man | Domenichino: | 1625c | 1600s | New York | United States |
Pensive, worried, detached qualities of humanity |
Worry is the way of the world. |
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| Othello: the Moor of Venice | Playwright: William Shakespeare | 1603 | 1600s | Stratford-on-Avon | United Kingdom |
Malevolence and horrible tragedy is unrelieved. Evil is potent. |
A great man can be gullible and controlled by an evil character. Or, an evil character can have potency in the world, because of the weakness of a good man. |
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| Horse Seen from Behind | Draftsman: Andrea Boscoli | 1587c | 1500s | United States |
Not much except perhaps stylistic -- confident, strong drafting style, and a vibrant, alive, horse. |
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| Wisdom and Strength | Painter: Paolo Veronese | 1580c | 1500s | Venice? | Italy |
Sumptuousness is good, and the human form is good. |
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| Burgos Cathedral Crossing | Architect: Unknown | 1569 circa | 1500s | Burgos | Spain |
God is order and reason and light. |
The spirit of god is rational, uplifting and rich in detail |
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| David | Sculptor: Michelangelo Buonarotti | 1504 | 1500s | Florence | Italy |
Man is a strong, indomitable creature who has the intelligence to overcome terrible odds. |
[requires assumption of some context of this work -- not a "cold" introduction to it]: A man able to face a daunting task, with tremulous calm and determination. This is the depiction of the David/Goliath story of the Bible in which David takes on the much more formidable Goliath and wins. |
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| Pieta | Sculptor: Michelangelo Buonarotti | 1500 | 1500s |
Resignation in the face of tragedy. |
Recognition and acceptance of a great personal loss. |
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| Old Man with a Young Boy | Painter: Domenico Ghirlandaio | 1490 | 1400s | Florence | Italy |
Human companionship or family closeness is real. |
Quiet familial love. (A grandfather (perhaps) gazing upon a grandson, and vice versa, in a clear moment of happy communion.) |
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| Rose Window - La Sainte-Chapelle (aka The Holy Chapel | Designer: Unknown | 1248 | Paris, Ile de la Cite | France |
The world is open and bright and colorful and gay. |
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| Sainte-Chapelle | Architect: Anonymous | 1248 | Paris, Ile de la Cite | France |
The world is brilliant, light, colorful, orderly. |
The world is brilliant, light, colorful, orderly. |
