Claude Lorrain: 50+ Baroque Paintings
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Claude Lorrain: 50+ Baroque Paintings Details
CLAUDE LORRAIN Art Book contains 50+ Reproductions of Landscapes, Mythical and Biblical Scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below.Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).BORN: 1600 in Chamagne, France.DIED: November 23, 1682 in Rome, Italy.MOVEMENT: BaroqueINTERESTING FACTS:§ Prior to becoming a painter, Lorrain trained as a pastrycook.§ He studied in Rome under AgostinoTassi, a landscape and fresco painter.§ Lorrain gained success and well paid commissions from Pope Urban VIII, several cardinals and Philip IV of Spain.§ Lorrain created a book, Liber Veritatis, that included 195 illustrations of his paintings. It contained details of each painting and who the patron was. The book was a valuable tool to prevent forgeries of his work.NOTABLE WORKS:A Seaport at Sunrise, The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba and Landscape with Apollo Guarding the Herds of Admetus.
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