Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Daily Art Quote

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination. (George Henry Lewes)

Pelagio Palagi   Newton's Discovery of the Refraction of Light   1827  
Oil on canvas, 167 x 216 cm  
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Brescia


 
 Johannes Vermeer   The Astronomer   c. 1668  
Oil on canvas, 50 x 45 cm  
Musée du Louvre, Paris

 Johannes Vermeer   The Geographer   c. 1668  
Oil on canvas, 53 x 46,6 cm  
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

Joseph Wright   A Philosopher Lecturing with a Mechanical Planetary  
1766   Oil on canvas, 147,3 x 203,2 cm  
Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby
 Giuseppe Angeli   Lesson in Astronomy   1757-59  
Oil on canvas, 100 x 45 cm  
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

 Willem van der Vliet   Philosopher and Pupils   1626  
Oil on panel, 85 x 113 cm  
National Trust for Scotland, Brodie Castle

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