FINE ARTS
When did Thomas Gainsborough begin to study art? 728.
How was he connected with the Royal Academy? 728.
Who is his only rival in portrait painting? 728.
How does he stand in landscape painting? 728.
Who was the principal English portrait painter in 1732? 1605.
For what profession was Sir Joshua Reynolds designed? 1605.
What works did he study in Rome? 1605.
In what does Reynolds' fame lie? 1605.
Who was the first president of the Royal Academy? 1605.
Who founded the Royal Canadian Academy? 1639.
Who was its first president? 1639.
How do its members stand against the competition of the world? 1639.
What great painting did Millais show at 17? 1226.
How did it compare with the best historical paintings? 1227.
What two artists greatly influenced him? 1227.
Why are his later works unrivalled? 1227.
What was the first picture of Dante Gabriel Rossetti? 1635.
Who formed the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood? 1635.
Compare his painting to his poetry? 1636.
Upon what does his reputation rest in painting? 1636.
What was the aim of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood? 899.
When was William Holman Hunt born? 899.
What is "that modern masterpiece of technical art"? 899.
What is his finest work in coloring? 899.
How did Ruskin help the Pre-Raphaelites? 1544.
What were the first exhibitions of the Pre-Raphaelites? 1544.
What work on art did John Ruskin write? 1644.
What five great painters did Ruskin make supreme? 1644.
Who was one of the most celebrated Italian masters? 339.
What was the background of his pictures? 339.
Who was his rival? 339.
What was the character of his painting? 339.
Who painted a fine coronation of the Virgin? 340.
Where was Botticelli born? 251.
What artisans were closely associated then with painters? 251.
Under whom did he study? 251.
What was his first important work? 251.
Where is his individual style most evident? 251.
Why have copies of his work passed for originals? 251.
What honor did Lorenzo de Medici bestow upon him? 251.
What great poem did he illustrate? 251.
How has he influenced modern painting? 251.
Who was Lorenzo de Medici, the Magnificent? 1197.
Who formulated the principles of linear perspective? 706.
What is Raphael called by his countrymen? 1587.
Under whom did he study? 1587.
How many styles did Raphael use? 1587.
What are two of his supreme creations? 1587.
Where are his celebrated frescoes? 1587.
What is the best of his frescoes? 1458.
Why did Perugino change his name? 1458.
Why were some of his frescoes destroyed? 1458.
When did Michael Angelo begin to draw? 72.
What honor did his Sleeping Cupid bring him? 72.
Out of what did he cut his statue of David? 72.
Why was St. Peter's built? 72.
What fortifications did he build? 73.
Where did he paint his Last Judgment? 73.
What five great arts did he engage in? 73.
What passion did he have? 73.
Who was Fra Angelico? 72.
Who is one of America's best landscape painters? 927.
What was the auction price of 240 of his pictures? 927.
Who was the one important American figure painter of his time? 899.
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