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Fine Arts


Painting, Watercolour, Plastic Arts, Woodcuts, Etching, Drawing.



22 subcategories
Altars

ALTARS

Armours

ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

Carvings

CARVINGS

Ceramic

CERAMIC

Drawing

DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

WATERCOLOUR

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Gunther, son of Bavarian Duke Tassilo, died during a boar hunt. His father decided to build a monastery on the site of his son's death. From a hand-painted history of Kremsmuenster Monastery, illuminated by local painter Josef Kadariza in 1695.
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Gunther, son of Bavarian Duke Tassilo, died during a boar hunt. His father de...

After the destruction by Hungarian invaders in 900, Duke Heinrich II of Bavaria restores Kremsmuenster. The abbey's importance increases under the bishops Udalric, Wolfgang-Gotthard and Peregrin. From a handpainted history of Kremsmuenster, 1695
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After the destruction by Hungarian invaders in 900, Duke Heinrich II of Bava...

From "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540), a hand-painted book on astronomy by Peter Apianus, teacher to Emperor Karl V, to whom the work is dedicated. Paper disks can be moved by strings to show displacement of the heavenly bodies.
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From "Astronomicum Caesareum" (1540), a hand-painted book on astronomy by Pet...

From the book of Father Florian Paucke, describing his missionary journeys in Latin America between 1748-1769. "How a missionary crosses a river in a skin, or, alter- natively in a basket. How deep rivers are crossed in Paraguaya." Codex 420, Zwettl Monastery, Austria.
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From the book of Father Florian Paucke, describing his missionary journeys in L...

Noah's Ark. Illustration from "Histoire Universelle en Francais de la Creation du Monde jusqu'a Cesar". Painted by an anonymous monk between 1260-1270 in Akko, Kingdom of Jerusalem, then seat of the Knights of Saint John. MS 562
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Noah's Ark. Illustration from "Histoire Universelle en Francais de la Creati...

A leopard in a small garden. Boar hunt. Pen and watercolour (late 14th) Codex D VII 14, folio 17
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A leopard in a small garden. Boar hunt. Pen and watercolour (la...

Venice with St. Marc's Square, the Doge's palace, and the old campanile, from "Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam", first printed in 1486. Breidenbach, Canonicus and Dean of Mainz, Germany, travelled to Palestine in 1484-1485. Coloured woodcut.
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Venice with St. Marc's Square, the Doge's palace, and the old campanile, f...

Venice and the old campanile before its destruction by earthquake, from "Pregrinatio in Terram Sanctam", first printed in 1486. Breidenbach, Canonicus and Dean of Mainz, travelled to Palestine in 1484-1485. Coloured woodcut.
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Venice and the old campanile before its destruction by earthquake, from "Pre...

Building a galley in a Venice shipyard, from "Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam", first printed in Latin in 1486. Breidenbach, Canonicus and Dean of Mainz, travelled to Palestine in 1484-1485. Coloured woodcut.
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Building a galley in a Venice shipyard, from "Peregrinatio in Terram...

The philosopher Seneca, seated in his Gothic study, hands his works to a messenger. Codex painted for the Cardinal of Amboise around 1500.
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The philosopher Seneca, seated in his Gothic study, hands his works to a mes...

Description of the travels of the Venetian Charles Magius. He arrives in Venice and is reconciled to his family. Text reads: "You planned evil, God turned it to good." Painting shows the house of his father, a garden, and the family at dinner.
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Description of the travels of the Venetian Charles Magius. He arrives in Ve...

A meeting of the Grand Council of Venice presided by the Doge Sebastiano Venier, to celebrate the naval victory over the Turks at Lepanto, 1571. From the "Travels" of the Venetian Charles Magius MS 134
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A meeting of the Grand Council of Venice presided by the Doge Sebastiano V...