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• Giovanni Morelli — (25 February 1816 – 28 February 1891) was an Italian art critic and political figure.[1] As an art historian, he developed the Morellian technique of scholarship, identifying the characteristic hands of painters through scrutiny of… …   Wikipedia

• Art forgery — refers to creating and, in particular, selling works of art that are falsely attributed to be work of another, usually more famous, artist. Art forgery is extremely lucrative, but modern dating and analysis techniques have made the identification …   Wikipedia

• Pottery of ancient Greece — Bilingual amphora by the Andokides Painter, ca. 520 BC (Munich) As the result of its relative durability, pottery is a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and because there is so much of it (some 100,000 vases are recorded… …   Wikipedia

• Parthenon Frieze — The Parthenon Frieze is the low relief, pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon’s naos. It was sculpted between ca. 443 and 438 BC [438 was the year of the dedication of the Parthenon and usually taken as an… …   Wikipedia

• Friedrich Hauser — (Stuttgart 1859 ndash;Baden Baden, 1917) was a German classical archaeologist and art historian. His most famous single publication is Die Neuattischen Reliefs (Stuttgart: Verlag von Konrad Wittwer, 1889) in which he identified a style category… …   Wikipedia

• Alois Riegl — (14 January 1858 in Linz 17 June 1905 in Vienna) was an Austrian art historian, and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History. He was one of the major figures in the establishment of art history as a self sufficient academic… …   Wikipedia

• Moritz Thausing — Portrait of Thausing. Moritz Thausing (3 June 1838 – 11 August 1884) was an Austrian art historian, and counts among the founders of the Vienna School of Art History. Contents 1 Life …   Wikipedia

• Morelli, Giovanni — ▪ Italian art critic original name  Nicolas Schäffer  born February 25, 1816, Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy and Venetia [now in Italy] died February 28, 1891, Milan       Italian patriot and art critic whose methods of direct study established the… …   Universalium

• Lotto, Lorenzo — • Italian portrait painter, d. 1556. Artist s biography with bibliography Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lotto, Lorenzo     Lorenzo Lotto      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Mathieu Criaerd — (1689 1776) was the most prominent of a large family of cabinetmakers (ébénistes), apparently of Flemish ancestry, who were working in Paris during the 18th century. He became a master in the Corporation des Menuisiers Ébénistes 29 July 1738 and… …   Wikipedia