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Edinburgh anatomist Andrew Fyfe was b. #OTD 1752. Fyfe was also an exceptional illustrator and these plates are from 'Anatomy of the Human Body' published 1814. He was, however, described by Sir Astley Cooper as “a horrid lecturer”
Born on this day: Maria Carolina of Austria, Queen of Naples and Sicily (1752-1814)
She was close to her sister Marie Antoinette and in solidarity for her, Maria Carolina played a role in the counterrevolution against France
Born #OnThisDay in 1736: Spanish painter #JoaquínInza y Ainsa (1736-1811)
Portrait of Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752-88), ca. 1760
#Inza #SpanishArt #ChildrenInArt
On this day Joshua Reynolds was born. This portrait is typical of his style after his trip to Italy in 1752. The sculptural pose of the figure and the heavy column in the background gives it an air of grandeur. #OTD
Colors of the Three Mornings, by Torii, Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
#ukiyoe
Day 1752: Simple! I had a rough night, so I powered through this. Still have a lot of writing left to do and I wanted to get this done so I could move on. Over all, I liked the path it headed down, and the values were on the right track again. After tomorrow I'll dig back in!
➤ “La muerte de Jacinto”, Giambattista, 1752-53, @MuseoThyssen
➤ El tema está extraído de Las Metamorfosis de Ovidio (libro X), donde se narra el fatal desenlace de los amores entre el dios Apolo y el mortal Jacinto
🧶 /FIN
Actors Representing the Feat of Asahina Breaking the Armer of Soga no Goro, attributed to Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
#ukiyoe
June, 1752 (exact date unknown): Benjamin Franklin conducted his famous “kite experiment.”
Portrait by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#BenjaminFranklin #KiteExperiment #Electricity #Inventor #Science #Freemasons #Freemasonry #GrandLodgeOfPennsylvania #AmericanHistory
#CeJourLà 15 juin 1752 : invention du paratonnerre par Benjamin Franklin.
Pour ce faire, il lance dans les nuages un cerf-volant dont il humidifie la corde de chanvre. Un fil de soie et une clé y sont accrochés. Puis, le chanvre se raidit et des étincelles jaillit de la clé.
@smarucci461 @paoloigna1 @albertopetro2 @Rebeka80721106 @ceconomou56 @Dominiquepucini @BaroneZaza70 @renatoantares50 @erminiopasquat1 @claudioborlotto @yianniseinstein @javiango @Jadranka4love @Sensibilia8 @ARTESelezione @MOCarballeira @mariagonzalezf5 @infowimvisscher Ma sorgi omai. S’involano
l’ore, e la notte avanza:
vuoti i teatri affrettano
la sospirata danza.
Tu pensierosa or dubiti,
gemi e non hai parole;
poi ti dorra’ che rapido
turbi le veglie il sole.
L. Savioli
La maschera (1765)
Boucher
Il tramonto, Apollo incontra il Mare (1752)
“Sol naciente” (1753) y “Sol poniente” (1752) son dos obras de estilo Rococó realizadas por el pintor francés François Bouchard. Estas dos representaciones del dios Apolo, fueron consideradas por el artista sus mejores trabajos.
@ViewArte @agustin_gut @_rjardon @sminaev2015 @ampomata @robtropper @ejlazar @SonokHakan @artmajcar @195501 @redne2013 @mhall55nine @okayamapc @dariosci1 @marmelyr @yebosfaye @msprayart @SandroBrizzola4 @sadnessandhope @fra852 @paoloigna1 @albertopetro2 @AnnaRDelorenzo @BrindusaB1 @CatarinaCabral @ersu1880 @CludioDiazmeji1 @revove22454 @famartinez2001 𝒥. ℋ. ℱ𝓇𝒶ℊℴ𝓃𝒶𝓇𝒹 the-shepherdess-1752
To-no Sawa (Name of one of the hot springs at Hakone), by Torii Kiyonaga (1752–1815)
#ukiyoe
Twee vogels: een appelvink (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) en een keep (Fringilla montifringilla), 1752 https://t.co/drc5D1NWAX #rijksmuseum #europeana