Claude Lorrain
Britishnoun
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It’s a mythological painting inspired by Ovid and based on a composition by the 17th-century painter Claude Lorrain.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023
Hills, trees and a shimmering lake are laid out in a subtly dynamic diagonal grid, which reflects the painter’s admiration for the popular French landscape artist Claude Lorrain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2021
With its grotto, temples and water features, it illustrates how an 18th-century gentleman envisioned an earthly paradise – albeit through the eyes of Poussin and Claude Lorrain.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2012
Fragonard’s composition ties in with a French tradition that goes back to Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain, who also borrowed themes from antiquity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2010
Mozart first expressed in golden melody the age of Louis xiv. and the art of Racine and Claude Lorrain.
From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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