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Rio dei Mendicanti, oil on canvas by Francesco Guardi; in the Galleria dell'Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy. Plate 13: “View of the Lagoon,” oil painting by Francesco Guardi (1712-93). In the Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy. 33 x 51 cm.
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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
Ultimate Art Quiz
Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects
Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?
"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.
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Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson
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Painting palette with oil paints and brushes. Rainbow colored paints, arts and entertainment
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Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
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Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
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Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
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A mug shot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellin
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Christmas tree, holiday, pine
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Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.
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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
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Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
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Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009
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Francesco Guardi: References & Edit History

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First paragraph modernization. Mar 08, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2024
Add new Web site: Artnet - Biography of Francesco Guard. May 03, 2019
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Francesco Guardi. Mar 08, 2017
Add new Web site: Virtual Uffizi Gallery - Biography of Francesco Guardi. Mar 08, 2017
Add new Web site: ART UK - Biography of Francesco Guardi. Mar 07, 2017
Add new Web site: The National Gallery, London - Biography of Francesco Guardi. Feb 28, 2014
Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art - Biography of Francesco Guardi. Jul 24, 2013
Add new Web site: The Getty - Biography of Francesco Guardi. Jul 24, 2013
Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of Francesco Guardi. Jul 24, 2013
Article revised and updated. Jun 23, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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