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Contemporary Area Rug, Oriental Weavers Sphinx Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol was known for breaking the rules, harnessing the latest technology to express his ideas, and creating a new movement in Twentieth century art to be studied and imitated for years to come.

Contemporary Area Rug, Oriental Weavers Sphinx Andy Warhol Collection 100% Wool 3’6″x5’6″

Rosenthal Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe 7 3/4-Inch Vase

Marilyn Monroe was not only a Hollywood icon, Andy Warhol turned her into a pop art icon as well. For its jubilee collection, Rosenthal has applied her exquisite features to exquisite material. A range of attention-grabbing decorative images feature on a variety of accessories and limited wall plates. Based on Andy Warhol’s original sketches for his famous portrait of Monroe. With the Monroe collection, the successful >> Warhol Celebrities<< Gallery gets a new star performer

Rosenthal Andy Warhol Marilyn Monroe 9 1/2-Inch Vase

Marilyn Monroe was not only a Hollywood icon, Andy Warhol turned her into a pop art icon as well. For its jubilee collection, Rosenthal has applied her exquisite features to exquisite material. A range of attention-grabbing decorative images feature on a variety of accessories and limited wall plates. Based on Andy Warhol’s original sketches for his famous portrait of Monroe. With the Monroe collection, the successful >> Warhol Celebrities<< Gallery gets a new star performer

Rosenthal Andy Warhol Empire Paperweight Featuring New York

Andy Warhol’s Empire Collection interprets the pop artist’s black and white photographs of New York landmarks and other major world cities in porcelain and crystal. Named after Warhol’s 1964 film, Empire, the photos come allive in a series of trays, vases, mugs and paperweights. True works of art for collectors of Warhol and everyone looking for unique decorative items.

Rosenthal Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Cylindrical Vase

A well-known design adorns the most recent Andy Warhol collectors’ series: The Campbell’s soup tins. According to Warhol he was commissioned by an art dealer in 1961 to paint a picture of the thing that meant most to him. Using templates, Warhol then began producing images of coins and soup tins by the American company Campbell’s ¿ an endeavour which was to pay for his meal tickets for many years to come.

Rosenthal Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Lid For Vase

A well-known design adorns the most recent Andy Warhol collectors’ series: The Campbell’s soup tins. According to Warhol he was commissioned by an art dealer in 1961 to paint a picture of the thing that meant most to him. Using templates, Warhol then began producing images of coins and soup tins by the American company Campbell’s ¿ an endeavour which was to pay for his meal tickets for many years to come.

Rosenthal Andy Warhol Empire Paperweight Featuring London

Andy Warhol’s Empire Collection interprets the pop artist’s black and white photographs of New York landmarks and other major world cities in porcelain and crystal. Named after Warhol’s 1964 film, Empire, the photos come allive in a series of trays, vases, mugs and paperweights. True works of art for collectors of Warhol and everyone looking for unique decorative items.

Rosenthal Andy Warhol Campbell’s Soup Rectangular Vase

A well-known design adorns the most recent Andy Warhol collectors’ series: The Campbell’s soup tins. According to Warhol he was commissioned by an art dealer in 1961 to paint a picture of the thing that meant most to him. Using templates, Warhol then began producing images of coins and soup tins by the American company Campbell’s ¿ an endeavour which was to pay for his meal tickets for many years to come.

His Most Famous Painting (The School of Athens) – Raphael

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Born in Urbino and trained under Pietro Perugino in Perugia, ‘Italian Renaissance’ painter and the architect of the Italian High Renaissance Raffaello Sanzi or Santi, better known as Raphael, is recognized at par with Leonardo and Michelangelo in the terms of artistic talent. Of the many remarkable pieces produced, Raphael’s most famous ‘High Renaissance’ painting is “The School of Athens or Scuola di Atene (Italian)” (1510-11), a huge composition of various figures adorned on the Vatican walls in Rome.

In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned frescoes in four rooms, Stanze di Raffaello, at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican. Architect Donato Bramante suggested Raphael’s name to the Pope for this project. Each room signified a theme that was represented with a painting, such as Theology by Disputa, Poetry by Parnassus, Law by Jurisprudence, and Philosophy by The School of Athens, which is also the most famous amongst the other frescoes. Raphael’s work reflected clearly outlined figures fostered by the outstanding use of light and shadow to give depth and realistic edge.

“The School of Athens” ensnares the renowned philosophers of the Greek world, with Plato and Aristotle at its centre. They are seen holding in their left hand the copies of Timaeus & Nicomachean Ethics respectively, with a group of other philosophers & scientists on each side of Plato and Aristotle. The philosophers at Plato’s side seem to conjecture the obscurity of the globe, while those at the Aristotle’s end, appear vexed for nature and humanity. Some other well-known philosophers and scientists Sanzi captured are Pythagoras, Heraklettes, and Euclid, the Greek mathematician shown with a compass. Raphael has placed himself at one far end of the composition as a commoner peering from a group of scholars. The overall impact of “The School of Athens” frescoes is that of grandiose charm, serenity, & symmetry, illustrating the historical continuity of Platonic thought.

Raphael began working on “The School of Athens” in 1509 and accomplished it by November 1511. The Pope too took an instant liking to Raphael and so did the others. Being a total charmer, for women especially, Raphael earned himself the title of ‘Prince of Painters.’ Giorgio Vasari once said about Raphael, “Raphael was so gentle and so charitable that even animals loved him, not to speak of men.”

Appreciating “The School of Athens,” Celio Calcagnini once said, “It took many ancient heroes and a long age to build Rome, and many enemies and centuries to destroy it. Now Raphael has sought and discovered Rome in Rome; it takes a great man to seek, but discovery comes of God himself.”

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Rosenthal Andy Warhol 7-Inch Empire Vase

Andy Warhol’s Empire Collection interprets the pop artist’s black and white photographs of New York landmarks and other major world cities in porcelain and crystal. Named after Warhol’s 1964 film, Empire, the photos come allive in a series of trays, vases, mugs and paperweights. True works of art for collectors of Warhol and everyone looking for unique decorative items.