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    The Venus of Urbino (also known as Reclining Venus) is an oil painting by Italian painter Titian, depicting a nude young woman, traditionally identified...
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    The Birth of Venus (Botticelli) (c. 1485) Sleeping Venus (c. 1501) Venus of Urbino (1538) Venus with a Mirror (c. 1555) Rokeby Venus (1647–1651) Olympia...
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    Sforza of Urbino Andrea del Verrocchio: The Baptism of Christ Hugo van der Goes: Portinari Triptych Sandro Botticelli: Primavera, The Birth of Venus, Adoration...
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    Ekkehard (ed.). Faszination Venus. Bilder einer Göttin von Cranach bis Cabanel. Gent: Snoek-Ducaju and Zoon. pp. 322–323. "Mars, Venus und Amor". Kunsthistorischen...
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    highlights. The pose of the Venus resembles the classical statues of the Venus de' Medici in Florence or the Capitoline Venus in Rome, which Titian may...
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    Preussische Jahrbücher 28 (1871): 418–31 Das Leben Raphaels von Urbino: italienischer Text von Vasari übersetzt und Commentar. Berlin: F. Dümmler, 1872,...
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    beginning a long line of famous paintings including the Venus of Urbino (Titian, 1538), and the Rokeby Venus (Diego Velázquez, c. 1650). Although they reflect...
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    succeeded in securing his nephew Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici as Duke of Urbino, but reduced papal finances. In Protestant circles, Leo is associated with...
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    of France. Catherine was born in Florence to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne. In 1533, at the age of 14, Catherine...
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    eventually settled at Munich, where he published, in 1824, "Raffael Sanzio von Urbino": the Elements of Lithographic Drawing" ("Anfangs gründe des Steinzeichners')...
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    pick up shadows well. Research in 2008 by a geomorphology professor at Urbino University and an artist-photographer revealed that Mona Lisa's landscape...
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    under his third cousins, Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII, in the War of Urbino and the War of the League of Cognac, respectively. Giovanni was born in...
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    Sacred and Profane Love (category Paintings of Venus)
    bride dressed in white, sitting beside Cupid and accompanied by the goddess Venus. The title of the painting is first recorded in 1693, when it was listed...
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    Titian, whose Venus of Urbino (1538) and Pardo Venus (or Jupiter and Antiope, 1534–1540) reproduce the same posture as the Sleeping Venus, acquiring, however...
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    teaching to Urbino in 1910 in order to continue his research on the Marche region. Subsequently, he decided to enroll in law at the University of Urbino, not...
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    workshop: Initiation into the Bacchic Mysteries, 16th century After Titian: Venus, Bacchus and Ceres (Alte Pinakothek) List of works by Titian Louvre. Royal...
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    Philip 1553, now Wellington Collection, with earlier and later versions. Venus and Adonis, Museo del Prado, delivered 1554, and several other versions...
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    on 14 August 1642, the eldest surviving son of Vittoria della Rovere of Urbino, and Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Their previous two...
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    Count Czernin von Chudenitz, Vienna; passing by inheritance through the Czernin von Chudenitz family of Vienna, to Count Eugen Czernin von Chudenitz, Vienna...
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    und die Gründung Roms, 1988, Philipp von Zabern, ISBN 3-8053-0989-9 Andreae, Bernard, Laokoon und die Kunst von Pergamon. Die Hybris der Giganten, 1991...
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  • The Seven Lively Arts) (1957) Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation The Duke of Urbino (Portrait of Count Theo Rossi Di Montelera) (1957) Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation...
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    Montefeltro and Pope Pius II worked to establish ideal cities, founding Urbino and Pienza. Pico della Mirandola wrote the Oration on the Dignity of Man...
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  • clash at Creazzo but was freed afterwards. In 1517 he fought in the War of Urbino against Francesco Maria della Rovere, who also besieged Perugia. In 1516...
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  • Bayqara, Timurid ruler of Herat (b. 1438) 1519 – Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino (b. 1492) 1535 – John Houghton, Carthusian monk and saint 1562 – Lelio Sozzini...
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    a Friend Ronnie Fischer 3 episodes 2016 Der Urbino-Krimi: Die Tote im Palazzo [de] Thilo Gruber Der Urbino-Krimi: Mord im Olivenhain [de] Thilo Gruber...
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    of toy spaniel was first seen in paintings by Titian, including the Venus of Urbino (1538), where a small dog is used as a symbol of female seductiveness...
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    Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins) 1957 "Das Herz von St. Pauli" (from picture Das Herz von St. Pauli) 1959 "Mein Junge, halt die Füße still" (from...
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    L'arte conquistata: spoliazioni napoleoniche dalle chiese della legazione di Urbino e Pesaro (in Italian). Modena: Artioli. ISBN 978-8877920881. Goff, Alice...
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    Cerulli (1859–1927), astronomer especially known for his work on Mars and Venus and his discovery of the minor planet 704 Interamnia. 1282–1442 Angevin...
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    estimated 8.3 magnitude earthquake occurs in Concepción, Chile. February 5 – Venus occults Jupiter; this will next happen in 1818. March 28 – The ambassador...
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