SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA Art Book contains 175+ Reproductions of the architecture, life, clothing and events of Ancient Greece and Rome with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
BORN: January 8,1836 in Dronrijp, Netherlands.
DIED: June 25, 1912, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
MOVEMENT: Classicism
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ From 1852-58 Alma-Tadema studied at the Royal Academy of Antwerp under Hendrik Leys.
§ After a visit to Italy, Alma-Tadema’s subject matter included Greek and Roman antiquity and Egyptian archeaology.
§ When the Franco-Prussian War started, he moved to London and became a naturalized citizen in 1873.
§ In 1879, he was elected a member of the Royal Academy in London. Then in 1889, he was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Paris Exposition Universelle and then Knighted in England in 1899.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Spring, In The Tepidarium, The Roses of Heliogabalus and Ask Me No More.
BORN: January 8,1836 in Dronrijp, Netherlands.
DIED: June 25, 1912, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
MOVEMENT: Classicism
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ From 1852-58 Alma-Tadema studied at the Royal Academy of Antwerp under Hendrik Leys.
§ After a visit to Italy, Alma-Tadema’s subject matter included Greek and Roman antiquity and Egyptian archeaology.
§ When the Franco-Prussian War started, he moved to London and became a naturalized citizen in 1873.
§ In 1879, he was elected a member of the Royal Academy in London. Then in 1889, he was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Paris Exposition Universelle and then Knighted in England in 1899.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Spring, In The Tepidarium, The Roses of Heliogabalus and Ask Me No More.
