A Portrait of Columbus
ref. # 060 Columbus - Christopher Columbus portrait
Italian Cristoforo COLOMBO, Spanish Cristobal COLON (born between Aug. 26 and Oct. 31?, 1451, Genoa [Italy]- died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain), master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages (1492-'93, 1493-'96, 1498-'1500, and 1502-'04) opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas. He has long been called the "discoverer" of the New World, although Vikings such as Leif Eriksson had visited North America five centuries earlier. Columbus made his transatlantic voyages under the sponsorship of Ferdinand II and Isabella I, the Catholic Monarchs of Aragon, Castile, and Leon in Spain. He was at first full of hope and ambition, however, he died a disappointed man.text: www.britannica.com
A very interesting essay about life on board the Santa María is on the website of the Mariners's Museum: marinersmuseum.org
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©:portrait "Christophe Colomb" by Marie-Madeleine Gérard, reproduction: Wikipedia - CC
tags: #Christopher Columbus #Marie-Madeleine Gerard #Santa Maria
ref. # 060a Columbus - Christopher Columbus portrait.
Christopher Columbus, oil painting, said to be the most accurate likeness of the explorer, attributed to Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, c. 1525.See also: Pinterest
©: kids.britannica.com
tags: #Christopher Columbus #Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio
ref. # 060b Columbus - ´morphed´ image of Christopher Columbus
´Morphed´ image of Columbus from eight separate prints. Originally published in Visual Anthropology, Vol. 7, pp. 97-98Morphing technology was used to produce a composite portrait of Christopher Columbus. This resulted in the portrait shown in Figure 1. Figure 2, referring back to the previous article, illustrates how each "original" portrait shown in the extreme right and left columns was scanned as a PICT file at 72dpi. The images were cropped, flipped (if necessary) and similarly sized using Adobe PhotoShop 2.5.1. Each pair of portraits was then turned into a composite image using the Morph 1.0 program by Gryphon. Morphed pairs were finally combined to make this composite image of Columbus.
via: http://paulmartinlester.info/writings/morph.html, with a very interesting article about portrait(S) of Christopher C. at paulmartinlester.info
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060c Columbus -'Virgin of the Navigators'
The Virgin of the Navigators by Alejo Fernández, the earliest known painting about the discovery of the Americas, 1531-36.The Virgin of the Navigators (Spanish: La Virgen de los Navegantes) is a painting by Spanish artist Alejo Fernández, created as the central panel of an altarpiece for the chapel of the Casa de Contratacion building in Seville, southern Spain. It is the earliest known painting whose subject is the discovery of the Americas.
The painting is a version of the common iconography of the Virgin of Mercy, in which the Virgin Mary protects the faithful under the folds of her mantel, best known from the 1445 painting The Madonna of Mercy by Piero della Francesca. In this the Virgin Mary is always the largest figure in the picture, towering above those being protected.
Sometime before 1536, officials at the Casa de ContrataciOn commissioned the painting as the central panel of an altarpiece that they installed in the Hall of Audiences, so that the room could also serve as a chapel. Scholars date the painting to 1531-36.
text from: self.gutenberg.org/articles/the_virgin_of_the_navigators
©: Public Domain, picture from Wikipedia
tags: #Virgin of the #Navigators
060d Columbus -Christopher Columbus portrait
Christopher Columbus´ portrait (detail of The Virgin of the Navigators), painted by Alejo Fernández between 1531 and 1536Alejo Fernández (1475-1545) - Photo by historian Manuel Rosa.
Painting of Christopher Columbus. The painting Virgen de los Navegantes (in the Sala de los Almirantes, Royal Alcazar, Seville). A painting by Alejo Fernández between 1531 and 1536. It is the only state sponsored portrait of the First Admiral of the Indias called Don Cristoval Colon known today as Christopher Columbus in English.
©: en.wikipedia.org
tags: #Christopher #Columbus #portrait #Alejo Fernandez
060e Columbus, tomb Columbus Sevilla
Just inside the Cathedral door of Seville´s massive cathedral stands a monument to Christopher Columbus. His tomb is held aloft by four allegorical figures representing the four kingdoms of Spain during Columbus´ life: Castille, Aragon, Navara and Leon.read more: http://www.atlasobscura.com, www.spain.info
©: photograph Robert Schilder
tags: #Columbus #tomb #Sevilla #cathedral #Santa Metropolitana Y Patriarcal Iglesia Catedral de Sevilla
many more links here
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"Appearing in the October 1890 issue of Scientific American magazine, the engraving above is an artist's rendering of the truly gigantic monument planned by the Spanish architect Alberto Palacio in honour of Christopher Columbus. The structure was designed for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, an event to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus arrival in the New World in 1492. The globe of Palacio's design was envisaged to be nearly 1000ft in diameter and to house a spiralling stairway circumambulating its surface - internal until the equator and then external for the northern hemisphere portion, reaching finally the north-pole where sits an enormous copy of one of Columbus caravel ships (whose hull would house a meteorological observatory). At night the shapes of the continents would be illuminated by a huge number of lights casting beams from below. In the base would be a statue-littered institutional complex dedicated to the natural sciences and geographical exploration, as well as a network of promenades, cafes and restaurants for the public. Not unsurprisingly Palacio's ambitious vision was never realised as physical reality, but if it had it would have cost an estimated $6 million plus - probably something close to $7 billion in today's money."
©: Public Domain: publicdomainreview.org
tags: #Columbus monument #Palacio
060f Columbus -Palacio's Plan for Colossal Monument to Columbus (1890)
"Appearing in the October 1890 issue of Scientific American magazine, the engraving above is an artist's rendering of the truly gigantic monument planned by the Spanish architect Alberto Palacio in honour of Christopher Columbus. The structure was designed for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, an event to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus arrival in the New World in 1492. The globe of Palacio's design was envisaged to be nearly 1000ft in diameter and to house a spiralling stairway circumambulating its surface - internal until the equator and then external for the northern hemisphere portion, reaching finally the north-pole where sits an enormous copy of one of Columbus caravel ships (whose hull would house a meteorological observatory). At night the shapes of the continents would be illuminated by a huge number of lights casting beams from below. In the base would be a statue-littered institutional complex dedicated to the natural sciences and geographical exploration, as well as a network of promenades, cafes and restaurants for the public. Not unsurprisingly Palacio's ambitious vision was never realised as physical reality, but if it had it would have cost an estimated $6 million plus - probably something close to $7 billion in today's money."©: Public Domain: publicdomainreview.org
tags: #Columbus monument #Palacio
060g , Columbus -Emerald pendant
"The Spanish pendant designed in the shape of a caravel, is made up of emeralds, gold and enamel. The base of the caravel, which is its hull, is made up of a single carved transparent emerald of a deep herbal-green color, characteristic of emeralds originating from Colombia. The weight of this emerald is not known, but it appears to have been carved out of a larger rough emerald, in the shape of the hull of a ship. The emerald is set in a golden frame which also takes the shape of the hull.The masts of the ship are made of gold and the sail of white enamel. Emeralds are also incorporated at the lower and upper ends of the sail and also in the cross above. Except for the white enamel used as the sail, the entire caravel is made out of emeralds and gold. This unique Caravel Pendant is one of the most prized pieces of jewelry in the Hermitage museum".
©: text: www.internetstones.com; photograph: Robert Schilder
tags: #Columbus #caravel #
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Guerra, Achille (1832-1903) Title:"Arrival of Columbus in America" dim.: 80x136 cm
©: Robert Schilder, photographed in Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam. full painting: www.hermitagemuseum.org
tags: #Columbus #America #Achille #Guerra
060h Columbus -Achille Guerra: 'Arrival of Columbus in America'
Guerra, Achille (1832-1903) Title:"Arrival of Columbus in America" dim.: 80x136 cm©: Robert Schilder, photographed in Hermitage Museum, Amsterdam. full painting: www.hermitagemuseum.org
tags: #Columbus #America #Achille #Guerra
060i Columbus -Theodore de Bry 1592: 'Christopher Columbus'
Theodore de Bry 1592: 'Christopher Columbus'Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, engraver. 'Columbus the first discoverer of the New World'. 1594. Special Collections, University of Houston Digital Library.
for more on Theodore de Bry see Pinterest
©: PD digital.lib.uh.edu
tags: #Columbus #America #Theodore de #Brey
060j Columbus -
Artist : Cristofano dell'ALTISSIMO (1525-1605) 'Portrait , Christopher Columbus' Date: 1556, oil on canvas
Height: 59 cm (23.2 in). Width: 42 cm (16.5 in).
Current location: Uffizi Gallery©: Public Domain Wikimedia.org
tags: #portrait, #Columbus, Christofano dell'Altissimo
