Solimena

[ saw-lee-me-nah ]

noun

1. Fran·ces·co [f, r, ahn-, ches, -kaw], 1657–1747, Italian painter.

Example Sentences

“Solimena was greatly inspired by Carlisle’s friends. He often painted them as gods,” Edward chuckled.

From Literature

The dominant figure in the first half of the 18th century in Naples was Francesco Solimena, whose style�the highest of high Baroque, all energetically molded drapery, flickering runs of light and exalted faces�possessed a declamatory power that extended to his smaller works as well: his Self-Portrait, done in his 70s, is as confident an essay in self-admiration, the artist as maestro assoluto, as Italian painting of the period can offer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Solimena's near contemporary Giaquinto is represented by three of the four altarpieces he did for the sacristy of San Luigi di Palazzo in Naples�stately, marmoreal images full of gravity, but given a curiously ghostlike quality by their pallid color and slow transitions of light.

From Time Magazine Archive

The author of "The Gentle Shepherd," to whom Edinburgh was indebted for its first circulating library and its first play-house, encouraged his son's bent for art, and after some preliminary study in London, Allan fils was sent to "The seat of the Beast" beyond the Alps, where he became a pupil of Solimena and Imperiale and of the French Academy.

From Project Gutenberg

He remained there during three years, receiving instruction from Francesco Solimena, called also l'Abate Ciccio, and one Imperiali, an artist of less fame.

From Project Gutenberg