At a time when history painting was considered the supreme classification for public art, Chardin's subjects of choice were viewed as minor categories.

Vermeer was lavish in his choice of expensive pigments, including Indian Yellow, lapis lazuli, and Carmine, as shown in this vibrant painting.

Delacroix's most influential work came in 1830 with the painting Liberty Leading the People, which for choice of subject and technique highlights the differences between the romantic approach and the neoclassical style.

According to the painting done by Aetion, of Alexander's first wedding, Hephaestion was his torch bearer ( best man ), showing by this not only his friendship, but also his support for Alexander's policies, as Alexander's choice of an Asian bride had not been a popular one.

Sometimes, too, Qianlong would pressure or even force wealthy courtiers into yielding up choice art objects: he did this by pointing out failings in their work, which might be excused if they made a certain “ gift ,” or, in a couple of celebrated cases, by persuading the current owners that only the secure walls of the forbidden City and its guardians could save some precious painting from theft or from fire .</ p >

Although The Raft of the Medusa retains elements of the traditions of history painting, in both its choice of subject matter and its dramatic presentation, it represents a break from the calm and order of the then-prevailing Neoclassical school.

Both the choice of subject matter and the heightened manner in which the dramatic moment is depicted are typical of Romantic painting — strong indications of the extent to which Géricault had moved from the prevalent Neoclassical movement.

The first picture he exhibited was a portrait of " Miss Roberts ", and its success at the Royal Academy in 1799 is said to have led to his final choice of painting as a profession.

In ancient Hindu sculpture, painting, and mythology, the mridangam is often depicted as the instrument of choice for a number of deities including Ganesha ( the remover of obstacles ) and Nandi, who is the vehicle and companion of Lord Shiva.

It is as if any photograph would do as a source for a painting, and the choice is apparently unimportant.

Tansey's choice of color and tone lends a specific feeling to each painting.

To gain access to this remote area they rented a boxcar from The Algoma Central Railway, which had been outfitted like a cabin and was shunted to sidings near choice painting locations.

He tried different paths of life but eventually painting became the obvious career choice.

Her medium of choice was watercolor, but she began painting in oils after her husband ’ s death.

His choice of characters, composition, and painting method differed from Kim's, with use of bright colors and delicate paint strokes.

The choice fell on Titian's painting " Christ Crowned with Thorns ", this because other works by Titian were already and constantly occupied by others, in some cases for many years.

The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville ( Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla ) houses a choice selection of works by artists from the Golden Age of Sevillian painting during the 17th century, including masterpieces by the above-mentioned masters.

Promoters always hastened to place their choice tickets in the hands of the wealthy speculators, and only the man who knew the man who knew the fellow who had an in with the guy at the box office ever came up with a good seat for a contest of any importance.

An alternative choice to commemorate the reunification could have been the day the Berlin Wall came down — November 9, 1989, which coincided with the anniversary of the proclamation of the German Republic in 1918 and the defeat of Hitler's first coup in 1923.

The early choice of colour was dictated by military surplus supplies of aircraft cockpit paint, so early vehicles only came in various shades of light green ; all models until recently feature sturdy box section ladder-frame chassis.

When the election of 1836 came up, Jackson was determined to make Van Buren, his personal choice, President to continue his legacy.

One of the most direct public notices of the universal authority of the pope came in Innocent III ’ s “ Papal Decree on the choice of a German King, 1201 ".

His choice was severely criticized by Augustine, his contemporary ; a flood of still less moderate criticism came from those who regarded Jerome as a forger.

Having no other choice but to drink the poison, she died on the eve of Samhain, after which the festival came to be known as Mongfind's Feast, " wherefore women and the rabble make petitions to her on samain-eve.

" It came down to a choice of either Warrensburg, Missouri and Lawrence, Kansas, both college towns — Warrensburg was home of Central Missouri State University and was near Whiteman Air Force Base and Lawrence was home of the University of Kansas and was near Kansas City.

After its selection by Charles II of England as the vessel of choice to return to Britain from Holland for his restoration, it came to be used to mean a vessel used to convey important persons.

Some of Anderson's superhero novels include Enemies & Allies, about the first meeting of Batman and Superman and ' The Last Days of Krypton ', telling the story of how Krypton came to be destroyed and the choice two parents had to make for their son.

Under the rules of the Twelfth Amendment, presidential electors were required to specify in their votes their choice for president and vice-president ; previously, electors voted only for president, with the person who came in second becoming the vice-president.

In 1990, when it came to naming one of Britain's first City Technology Colleges, to be situated in Telford, Thomas Telford was the obvious choice.

The campaign never came to a major battle, and Llywelyn soon realised he had no choice but to surrender.

Thus the long and exciting discussion touching the removal of Williams College and the location of a college in some more central town of old Hampshire County at length came to an end, and the contending parties now directed all their energies to building up the institutions of their choice.

The turning point came in 1898 when Alfred Cort Haddon seduced " Rivers from the path of virtue ... ( for psychology then was a chaste science )... into that of anthropology :” He made Rivers first choice to head an expedition to the Torres Straits.

For example, American evangelist Billy Graham came from a fundamentalist background, but parted company with that movement because of his choice, early in his ministry ( 1950s ), to cooperate with other Christians.

After Diamonds are Forever had been published, Fleming received a letter from a thirty-one-year-old Bond enthusiast and gun expert, Geoffrey Boothroyd, criticising the author's choice of firearm for Bond: his suggestions came too late to be included in From Russia, with Love, but one of Boothroyd's guns – a. 38 Smith & Wesson snub-nosed revolver modified with one third of the trigger guard removed – was used as the model for Chopping's image.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives failed to confirm the choice after Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-Oklahoma City attacked the band for its use of offensive language, and Rep. Corey Holland, R-Marlow said he had been " really offended " when Michael Ivins came to the announcement ceremony in March wearing a red T-shirt with a yellow hammer and sickle.

In the 20th century, Lionel Robbins ’ rational choice theory came to dominate mainstream economics and the term Economic Man took on a more specific meaning of a person who acted rationally on complete knowledge out of self-interest and the desire for wealth.

Opposition to the nomination came from the Organic Consumers Association, which outlined in a November 2008 report several reasons why it believed Vilsack would be a poor choice for the position, particularly as energy and environmental reforms were a key point of the Obama campaign.

Arvin was also a major area of choice for previous waves of Asian ( i. e. Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, and Armenian ) and European ( mainly German and Italian ) immigrants, plus the Okies arrived from the dust bowl stricken Great Plains in the 1930s came to work in agriculture.

William Farr came from a strict Quaker family and they did not look kindly upon his choice of bride.

Tanner's choice of the name came from the fact that he was a native of Hanover, Germany.

Macmillan quickly came to the view that Home would be the best choice as his successor, and gave him valuable behind-the-scenes backing.