Pinacotheca Philosophica: Philosophers - B

 

Pinacotheca Philosophica

Philosophy and Philosophers in Art

 

Bachelard Gaston (1884-1962)

·         Vasco. Gaston Bachelard (© Vasco)

Bacon Francis (1561-1626)

·         Roubillac. Bust of Sir Francis Bacon (1751, Cambridge, Trinity College Library)

o        Bust of Sir Francis Bacon (detail)

·         Woolner. Frances Bacon (1857, Oxford, Natural History Museum)

·         Wright William. Monument to Francis Bacon (1626, St. Albans, St. Michael’s Church)

o        Monument to Francis Bacon (detail)

Bacon Roger (Doctor Mirabilis, c. 1220-1292)

·         Hope-Pinker. Statue of Roger Bacon (19th century, Oxford, Natural History Museum)

o        Statue of Roger Bacon (detail)

Barthes Roland (G?rard) (1915-1980)

·         Vasco. Roland Barthes (© Vasco)

Basil the Great, Saint (329-379)

·         Herrera (the Elder). St. Basil Dictating His Rule (c. 1639, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

·         Rubens. St. Basil (Gotha, Schlo? Friedenstein)

·         Schmalz. St. Basil (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, the artist’s property)

o        St. Basil (detail)

·         Theophanes the Greek. St. Basil the Great (c. 1405, Moscow, The Kremlin, the Annunciation Cathedral)

·         Vasnetsov V. Orthodox Bishops (1885-1896, Kiev, Cathedral of St. Vladimir)

o        St. Basil the Great (329-379)

·         Zurbar?n. St. Basil (Bucharest, Art Museum)

·         German Artist (17th century). St. Basil the Great: Illustration from Πατρολογια, id est Descriptio S. Patrum Gr?corum & Latinorum (1624, Augsburg)

Becchi Gentile ()

·         Ghirlandajo Domenico. Angel Appearing to Zacharias (1486-1490, Florence, Santa Maria Novella, Cappella Tornabuoni)

o        Members of the Platonic Academy

o        Members of the Platonic Academy (enlarged)

§         Gentile de’ Becchi (usually identified as Demetrius Chalcondyles)

Bede the Venerable (672/673-735)

·         Giovanni di Paolo. The First Circle of the Twelve Teachers of Wisdom Led by Thomas Aquinas: Illustration of Dante’s Paradiso, Canto X (btw. 1442-1450, London, The British Library)

o        Bede the Venerable (672/673-735)

·         Giovanni di Paolo. The First Circle of the Twelve Teachers of Wisdom Led by Thomas Aquinas: Illustration of Dante’s Paradiso, Canto X (btw. 1442-1450, London, The British Library)

o        Bede the Venerable (672/673-735)

Bely Andrey (Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev, 1880-1934)

·         Bakst. Portrait of the Poet and Writer Andrey Bely (1905, St. Petersburg, The Russian Museum)

·         Bakst. Portrait of the Writer Andrey Bely (Paris)

·         Petrov-Vodkin. Portrait of Andrey Bely (1932)

Bentham Jeremy (1748-1832)

·         David Jean-Pierre. Jeremy Bentham (1828, London, Senate House)

Berkeley George (1685-1753)

·         Flewelling Ralph Carlin. Berkeley: Westward the course of empire takes its way, time’s noblest offspring is the last: A Mosaic in the Main Reading Room of James Harmon Hoose Library of Philosophy (1929, Los Angeles, The University of Southern California, Mudd Hall of Philosophy).

·         Smibert. Family Portrait of Dean George Berkeley (1729, New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery)

Bessarion John (Basil Bessarion, 1403-1472)

·         Bellini Gentile. Cardinal Bessarion with the Bessarion Reliquary (c. 1472-1473, London, The National Gallery)

o        John Bessarion (1403-1472)

·         Joos van Ghent. Cardinal Bessarion (c. 1474, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

·         Unidentified Artist (17th century). Bessarion (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

·         Unknown Miniaturist. Illustration to Bessarion, Orationes et epistolae ad Christianos principes contra Turcos [Orations and Letters to Christian Princes against the Turks]

o        John Bessarion (1403-1472)

Bias of Priene (c. 590 – c. 530 B.C.)

·         German Artist (19th century). Bias of Priene: Illustration from Galerie der alten Griechen und R?mer (1801, Augsburg)

Boethius Anicius Manlius Severinus (480-524)

·         Amadeus. Boethius Instructing His Students and Boethius in Prison: Two Miniatures from Book I of Boethius’ On the Consolation of Philosophy (1385, Glasgow, Glasgow University LIbrary)

* The text reads:

Carmina qui quondam studio florente peregi,
flebilis heu maestos cogor inire modos.
ecce mihi lacerae dictant scribenda Camenae
et ueris elegi fletibus ora rigant.

   English translation (by W.V. Cooper):

To pleasant songs my work was erstwhile given, and bright were all my labours then;
but now in tears to sad refrains am I compelled to turn.
Thus my maimed Muses guide my pen,
and gloomy songs make no feigned tears bedew my face.

o        Boethius Instructing His Students: An Initial Vignette

o        Boethius in Prison: A Miniature

·         Giovanni di Paolo. The First Circle of the Twelve Teachers of Wisdom Led by Thomas Aquinas: Illustration of Dante’s Paradiso, Canto X (btw. 1442-1450, London, The British Library)

o        Boethius (480-524)

·         Raphael. The School of Athens (1510-1511, Rome, Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura)

o        Boethius (480-524, usually identified as Anaximander)

o        Boethius (detail, the figure is usually identified as that of Anaximander)

o        Boethius (detail, enlarged, the figure is usually identified as that of Anaximander)

·         Schnetz. Boethius Bidding Farewell to His Family ()

·         Dutch Miniaturist (15th century). Jean de Meng Offering His Translation of Boethius’ De consolatione philosophiae to Margaret of England: Illumination on Parchment (after 1476, Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-Universit?t, Universit?tsbibliothek)

Bollst?dt Albert vonsee: Albert the Great

Bonaventure, Saint (Giovanni di Fidanza, Doctor Seraphicus, 1221-1274)

·         Angelico. Crucifixion and Saints (1441-1442, Florence, Convento di San Marco)

o        St. Bonaventure: medallion (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Baciccio. Apotheosis of the Franciscan Order (1707, Rome, Basilica Santi XII Apostoli)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Bonone. Christ Adored by Angels, St. Sebastian and St. Bonaventure (c. 1610-1617, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Foppa. Altarpiece (1476, Milan, Pinacoteca di Brera)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Gozzoli. Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas (1471, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Herrera (the Elder). St. Bonaventure Joins the Franciscan Order (1628, Madrid, Museo del Prado)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Herrera (the Elder). St. Bonaventure Receiving Communion from the Hands of an Angel (1628, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Herrera (the Elder). The Healing of the Child St. Bonaventure by St. Francis (1628, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Licinio. Madonna with Child in Arms (1524, Venice, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Moretto. St. Bonaventure and St.  Anthony of Padua (between 1520-1550, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Murillo. St. Leander and St. Bonaventure (1665-1666, Sevilla, Museum of Fine Arts)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Piero di Cosimo. Immaculate Conception with Saints (the 1510s, Fiesole, S. Francesco)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Raphael. La Disputa (1509, Rome, Vatican, Stanza della Segnatura)

o        St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

o        St. Bonaventure (detail)

o        St. Bonaventure (detail, enlarged)

·         Solimena. St. Bonaventura Receiving the Banner of St. Sepulchre from the Madonna (1710, Aversa, Cathedral)

·         Staes. Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventura (© Robert Staes, O.P.)

o        Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Zurbar?n. St. Bonaventure at Pray (Dresden, The Dresden Gallery)

·         Zurbar?n. St. Bonaventure at the Council of Lyons (1629, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o        Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza, c. 1217-1274)

·         Zurbar?n. The Lying-in-State of St. Bonaventure (1629, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

Bossuet Jacques-B?nigne (1627-1704)

·         Pajou. Jacques B?nigne Bossuet (1779, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

Bracciolini Poggiosee: Poggio Bracciolini Gian Francesco

Bruni Leonardo (Leonardo Aretino, c. 1370-1444)

·         Unidentified Artist (17th century). Leonardo Bruni (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

Bud? Guillaume (Guglielmus Budaeus) (1467-1540)

·         Clouet. Portrait of Guillaume Bud? (Budaeus) (c. 1535-1536, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

·         Unidentified Artist (17th century). Guillaume Bud? (Bibliotheca chalcographica, 1669)

Budaeus Guglielmussee: Bud? Guillaume

Buddha Shakyamuni (Siddhartha Gautama, 624-544 or 566-486 or 480-400 B. C.)

Buddha Shakyamuni’s images are listed on a separate page.

Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc, de (1707-1788)

·         Houdon. Buffon (c. 1793, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o        Buffon (a side view)

·         Pajou. Buffon Seated (c. 1788, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

·         Pajou. Bust of Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon (Dijon, Library)

·         Pajou. Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon (1773, Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

Bugayev Boris Nikolayevichsee: Bely Andrey

Bulgakov Sergey Nikolayevich (1871-1844)

·         Nesterov. Philosophers: Portrait of Pavel Florensky and Sergey Bulgakov (1917, Moscow, The Tretyakov Gallery)

o        Sergey Nikolayevich Bulgakov