Pinacotheca Philosophica: Philosophers

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 von – see: 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)