Ro·sa

(rō′zä), Monte

A mountain, 4,634 m (15,203 ft) high, in the Pennine Alps on the Swiss-Italian border. It is the highest elevation in Switzerland.

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Rosa

(ˈrəʊzə; Italian ˈrɔːza)

(Placename) a mountain between Italy and Switzerland: the highest in the Pennine Alps. Height: 4634 m (15 204 ft)

Rosa

(Italian ˈrɔːza)

(Biography) Salvator (ˈsalvatɔr). 1615–73, Italian artist, noted esp for his romantic landscapes

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Ro•sa

(ˈroʊ zə)

n.

Mon•te (ˈmɒn ti, -teɪ) a mountain between Switzerland and Italy, in the Pennine Alps: second highest peak of the Alps. 15,217 ft. (4638 m).

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genus Rosa

rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants

family Rosaceae, Rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens

rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

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We were seated together taking tea at a small lonely inn, whose windows looked out over a romantic little lake, backed by Salvator Rosa pine-woods.

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Let the reader picture to himself in bacchanal form, Salvator Rosa's battle.

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The landscape is a genuine Corot, and, though a connoisseur might perhaps throw a doubt upon that Salvator Rosa, there cannot be the least question about the Bouguereau.

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worthy of Salvator Rosa!" he exclaimed, with the energy of an artist.

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At night, when they were sitting round the fire, and playing at cards, I retired to view such a Salvator Rosa scene.

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Among the topics are painted stone: idea and practice in the Italian Renaissance, the matter of similitude: stone paintings and the limits of representation in Cavaliere d'Arpino's Perseus and Andromeda and Jacques Stella's Jacob's Dream, glances into stone: Hans von Aachen's paintings on stone, micromosaic materiality and transubstantiation in an icon of Christ at Santa Croce in Gerusalmemme in Rome, and Salvator Rosa: a variety of surfaces.

Almost Eternal: Painting on Stone and Material Innovation in Early Modern Europe

The pictures included a Rembrandt, a Salvator Rosa, and portrait miniatures of the King and Queen of France.

'The clock was no longer in the Royal Collection, so I assumed it was lost': Tessa Murdoch makes a rococo rediscovery

* climbing Spyglass Peak for a spectacular sunset on the sandstone scarps and gorges in Salvator Rosa National Park (this should be on everyone's bucket list); and

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The dramatic setting, much influenced by the sublime landscapes of Dughet, Salvator Rosa, and Vernet, emphasises the horror of the narrative.

Father of British landscapes; ENTERTAINMENT 1

Bandits, Beauties, and Beggars: The Etchings of Salvator Rosa

Intent to deceive: fakes and forgeries in the art world

The exhibition includes landscapes, portraits and devotional works from the Renaissance by artists such as Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Titian, Salvator Rosa and Francesco Guardi.

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The five works permanently transferred to Birmingham were: The Virgin with the Child Piercing the Head of the Serpent by Giovanni Battista Gaulli; Mercury and Argus by Pier Francesco Mola; Head of a Man with a Turban by Salvator Rosa; A Franciscan Monk Distributing Food to Peasants attributed to Pieter van Laer; and Faith, Hope and Charity by the studio of Franceso Albani.

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