Louvre Galleries, part 2

This is the second part of the Louvre Galleries. This part consist on the hall with paintings and the large room with the Mona Lisa.

## Known references, hall with paintings

### 10A.01 - Painting: Virgin on the rocks

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* Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
* Made in: 1483-1486
* Name: Virgin of the Rocks or Madonna of the Rocks
* Current location: Louvre, Paris and National Gallery, London
* Original: https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010062373

Archangel Uriel on the right side, man child with a red cape. He is also on the Obscura paintings as a red angel with a sword. He is an immortal knight.

### 10A.02 - Drawing, head study for the battle of Anghiari

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* Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
* Made in: 1504-1505
* Name: Head study for the battle of Anghiari
* Current location: Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo\_da\_vinci,\_Head\_studies\_for\_the\_battle\_of\_anghiari.jpg

The drawing is made by Leonardo da Vinci between 1504-1505. It is a study of an old soldier for the **Battle of Anghiari**

### 10A.03 - Self portrait

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* Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
* Made in: 1510
* Name: Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci.
* Current location: Royal Library of Turin, Italy
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo\_self.jpg

### 10A.04 - Study of Arms and Hands

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* Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
* Made in: 1474
* Name: Study of Arms and Hands
* Current location: Windsor Castle, UK.
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Study\_of\_Arms\_and\_Hands.jpg

It is considered to be a preliminary study for the painting **Lady with an Ermine**

### 10A.05 - Head of Girl

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* Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
* Made in: 1483
* Name: Head of a girl
* Current location: Royal Library of Turin
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo\_da\_vinci,\_Head\_of\_a\_girl\_01.jpg

### 10A.06 - Rearing horse

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* Creator: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
* Made in: 1503-1504
* Name: Rearing Horse
* Current location: Royal Librarian, UK
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leonardo\_da\_vinci,\_Rearing\_horse.jpg

### 10A.07 - Study of a Man

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* Creator: Michaelangelo (1475-1564)
* Made in: 1510-1511
* Name: Study of a Man
* Current location: Musées de Poitiers, France
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo,\_Study\_of\_a\_Man.jpg

### 10A.08 - Study to Pieta

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* Creator: Michaelangelo (1475-1564)
* Made in: 1520
* Name: Study to Pieta
* Current location: Louvre, France
* Original: https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020001239

It was probably used for his masterpiece **Pieta**.

### 10A.09 - Madonna and Child with St. John

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* Creator: Michaelangelo (1475-1564)
* Made in: 1530
* Name: Madonna and Child with St. John
* Current location: Louvre, France
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo\_Buonarroti\_-\_Madonna\_and\_Child\_with\_St\_John\_-\_WGA15532.jpg

### 10A.10 - Study for the Libyan Sibyl

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* Creator: Michaelangelo (1475-1564)
* Made in: 1511
* Name: Study for the Libyan Sibyl
* Current location: Metropolitan Museum of Art
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo\_Buonarroti\_-\_Study\_for\_the\_Libyan\_Sibyl\_-\_WGA15540.jpg

The painting is about Sibyls. The Sibyls were prophetic women who were resident at shrines or temples throughout the Classical world.

### 10A.11 - Satyr's Head

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* Creator: Michaelangelo (1475-1564)
* Made in: first half of the 16th century
* Name: Satyr's Head
* Current location: Louvre, France
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo\_Buonarroti\_-\_Satyr%27s\_Head\_-\_WGA15526.jpg

A **satyr** is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse. The creature is known from the Greek Mythology and are companions of the god Dyionysus.

### 10A.12 - Allegorical figure

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* Creator: Michaelangelo (1475-1564)
* Made in: 1530
* Name: Studio per figura allegorica, or Allegorical figure
* Current location: Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo,\_studio\_per\_figura\_allegorica.jpg

One of the drawings which Vasari referred to as "The Divine Heads".

### 10A.13 - Cleopatra

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* Creator: Michaelangelo (1475-1564)
* Made in: 1533-1534
* Name: Cleopatra
* Current location: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelo,\_Cleopatra.jpg

Cleopatra was the last Macedonian/Greek Pharaoh or Queen of Egypt. This drawing shows **the death of Cleopatra** with a snake, she committed suicide. Maybe it is also a reference to Cleopatra in Tomb Raider IV.

## Known references, large room with the Mona Lisa

### 10A.14 - Venus and Cupid with a Satyr

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* Creator: Antonio da Correggio (1489-1534)
* Made in: 1528
* Name: Venus and Cupid with a Satyr
* Current location: Louvre, France
* Original: https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010062407

> *It depicts **Venus** sleeping with her son **Eros**. Behind them, a satyr is caught while discovering the goddess. The picture is often also seen as portraying Jupiter and Antiope as, according to mythology and Ovid, Jupiter had turned himself into a satyr to rape the nymph (from wikipedia).*
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### 10A.15 - Dream of Salomon

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* Creator: Luca Giordano (1634-1705)
* Made in: 1594/1595
* Name: The Dream of Salomon
* Current location: Museo del Pardo, Madrid, Spain
* Original: http://art-in-space.blogspot.com/2015/11/luca-giordano-dream-of-king-solomon.html

> *The story comes from the the books of kings in the Bible (1 Books of Kings 3:5-15). In it God appears in a dream before Solomon and promises Solomon anything he wants. Solomon only asks for wisdom, nothing more..*
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This painting is a good reference to Putai, the character that Lara nursed to health after the events from The Last Revelation, but unfortunately she was scrapped because of time issues. Lara was supposed to use the amulet to transport her to a dreamy mode to learn new cool skills from Putai. Just like God did to Solomon.

### 10A.16 - The Rape of Europa

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* Creator: Tiziano Vecelli or Titian (1488-1576)
* Made in: 1560-1562
* Name: The Rape of Europa
* Current location: Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, Boston, USA.
* Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Rape\_of\_Europa\_(Titian)

> *The title of the painting refers to the mythological story of the abduction of Europa by Zeus (Jupiter to the Romans),[1] Titian is unequivocal about the fact that this is a scene of rape (abduction): Europa is sprawled helplessly on her back, her clothes in disarray.[2] In the myth, the god assumed the form of a bull and enticed Europa to climb onto his back. Once there, the bull rode into the sea and carried her to Crete, where he revealed his real identity. Europa became the first Queen of Crete, and had three children with Zeus. The painting depicts Europa on the back of the bull, just off the shore of her homeland.*
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This painting is a shapeshifting reference to Karel. Zeus the horrible god from Greece, he turns into a bull kidnaps Europa, to do some unspeakable stuff to her. Karel shapeshifting into characters in the game.

### 10A.17 - Jupiter and Anthiope

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* Creator: Tiziano Vecelli or Titian (1488-1576)
* Made in: 1540-1542
* Name: Jupiter and Antiope (Pardo Venus)
* Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
* Original: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010062278

> *They are based on the story of the seduction of Antiope by the god Zeus in Greek mythology, later imported into Roman mythology and told of the god Jupiter. According to this myth, Antiope, the beautiful daughter of King Nycteus of Thebes, was surprised and seduced by Zeus in the form of a satyr. She became pregnant and bore the twins Amphion and Zethus, who later killed Nycteus' brother Lycus in revenge for his treatment of Antiope and took over the city of Thebes.*
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### 10A.18 - Mona Peta

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A well known easter egg. Read more in Easter eggs page...

* Creator: Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)
* Made in: 1503-1506
* Name: Portrait of Mona Lisa del Giocondo
* Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mona\_Lisa,\_by\_Leonardo\_da\_Vinci,\_from\_C2RMF\_retouched.jpg

### 10A.19 - The last Supper

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* Creator: Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)
* Made in: 1494
* Name: The Last Supper
* Current location: Santa Marisa della Grazie, Milan
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Last\_Supper\_by\_Leonardo\_da\_Vinci#/media/File:%22The\_Last\_Supper%22\_by\_Leonardo\_da\_Vinci\_-\_Joy\_of\_Museums.jpg

> *The Last Supper portrays the reaction given by each apostle when Jesus said one of them would betray him. All twelve apostles have different reactions to the news, with various degrees of anger and shock.*
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### 10A.20 - The School of Athens

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* Creator: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino or Raffael (1483-1520)
* Made in: 1509
* Name: The School of Athens
* Current location: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, Italy
* Original: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Raffael\_Stanza\_della\_Segnatura.jpg

> *The School of Athens is one of a group of four main frescoes on the walls of the Stanza (those on either side centrally interrupted by windows) that depict distinct branches of knowledge...The subject of the "School" is actually "Philosophy," or at least ancient Greek philosophy, and its overhead tondo-label, "Causarum Cognitio", tells us what kind, as it appears to echo Aristotle's emphasis on wisdom as knowing why, hence knowing the causes, in Metaphysics Book I and Physics Book II. Indeed, Plato and Aristotle appear to be the central figures in the scene.*
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A reference to the Angel of Darkness game holistic: very detailed and realistic again.

### 10A.21 - The Immaclulate Conception

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* Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
* Made in: 1767-1768
* Name: The Immaculate Conception
* Current location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
* Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The\_Immaculate\_Conception,\_by\_Giovanni\_Battista\_Tiepolo,\_from\_Prado\_in\_Google\_Earth.jpg

> *It represents the Immaculate Conception, a tradition of the Catholic Church stating that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin*
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### 10A.22 - The wedding at Cana

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* Creator: Paolo Veronese (1528-1588)
* Made in: 1562-1563
* Name: The Wedding at Cana
* Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
* Original: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010064382

> *In The Wedding Feast at Cana (1563), Paolo Veronese depicts the New Testament story of the Marriage at Cana within the historical context of the Renaissance in the 16th century. In the Gospel of John, the story of the first Christian miracle, Mary, her son, Jesus of Nazareth, and some of his Apostles, attend a wedding in Cana, a city in Galilee. In the course of the wedding banquet, the supply of wine was becoming depleted; at Mary's request, Jesus commanded the house servants to fill stone jugs with water, which he then transformed into wine (John 2:1–11).*
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### 10A.23 - The battle between the Israelites are attacked by the Amalekites

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* Creator: Luca Giordano (1634-1705)
* Made in: Unknown
* Name: The battle between the Israelites are attacked by the Amalekites...
* Current location: Unknown
* Original: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-battle-between-the-israelites-and-the-amalekites-aaron-and-hur-supporting-moses-arms-on-a-hilltop-beyond-luca-giordano.html

### 10A.24 - Death of the Virgin

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* Creator: Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio or Caravaggio (1571-1610)
* Made in: 1606
* Name: Death of the Virgin
* Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
* Original: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010062304

> *The painting recalls Caravaggio's Entombment in the Vatican in scope, sobriety, and the photographic naturalism. The figures are nearly life-sized. Mary lies reclined, clad in a simple red dress. The lolling head, the hanging arm, the swollen, spread feet depict a raw and realistic view of the Virgin's mortal remains*
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Caravaggio draw a realistic woman representing Mary. His painting was not appreciated at his time. No one like it, which is similar to The Angel of Darkness game. When the game was out it was heavily criticized. The death of the virgin is also a nod to The Last Revelation - Chronicles - The Angel of Darkness era.

### 10A.25 - The Fall of the Rebel Angels

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* Creator: Luca Giordano (1634-1705)
* Made in: 1666
* Name: The fall of the Rebel Angels
* Current location: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vianna, Austria
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luca\_Giordano\_-\_The\_Fall\_of\_the\_Rebel\_Angels\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg

> *The image of Saint Michael mirrors that of classical iconography, showing its spread wings, with a sword, with a heavenly dress and a red cape; intent on expelling the demons that came from the underworld on the earth*
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A reference to the Angels or Nephili, punished by god. Which is a reference to the game itself.

### 10A.26 - Venus and Cupid

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* Creator: Lambert Sustris (1515/1520-1584)
* Made in: 1554
* Name: Venus and Cupid
* Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
* Original: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010061294

Venus and Cupid have a relationship, not a loving one. This reminds Ash of Lara Croft and Werner Von Croy. Because Lara kissing Werner on the cheeks when he died in a cutscene.

### 10A.27 - Discovery of the true cross

In gameOriginal
* Creator: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)
* Made in: 1745
* Name: Discovery of the True Cross
* Current location: Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Accademia\_-\_Giambattista\_Tiepolo,\_L%27esaltazion\_della\_Croce\_e\_sant%27Elena.jpg

> *The True Cross is the name for physical remnants which, by the tradition of some Christian churches, are said to be from the cross upon which Jesus was crucified.*
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### 10A.28 - Pietà

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* Creator: Rosso Fiorentino (1494-1540)
* Made in: 1547-1540
* Name: Pietà
* Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Accademia\_-\_Giambattista\_Tiepolo,\_L%27esaltazion\_della\_Croce\_e\_sant%27Elena.jpg

> *A **pietà** (Italian pronunciation: [pjeˈta]; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ.*
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### 10A.29 - Medusa

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* Creator: Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio or Caravaggio (1571-1610)
* Made in: 1595
* Name: Medusa
* Current location: Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravaggio\_-\_Medusa\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg

> *...depicting the exact moment she was executed by Perseus. He plays with the concept by replacing Medusa's face with his own, as an indication of his immunity to her dreadful gaze. Due to its bizarre and intricate design, the painting is said to complement Caravaggio's unique fascination with violence and realism.*
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A direct reference to the Cabal, the Nephilim, the snakes from Medusa.

### 10A.30 - Supper at Emmaus

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(Somehow this reminds me of Life of Brian by Monty Python, with the man with the cap looks as John Cleese, busy talking how to get rid of the womans, I mean Romans.. )

* Creator: Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio or Caravaggio (1571-1610)
* Made in: 1601
* Name: Supper at Emmaus
* Current location: National Gallery, London, UK.
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravaggio\_-\_Medusa\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg

> *The painting depicts the moment when the resurrected but incognito Jesus, reveals himself to two of his disciples (presumed to be Luke and Cleopas) in the town of Emmaus, only to soon vanish from their sight (Gospel of Luke 24: 30–31). Cleopas wears the scallop shell of a pilgrim. The other apostle wears torn clothes. Cleopas gesticulates in a perspectively-challenging extension of arms in and out of the frame of reference. The standing groom, forehead smooth and face in darkness, appears oblivious to the event. The painting is unusual for the life-sized figures, the dark and blank background. The table lays out a still-life meal. Like the world these apostles knew, the basket of food teeters perilously over the edge.*
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Jesus said to his friends: I am not dead, I am alive. And his friends: Say What?! Jesus was resurrected, just like Lara Croft.

### 10A.31 - Transfiguration

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* Creator: Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino or Raffael (1483-1520)
* Made in: 1520
* Name: Transfiguration
* Current location: Pinacoteca Vaticana in Vatican City, Italy
* Original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Transfiguration\_Raphael.jpg

> *The painting exemplifies Raphael's development as an artist and the culmination of his career. Unusually for a depiction of the Transfiguration of Jesus in Christian art, the subject is combined with the next episode from the Gospels (the healing of a possessed boy) in the lower part of the painting. The Transfiguration stands as an allegory of the transformative nature of representation.[1] It is now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana in Vatican City.*
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## Trivia

### 10A.32 - Unused painting

TilesetThe original painting
* Creator: Tiziano Vecelli or Titian (1488-1576)\* Made in: 1576
* Name: The Entombment
* Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
* Original: https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010062279

In the GMX files, in zone nr 0 is a tileset with an unused painting. My little theory is that the "Virgin off the rocks" appear twice in that room. One too many. It was this painting that should appear instead.

### 10A.33 - Large Room based on

The room with the Mona Peta is based on the main gallery from the Louvre, according to Ady Smith. He made the room in Maya and exported it in a format that the Level editor works. He grapped online paintings and putted in the level.

When investing the words of Ady Smith, it was based on room 711 - Salle de la Joconde, in the louvre. It is not a large gallery if you compare it to other rooms. But the layout of paintings are the same. Some of the paintings of this level can be viewed on that room as well. These are:

* The Mona Lisa
* The wedding at Cana
* Venus and Cupid
* Jupiter and Antiope
* And several round paintings remind me of the Medusa painting (but are not the same)

Found here: https://collections.louvre.fr/plan?niveau=1&num\_salle=343013

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo\_da\_Vinci
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E From 44:00 till 46:00
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio\_da\_Correggio
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca\_Giordano
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E From 51:50 till 52:16.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titian
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E From 52:15 till 52:38
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael
10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E From 53:50 till 54:16.
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni\_Battista\_Tiepolo
12. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo\_Veronese
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio
14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E from 46:30-48:19
15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E 49:13 - 49:25
16. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert\_Sustris
17. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E 49:40 till 50:30
18. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosso\_Fiorentino
19. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E From 50:39 till 50:48
20. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1EFrom 50:50 till 51:35
21. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmAUcrzFx1E from 42:50 - 54:29