The 191 Artworks containing the word chess

Taken after the 1944 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Championships, this photo depicts Gisela Gresser, the U.S. Women’s Chess Champion, and Arnold Denker, the U.S. Chess Champion, playing a friendly game.Pictured from left to right in this photo taken after the 1944 U.S. and U.S. Women’s Chess Champions...

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Arnold Schönberg developed his Coalition Chess in the first half of the 1920s. The set of rules exist as a draft with levels of power that are subtly differentiated yet still balanced and with extremely unconventional and original elements. Schönberg’s chess variant is an expansion of the traditiona...

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Playful putti holding the family arms were often depicted on chests. They can be interpreted as symbols of the good fortune and fertility of the family. The wedding chest in the Museo Horne is a good example. In this case the putti hold the arms of the Rossi and Pitti families. The decoration is the...

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In the early 1970s David Porter was a contributing photographer for some of the most influential Australian Rock music and underground publications (Go-Set, Daily/Planet, Rolling Stone (Australian Edition), The Digger. Porter was based in Melbourne, his subject the zeitgeist of its Rock/Pop music, u...

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The Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema painting, Egyptian Chess Players, is a masterpiece of Romanticism that showcases the artist's exceptional skill in capturing the essence of ancient Egyptian life. Created in 1865, this oil on panel painting measures 55.5 x 40.5 cm and is a testament to Alma-Tadema's fasc...

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The son of German immigrants, Christian Seltzer is considered to be the founder of the “Jonestown School” of chest makers. His decorative style was distinct yet variable. Many chest painters of this period used templates or repetitive designs, but his motifs rarely repeat, and he typically rendered ...

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The Kraft Singles Chest was originally included in Canada House, Coupland/

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The work of Augsburg’s goldsmiths was highly coveted throughout Europe well into the 19th century. This large dinner set in a travel case is a perfect example of its kind. The wonderfully preserved leather case contains high-quality items of a dinner set, from pots and salt shakers through to scisso...

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Chest-on-chests generally consist of two sets of drawers stacked on top of each other, with the upper usually smaller. The fine-grained mahogany, imported from Central America or the West Indies; the polished brass handles, set off against the reddish-brown wood; and the elaborate carvings all mark ...

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