Genre
Sky Only
When the sky fills the frame, the picture becomes a study of air and light alone. Stripped of horizon and incident, these are paintings about cloud, weather, and the changing hour — the most abstract subject in nature, and the one Constable called the chief organ of sentiment in a landscape.
Key artists
Works
The Chariot of Aurora
The Glorification of the Barbaro Family
Neptune and the Winds
Love as Folly
Aurora and Cephalus
Vishnu Battles Madhu and Kaitabha, from a Markandeya Purana
The Contemplator
Design for a ceiling piece with Aeneas and the four seasons in the corners
Tumbling Putti with Flowers
The Northern Celestial Hemisphere
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
Cloud Formations
Der Sieg des Lichtes über die Finsternis
Angel with the star of Bethlehem
In pursuit of an idea
Sketch for a Ceiling Fresco
Dragon
Virtue and Nobility Crowning Love
The triumph of the Immaculate
The Adoration of the Trinity (design for the decoration of a dome)
The Assumption of the Virgin
A Compartmented Ceiling with Allegories and Myths
God Enthroned Surrounded by Saints
Putti in the Clouds
The Apotheosis of St Martin
Rinaldo, Astride Baiardo, Flies Off in Pursuit of Angelica
The Judgment of Paris
Angels and Putti
Psyche
Moisés llevado por los ángeles
Ezekiel's Vision
The Winds
Vision of Ezekiel
Sketch for Phaethon
The Glorification of the Union of the Houses of Hapsburg and Lorraine
The Chariot of Aurora
Fire
Ceiling Decoration
Ixion
Phaeton
L'éclipse sera-t-elle totale?
La folie
American Swift
The Ascension
Dawn
Eros and Psyche
Poem of the Soul - Passage of the soul
The Wounded Eagle
The Glorification of St. Felix and St. Adauctus
Valkyries
Mercury Conducting Psyche to Olympus
Fire: Three Putti Holding a Bow and Arrow, a Burning Torch, and a Mantle Containing Hearts and Flowers
Aurora
Scena alegorică: poetul și poezia
Painted ceiling at Weston Birt House
The Archangel Michael and the Rebel Angels
Sketch for a Ceiling Design
Phaëthon im Zeichen des Skorpions
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Amoraș
Triumful credinței
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Studies of Clouds
Studies of Clouds
Vestirea nașterii lui Christos
Borcanul cu murături (Captivitate)
Sf. Ilie
Meteori Helsingin taivaalla 29. 4. 1877
Studies of an Archangel and a Wind God (verso)
The Seven Archangels (recto)
The Glory of St. Eusebius of Rome
Ornamental design, probably for a title page: a figure of Time resting on a cartouche held up by a pair of tritons and holding a clock
The Communion of St Mary Magdalene
The Fall of the Rebel Angels
Valkyries
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Jupiter and Juno
Dies II (Second Day)
Illustrations for Faust: Méphistophélés in the air
The Triumph of Truth over Envy, Plate 24
The Spirits from the Cities of the Dead
Revelation of St. John: The Four Destroying Angels
Purgatory
Everywhere Eyeballs are Aflame
Angels in Glory
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H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection
H Beard Print Collection
Night Sky
God Creating Heaven
Swallows
The Vision of Ezekiel
The Vision of Ezekiel
The Seas and Oceans of the World: A Chromatic Excerpt, Quadriptch
St. Michael overcoming the evil spirits
God dividing light from darkness
The Seas and Oceans of the World: A Chromatic Excerpt, Quadriptych
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Nagauta Shamisen
Frequently asked questions
What is Sky Only?
Sky Only is a setting in painting. When the sky fills the frame, the picture becomes a study of air and light alone.
How many Sky Only works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 143 public-domain Sky Only works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Sky Only artists?
Key Sky Only artists in the collection include Jean Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher and Rosa Bonheur.