Jōchō: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Died	1057 • Japan
Movement / Style	Fujiwara style

Photos

Jōchō: Amida Myorai

See All Images →

default image

Ivan Meštrović

American sculptor

Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus

Tilman Riemenschneider

German sculptor

A Baroque masterpiece

Pedro de Mena

Spanish sculptor

default image

Juan Martínez Montañés

Spanish sculptor

default image

Gregorio Hernández

Spanish sculptor

default image

Hiragushi Denchū

Japanese sculptor

default image

Unkei

Japanese sculptor

default image

Kuratsukuri Tori

Japanese sculptor

Takamura Kōun.

Takamura Kōun

Japanese sculptor

Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

Michelangelo

Michelangelo

Italian artist

Henry Moore

Henry Moore

British artist

Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian artist

Donatello: David

Donatello

Italian sculptor

Bronze self-portrait of Lorenzo Ghiberti in relief, set within ornate floral and geometric decoration on the Gates of Paradise at the Florence Baptistery.

Lorenzo Ghiberti

Italian sculptor

Constantin Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi

Romanian-French sculptor

Lever #3, painted ponderosa pine by Martin Puryear, 1989; in the McKee Gallery, New York City. 8412 × 162 × 13 inches.

Martin Puryear

American sculptor

default image

Louise Nevelson

American sculptor

Marisol

Marisol

American sculptor

default image

Andrea Orcagna

Italian painter

Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society

Ultimate Art Quiz