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i12bent: Russian-born French painter, Nicolas de Staël, was...
i12bent: Russian-born French painter, Nicolas de Staël, was born Jan 5, 1914. Despite growing recognition internationally after WW II, and his friendship with many influential artists, such as Braque,...
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Among the thousands of manuscripts uncovered from a walled up...
Among the thousands of manuscripts uncovered from a walled up library cave at Dunhuang, northwest China, at the turn of the twentieth century, were a group of Buddhist scrolls copied by a man in his...
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Buster Keaton (1895-1966)On stage from the age of three, Joseph...
Buster Keaton (1895-1966)On stage from the age of three, Joseph Frank Keaton was nicknamed Buster by Houdini, He was the youngest, most cinematically inventive and endearing of Hollywood’s three...
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vangoghsotherear: Cravat (necktie), is Croatia’s gift to...
vangoghsotherear: Cravat (necktie), is Croatia’s gift to fashion. French men were “greatly impressed” by the Croatian style and adopted this new fashion during the reign of King Louis XIV and referred...
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pjorrt: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s Pêcheur à la coquille
pjorrt: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s Pêcheur à la coquille
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happyphantom: Some of the bizarre details in: The Garden of...
happyphantom: Some of the bizarre details in: The Garden of Earthly Delights (1490-1510), Hieronymus Bosch. Oil-on-wood triptych, 220 x 389 cm, Museo del Prado. The source/meaning of many of the...
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Rita Angus: Cass, oil on canvas on board, 1936 (Collection...
Rita Angus: Cass, oil on canvas on board, 1936 (Collection Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, purchased 1955); image courtesy of the Rita Angus estate/Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o...
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narcissusskisses: The immaculate conception of the kiss. Kiss...
narcissusskisses: The immaculate conception of the kiss. Kiss me PAPA let’s unhate us for benetton xD
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theredshoes: Of the thousands of cultural portrayals of Joan of...
theredshoes: Of the thousands of cultural portrayals of Joan of Arc over the years one of the earliest was Les Vigiles de Charles VII by Martial d’Auvergne written from 1477 to 1483 as a liturgical...
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Annibale Carracci - Study for St. John Decapitated
Annibale Carracci - Study for St. John Decapitated
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cavetocanvas: Giorgio de Chirico, Perspective With Toys, c....
cavetocanvas: Giorgio de Chirico, Perspective With Toys, c. 1915
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necspenecmetu: Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix, Portrait of...
necspenecmetu: Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix, Portrait of Leon Riesener, 1835
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poboh: The Window, Pierre Bonnard. French Nabi Painter...
poboh: The Window, Pierre Bonnard. French Nabi Painter (1867-1947)
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Little Red Riding Hood by Eugene Joseph Lejeune So far as I can...
Little Red Riding Hood by Eugene Joseph Lejeune So far as I can tell this is the only picture to be had on the web by the painter and no biographical info…
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this is probably Puget but I can’t figure out which work...
this is probably Puget but I can’t figure out which work it is.
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Thanks a lot, I’ll take your work for it.
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necspenecmetu: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, Dionysus, detail...
necspenecmetu: Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, Dionysus, detail of An Allegory of Autumn, 17th century
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