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Lebanese Art Community Joins Unprecedented Protests
As artists discuss the role of contemporary art in times of revolution and rally on the streets, 20 leading arts organizations issued a statement of solidarity with protesters across Lebanon. Source: Lebanese Art Community Joins Unprecedented Protests
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Out of obscurity: European art masterpieces rediscovered
A 13th-century painting by the Italian master Cimabue that goes on auction Sunday, after being discovered in a French home, is among a handful of surprising discoveries that have thrilled the art world. Source: Out of obscurity: European art masterpieces rediscovered
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Movie about Yazidis, female fighters offers stylized look at Kurdish plight
“Sisters in Arms” casts an artful eye on the plight of Iraq’s Yazidi women and the Kurdish women who fought the Islamic State, but critics say its narrative is misleading. Source: Movie about Yazidis, female fighters offers stylized look at Kurdish plight
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Rising from the ashes: Restored Herculaneum house opens to public
Pompeii wasn’t the only Roman city to be engulfed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Herculaneum was buried even deeper than its neighbour so its secrets are just beginning to be revealed. Source: Rising from the ashes: Restored Herculaneum house opens to public
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Vilhelm Karl Ferdinand Arnesen: Leaving Copenhagen 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #203
Wilhem Karl Ferdinand Arnesen (Danish, 1865-1948). Arnesen’s father was a skipper and a builder of model ships developing Arnesen’s interest for maritime at a very young age. Later when Arnesen was educated at the Academy of Arts he was given the highly esteemed honour to accompany the Danish Royal family on their many travels abroad. Arnesen…
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Francesco da Ponte, Banishment from paradise 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 177
The banishment from paradise, or the fall of man, or the fall, is a term used in Christianity to describe the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience. Although not named in the Bible, the doctrine of the fall comes from a biblical…
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Studio Visit with artist Sara Shamma | Christie’s
Source: Studio Visit with artist Sara Shamma | Christie’s
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Domenico Puligo; Saint Mary Magdalene holding an ointment vessel 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 127
Mary Magdalene was a Jewish woman who, according to texts included in the New Testament, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Based on texts of the early Christian era in the third century, it seems that her status as an “apostle” rivals even Peter’s.…
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Narayan Shridhar Bendre; Braiding Hair 01 Painting, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #57
Narayan Shridhar Bendre (21 August 1910 – 19 February 1992) (N. S. Bendre) was a 20th-century Indian artist; was born in Indore. He had undergone his early art education in the State Art School, Indore. Thereafter, he obtained his Government Diploma in Art from Bombay in 1933. As he was an enthusiastic traveler he visited many…
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Stéphanie Gevrey; ATHENA 01 Contemporary Interpretation, Olympian deities, with footnotes #14
Athena, often given the epithet Pallas, is the goddess of wisdom, craft, and war in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Athena is known for her calm temperament, as she moves slowly to anger. She is noted to have only fought for just reasons, and would not fight without a purpose. Athena is portrayed as an astute…
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William Lentz Weiss, Boston Harbor Scene 01 Classic Work of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #189
Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, and is located adjacent to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the northeastern United States. Since its discovery to Europeans by John Smith in 1614, Boston Harbor has been an important port in…
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06 Ancient Arabian Engravings – With footnotes –
Arabian Bronze Statuette, ca. 1st Millenium BCE Southwestern Arabia, modern day Yemen, 1st millennium BCE. This is a bronze statuette of a human figure with thin arms and legs and a somewhat animalistic face, complete with two pointed ears. During the first millennium BCE, this part of the world saw several kingdoms – Qataban, Saba…
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04 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, of the 18th & 19th C., Diane de Poitiers, with Footnotes. #40
Salvador Dalí ‘Diane de Poitiers’, 114/250 Hand-colored drypoint etching 40 x 50 cm Private collection Diane de Poitiers (3 September 1499 – 25 April 1566) was a French noblewoman and a prominent courtier at the courts of king Francis I and his son, King Henry II of France. She became notorious as King Henry’s chief mistress and in this…
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Continental School, A rider approaching an oasis encampment 01 Painting by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 50
The Continental School, 19th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Orientalism is a term that is used for the depiction of aspects in Middle Eastern cultures. It refers to the works of the Western artists on Oriental subjects, produced…
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Jack Lorimer Gray, Nova Scotian Schooner 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #171
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. The most common type has two masts, the foremast being shorter than the main. While the schooner was originally gaff-rigged, modern schooners typically carry a Bermuda rig. More on schooners Jack Lorimer Gray (April 28, 1927 — September, 1981) was a Canadian artist, known particularly…
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08 Photographs, The Art Of The Nude, Kiki of Montparnasse, with footnotes # 18
Le Retour à la Raison (Return to Reason) is a 1923 film directed by Man Ray. It consists of animated textures, Rayographs and the torso of Kiki of Montparnasse. Alice Ernestine Prin (2 October 1901 – 29 April 1953), nicknamed the Queen of Montparnasse, and often known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist’s model,…
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Jan Kelderman, Harbour view 01 Marine Painting – With Footnotes, #154
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands. Amsterdam’s name derives from Amstelredamme, indicative of the city’s origin as a dam of the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became…
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Ray McCarty, Ma’am Are Those Real? 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 36 – With Footnotes
Ray McCarty. As early as the age of five, McCarty began demonstrating his artistic talent. Raised in the mountains of northern Utah, his first paintings were sketches of the American West inspired in part by his outlaw ancestry, The McCarty Gang, partners in crime with Butch Cassidy. Ray graduated from University with a degree in…
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