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Tag Archives: 19th Century
1889: Fallen Angel
James Ensor: The Expulsion of the Fallen Angel (1889)
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Angels, Art, Belgium, Christianity, James Ensor, Painting, Religion
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1895: Tentacles of the City
This is the beginning of “La plaine,” the poem that opens Emile Verhaeren’s 1895 book of poems, Les villes tentaculaires [The Tentacled Cities]. The cover is by Théo van Rysselberghe (source). I couldn’t find a translation online, so I did the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Belgium, Cities, Design, Emile Verhaeren, Factories, Poetry, Technology, Théo van Rysselberghe
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1875: A Day Less for Examination
Evelyn De Morgan: Life drawing of a seated male model inscribed “A Day Less for Examination” [detail] (1875) (source)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, Drawing, Evelyn De Morgan, Great Britain
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1805: Cenotaph
Antonio Canova: Cenotaph for Marie Christine of Austria [detail] (1805)
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Angels, Animals, Death, Italy, Lions, Sculpture
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1896: Well-Deserved
Jean-Léon Gérôme: Truth Coming Out of Her Well to Shame Mankind (1896)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, France, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Painting
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1898: Self-Portrait with Demons
James Ensor: Poster for the Salon: Self-Portrait with Demons (1898) (source)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Belgium, Demons, James Ensor, Portraits, Printmaking
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1825: Vale of Honey
The most contentious aspect of [the mid-19th-century British project to survey Ireland, 1825–46] is the way in which place names were anglicized, replaced by English alternatives or simply mis-recorded….Irish names were altered…mostly through the processes of “dictation” in which a … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Colonialism, Great Britain, Ireland, Language, P. W. Joyce
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1894: Ministered to by Angels
James Tissot: Jesus Ministered to by Angels (1886-1894)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Angels, Art, Christianity, France, Great Britain, James Tissot, Painting, Religion
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1865: Northern Lights
Frederic Edwin Church: Aurora Borealis (1865) “Some art historians have suggested that Church painted Aurora Borealis as a subdued tribute to the end of the Civil War, with the drapery of auroral light forming an abstract representation of the American … Continue reading
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, American Civil War, Art, Frederic Edwin Church, Landscapes, Meteorology, Painting, The Sky, USA
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1873: Distant Lighthouse
William Trost Richards: Seascape with Distant Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey (1873)
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Art, Painting, Seascapes, The Ocean, USA, William Trost Richards
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