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Tag Archives: 19th Century
1856: Mauresque Noire
Charles Cordier: Mauresque Noire [Black Moorish Woman], 1856
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Tagged 1850's, 19th Century, Africa, Algeria, Art, Charles Cordier, France, Sculpture, Women
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1878: The Great Physician
It is to the Nilometer [a submerged building built to measure and predict the Nile’s clarity and water level] that the island of Rods [Rhoda/Rawdah] owes its fame, and there is little else that the visitor will find worth seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 19th Century, Africa, Books, Egypt, Georg Ebers, Germany, Printmaking, Religion, Trees
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1875: Nocturne
James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Nocturne (1875-1880) (source)
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1875: Butter
Antoine Vollon: Mound of Butter (1875/1885)
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Tagged 1870's, 1880's, 19th Century, Antoine Vollon, Art, Food and Drink, France, Painting
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1840: A Line Drawn Through the Eye of the Observer and the Centre of the Sun
All rainbows are portions of circles, and the eye of the observer is always opposite to the centre of the circle. The quantity of the circle seen, depends on the height of the sun above the horizon at the time … Continue reading
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Tagged 1840's, 19th Century, Astronomy, Books, Charles F. Blunt, Great Britain, Meteorology
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1895: Kaikkialla ääni kaikuu
Beda Stjernschantz: Everywhere A Voice Invites Us… (1895)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Beda Stjernschantz, Children, Finland, Music, Painting, Women
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1892: And The Sea Gave Up The Dead Which Were In It
Sir Frederic Lord Leighton: And The Sea Gave Up The Dead Which Were In It (1892)
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Tagged 19th Century, Art, Death, Great Britain, Painting, Sir Frederic Leighton, The Ocean
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1887: The Story Depends on the Teller
The Lion and the Statue On a statue king Lion dethroned, Showing conqueror Man, Lion frowned. “If a Lion, you know, Had been sculptor, he’d show Lion rampant, and Man on the ground.” THE STORY DEPENDS ON THE TELLER Walter … Continue reading
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, Drawing, Great Britain, Lions, Poetry, Walter Crane
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1866: Mer Calme
Gustave Courbet: Calm Sea (1866)
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Tagged 19th Century, Art, Gustave Courbet, Painting, Seascapes, The Ocean
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1889: Ravine
Vincent van Gogh: Ravine (1889) At the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Tagged 19th Century, Art, Landscapes, Netherlands, Painting, Vincent van Gogh
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