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Tag Archives: Painting
1912: Branches
Léon Spilliaert: Branches (1912)
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Tagged 20th Century, Art, Belgium, Léon Spilliaert, Painting, Trees
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1573: The Inquisition Grills an Artist for the Last Supper
Paolo Veronese: The Feast in the House of Levi (1573) Veronese’s painting was the cause of an investigation by the Roman Catholic Inquisition, which balked at the lavish settings and costumes—as well as the “buffoons, drunken Germans, dwarfs and other … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Art, Censorship, Italy, Painting, Paolo Veronese, The Last Supper
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2012: This Painting is Untitled
Françoise Nielly: Untitled 660 (2012) (source)
1653: She Cursed and Swore like a Musketeer
Christina, the Queen of Sweden from 1632 to 1654, famously rejected traditional gender roles, often wearing men’s clothing and excelling at traditionally masculine pursuits. She was also one of the most educated women of the Renaissance, had a mischievous sense … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Art, Christina Queen of Sweden, Elisabeth of Bohemia, Gender, LGBTQ, Painting, Philosophy, René Descartes, Sébastien Bourdon, Sweden, Women
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2016: Mind of My Mind
John Jude Palencar: Mind of My Mind (2016) (source)
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Tagged 21st Century, Afrofuturism, Art, John Jude Palencar, Painting, Science Fiction, Women
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1862: Cotopaxi Erupts
Frederic Edwin Church: Cotopaxi (1862) Cotopaxi is one of the world’s highest volcanoes, located in the Andes Mountains about thirty miles south of Quito. It has erupted more then 50 times since 1738, the resulting lahars (mudflows) forming numerous valleys … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, American Civil War, Art, Cotopaxi, Edwin Church, Equador, Painting, Volcanoes
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1895: Melancholy
Magnus Enkell: Melancholie (1895) (source)
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Tagged 19th Century, Art, Finland, LGBTQ, Magnus Enkell, Melancholy, Mental Health, Mothers, Painting, Women
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1891: Midnight on the Somme
Jean-Charles Cazin: Midnight (1891) (source) The Catalogue from Collection of Charles T. Yerkes, Chicago, U. S. A (1893) provides the following description: The scene is located at Abbeville, on the river Somme, in France. One is readily impressed with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th Century, Art, France, Jean-Charles Cazin, Painting
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