Goya to Impressionism: 'fall in love' with impressionists again
The result is a show to make you "fall in love" with the impressionists and their precursors all over again. Featuring two ...
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Portrait of Absalom Jones
displays a dignity rarely allowed African subjects in 19th century art. The half-length portrait shows Jones in his ecclesiastical robes, with Bible in hand. Its style is simple; yet it is ...
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Portrait of Yarrow Mamout
Charles William Peale was an American portrait painter who established ... he was a practicing Muslim -- supposedly a rarity in 19th century America, though that question is still open to ...
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How One Photographer Recreated 19th Century Portraits With the Descendants of Civil War Heroes
How One Photographer Recreated 19th Century Portraits With the Descendants of Civil War Heroes Smithsonian magazine commissioned Drew Gardner for a project that connects Black Americans today to ...
Photo shows at Harvard’s Cooper Gallery and BRIDGE Gallery meditate on the meaning of memory
The show runs at Harvard’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art through June 30. The show includes the ...
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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman
whom he depicted in an array of settings that reflected the many facets of modern life in the late 19th century. In brightly colored paintings and intricate prints, Tissot’s subjects appear at ...
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19th-century paintings show first hints of post-industrial climate change
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The BBC's Diane Cole reports on an exhibition of 19th-century paintings believed to depict the early signs of climate change introduced ...