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@garts Jul 17, 2018, 7:38 PM UTC

Portrait of Paquius Proculus

The portrait of Paquius Proculus is the name given to a fresco, dated between 20 and 30, found in the casa di Pansa during the archaeological excavations of Pompeii, detached from its support and pre…

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@garts May 10, 2018, 10:12 PM UTC

Le Miracle de la mule

History has preserved the memory of a prodigious prodigy which St. Anthony of Padua performed in Toulouse in the twelfth century, and which is commonly referred to as the miracle of the mule. A heret…

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@garts May 7, 2018, 8:22 PM UTC

La Jeune Fille à la perle

The Girl with the Pearl is an oil painting on canvas made by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer around 1665. Artist: Johannes Vermeer Inventory number: 670 Owner: Netherlands Movement: Golden Age of…

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@garts Apr 27, 2018, 12:43 PM UTC

Rhinocéros de Dürer

Dürer's rhinoceros is the name usually given to a woodcut by Albrecht Dürer dated 1515. Artist: Albrecht Dürer Inventory number: 1964.8.697 Subject: Rhinoceros Support: Xylography Creation: 1515 Peri…

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@garts Apr 26, 2018, 12:07 PM UTC

Madame X

Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is the informal title of a portrait made in 1884 by John Singer Sargent of a young and beautiful expatriate from Louisiana, Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, a woman .…

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@garts Apr 25, 2018, 10:19 PM UTC

Oeuvre

Drawing is a technique of visually representing, in two dimensions, characters, landscapes or objects. The word was written indifferently design or drawing, involving the notion of intention, of proj…

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@garts Apr 24, 2018, 3:23 PM UTC

Architecture

L'architecture est l'art majeur de concevoir des espaces et de bâtir des édifices, en respectant des règles de construction empiriques ou scientifiques, ainsi que des concepts esthétiques, classiques…

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@garts Apr 22, 2018, 9:06 PM UTC

Napoleon I on the imperial throne

Napoleon I on the imperial throne is a portrait of Napoleon I in costume of the coronation painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in 1806, and kept in the Museum of the Army of Paris. Artist: Jean-…

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@garts Apr 15, 2018, 3:23 PM UTC

Venus of Milo

The Venus de Milo is a famous Greek statue from the late Hellenistic period that depicts the goddess Aphrodite. Discovered in 1820 on the island of Milos, hence its name, it is currently preserved at…

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@garts Apr 14, 2018, 12:12 PM UTC

Colossal head

The colossal Olmec heads are monolithic sculptures representing large-sized human heads in the round. Carved in basalt rocks, they date at least 900 BC. has a distinctive headdress. The rear of the m…

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