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William Adolphe Bouguereau And The Soul Of Youth
William Adolphe Bouguereau is unquestionably one of history's greatest artistic geniuses. Yet in the past century, his reputation and unparalleled accomplishments have undergone a libelous, dishonest, relentless and systematic assault of immense proportions. (Read more...) |
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Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is undoubtedly the most famous painting in the history of art. In 2003-2006 we celebrated the 500th anniversary of the painting. On April 6, 2005 - following a period of curatorial maintenance, recording, and analysis - Mona Lisa was moved to a new location within the museum's Salle des États (Louvre Museum, Paris, France). (Read more...) |
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Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (December 7, 1598, Napoles – November 28, 1680, Rome) was a sculptor, architect, draughtsman and painter, son of Pietro Bernini. Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini is considered the most outstanding sculptor of the 17th century and a formative influence on the development of the Italian Baroque style. His astonishing abilities as a marble carver were combined with an inventive genius of the highest order. Bernini was born in Naples but his father, Pietro, was a Florentine sculptor who taught his gifted son all he knew at the earliest age.
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"Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will of his imagination and.. with a single glance...have his soul invaded by the most profound recollections; no effort of memory, everything is summed up in one instant. A complete art which sums up all the others and completes them." (Paul Gauguin) |
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