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SUMMER’S DAYS AND NUDE WOMEN – Ten expressive shades of Danish paintersSUMMER’S DAYS AND NUDE WOMEN – Ten expressive shades of Danish painters

SUMMER’S DAYS AND NUDE WOMEN – Ten expressive shades of Danish painters

C.W. Eckersberg /A nude woman doing her hair before a mirror 1841 – In the cool light and with classical…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / THE HAGUE – Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl EarringMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / THE HAGUE – Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / THE HAGUE – Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring

Regarded as Vermeer's masterpiece, this canvas is often referred to as the Mona Lisa of the North or the Dutch…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / PARIGI – Leonardo da Vinci, La GiocondaMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / PARIGI – Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / PARIGI – Leonardo da Vinci, La Gioconda

Lisa was born in Florence on June 15 1479. She was named Lisa, like a wife of her paternal grandfather.…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / CHICAGO – George Seurat: A Sunday on La Grande JatteMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / CHICAGO – George Seurat: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / CHICAGO – George Seurat: A Sunday on La Grande Jatte

The painting has precise geometric rules, but the most important is symmetry with respect to the central axis, determined by…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / AMSTERDAM – Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn: The Night WatchMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / AMSTERDAM – Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn: The Night Watch

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / AMSTERDAM – Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn: The Night Watch

No, it is not a picture. Almost like a photographer, a famous painter has captured an image, without people he…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / ROME – Raphael: The School of AthensMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / ROME – Raphael: The School of Athens

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / ROME – Raphael: The School of Athens

Fifty-eight are the characters depicted in the fresco. Plato and Aristotle are in the center of the composition. Even your…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / PARIS – Lucas Cranach The Elder: Three GracesMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / PARIS – Lucas Cranach The Elder: Three Graces

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / PARIS – Lucas Cranach The Elder: Three Graces

Lucas Cranach the Elder, was friends with all of the big hitters of his Renaissance Germany: painter Albrecht Durer, reformist…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / AMSTERDAM – Cornelis van Haarlem: Bathsheba at her bathMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / AMSTERDAM – Cornelis van Haarlem: Bathsheba at her bath

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / AMSTERDAM – Cornelis van Haarlem: Bathsheba at her bath

Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, was one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in The Netherlands,…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / MILAN – Leonardo da Vinci: The Last SupperMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / MILAN – Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / MILAN – Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper

"The Last Supper" is a mural painted on plaster, in tempera, chalk, glue and pitch. In Milan, around 1495, Leonardo…

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MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / FLORENCE – Sandro Botticelli: The Birth of VenusMASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / FLORENCE – Sandro Botticelli: The Birth of Venus

MASTERPIECES OF ART IN THE CENTURIES / FLORENCE – Sandro Botticelli: The Birth of Venus

The "Birth of Venus", is not only a tempera painting on linen canvas, a result of the creativity of 172…

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