Tag: france
All the articles with the tag "france".
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Bitten in the Eighth Circle: Bouguereau's Dante and Virgil in Hell
Published:• 11 min readA twenty-five-year-old academic painter spent eight months painting two damned souls biting each other in the eighth circle of hell. The Salon hung it on the back wall.
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The Glare That Outlasted the Salon: Cabanel's Fallen Angel
Published:• 11 min readCabanel was twenty-three when he painted Lucifer's tears of rage. The painting was rejected from the Salon. A century later it became the most-shared image on Tumblr.
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Eyes or Nerves? Impressionism vs Expressionism in One Question
Published:• 16 min readImpressionism vs expressionism comes down to one question. Are you painting what your eyes see, or what your nerves feel? Both answers are right.
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Why the Impressionists Couldn't Stop Painting Flowers
Published:• 14 min readImpressionism flower paintings span Monet's water lilies, Manet's peonies, Renoir's bouquets, and Fantin-Latour's roses. Here's a guide to the eight that matter.
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The Eight Friends Who Made Impressionism: A Painters' Field Guide
Published:• 17 min readThe Impressionism painters were a small group of around fifteen friends in Paris in the 1870s. Here are the eight that mattered most, and what each one actually did.
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Louvre Museum Facts: The Fortress, the Palace, and the Museum Stacked Inside One Building
Published:• 13 min readLouvre museum facts most guides won't tell you. It was a fortress, then a palace, then a warehouse. All three buildings are still inside the one you walk through.
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The Louvre Museum Jewels Are What France Didn't Sell
Published:• 10 min readThe Louvre museum jewels are what's left of a collection that used to run France. In 1887 the Third Republic sold most of it at auction. Here's what survived, and why.