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See How Modern Artists Obsessed With Death and Darkness Looked to Medieval Gothic Artworks for Inspiration
A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...
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19th-century paintings show first hints of post-industrial climate change
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'The most noble scenes are made desolate': The climate warnings in 19th Century paintings
A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers ...
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Cave Art:
Not until the late 19th century did humans learn of the extraordinary art produced by their Ice Age ancestors, the Cro-Magnon people of Western Europe. These early artists decorated walls of caves ...
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Arcimboldo-esque Portraits Emerge from Tools of the Trade in Early 19th-Century Aquatints
Around 1800, London-based published Samuel William Fores continued the playful tradition of composite portraiture in a series ...
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19th-century book due back to Worcester Public Library in 1973 is returned
The Worcester Public Library recently had an unusual surprise — the return of a book more than half a century overdue.
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A 19th-Century Encyclopedia Gets a Modern Makeover
“Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art ... to 21st-century viewers. Erin Rushing Sample sections of the Iconographic Encylopaedia were well-received. An early review ...
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Paterson's 19th century Art Factory buildings up for auction
PATERSON — The Art Factory complex, a collection of once-vacant mid-19th century industrial buildings converted into artist studios and banquet halls, is scheduled for auction later this month b ...