Tragic stories of great paintings that no longer look anything like their originals, from Leonardo da Vinci and William Blake.
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Paints using glue as their binder, instead of oil, were popular in the early Renaissance before being replaced by oils. William Blake revived them around 1800.
Popular in the early Renaissance, it was revived by William Blake, the Nabis, and a few others. Despite its disadvantages, these are wonderful paintings.
The grandson of the founder of Thebes suffers a grisly fate when he stumbles across the goddess Diana bathing naked.
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