Three paintings about prostitution, a reception for Napoleon III, Cleopatra smuggled in a carpet, the Crucifixion, Napoleon I in Egypt, and a grim execution.
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In the late 19th century, it evolved from classical painting dating back to the 1400s, to Barbizon School and Impressionism, with some traditional artists continuing.
After training in Copenhagen, he became involved in the Romantic Movement, developed his own colour theory, but died at the age of only 33.
The humble beast of burden, carrying drunken kings, Mary and the infant Jesus, the Good Samaritan, Sancho Panza, and young lambs.
The earliest known story in the Western canon to end with the suicide of frustrated lovers, it was the precursor to Romeo and Juliet, and extensively depicted.
Perhaps she wasn’t as much abducted as seduced by Paris, but after he’s killed in the war, she plays a crucial final role in the destruction of Troy.
Daughter of the King of Sparta, abducted as a child by Theseus, rescued by her brothers, married to the King of Sparta, then given as a bribe in a divine beauty contest.
Orientalism, a duel in fancy dress, gladiators in the Colosseum, the assassination of Julius Caesar, and the cynic Diogenes.
From the snowy landscape of Brueghel’s Hunters to Monet’s Magpie, with Pissarro, Signac, Caillebotte and others.
A series of barren trees in the snow, with ancient stone tombs and plenty of crows, Nordic ports by moonlight, ending with a burning windmill.
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