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Georg Baselitz started painting things upside in the 1970s claiming that he wanted people to enjoy the brushstrokes, lines, and colors without being distracted by the often familiar images themselves.

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2021-01-23

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn revisited subject of the stoning of St Stephen in etching of 1635 (copies )

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2020-12-26

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe commemorating apparition of Virgin Mary Coatlaxopeuh, "who crushes the serpent” as pregnant mestiza dressed in royal Aztec mantle speaking native Nahuatl language to Juan Diego on Tepeyac Hill, Mexico in 1531.
“¿No estoy yo aquí, que soy tu madre?”

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2020-12-12

Reni, “Atalanta and Hippomenes”
(1619)
Atalanta, warned by oracle against marrying, challenged all suitors to foot race. Loss was punishable by death. Hippomenes, with Aphrodite’s help and three golden apples, used guile to win race.
1625 copy in

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2020-11-04

Vermeer, “Girl with a Pearl Earring”
(1665)
This painting is not a portrait, but a “tronie”—a painting of an imaginary figure depicting a particular type or character; in this case a girl in exotic dress, wearing an oriental turban & improbably large pearl earring.

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2020-10-31

François Boucher, né 29.IX.1703, "Vulcain présentant à Venus des armes pour Enée" (1757)
Alastair Laing, François Boucher, 1703-1770
📖 https://t.co/CTs3VdX9Jl

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2020-10-01

Say it’s true in every field

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2020-09-10

Rubens, “Assumption of the Virgin Mary” in Antwerp’s Cathedral of Our Lady. Rubens submitted sketches & won commission in February, 1611. Completed in September, 1626, his altarpiece painting exemplifies the Northern Baroque style with dramatic gestures & a flock of putti.

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2020-08-15

Claude-Joseph Vernet, “Tempête et Naufrage d'un Vaisseau” (1754) was famous for scenes of storms featuring dangers of nature & for investing his landscapes with narrative & emotional content.
“Storm on a Mediterranean Coast”, “Shipwreck”, “Seastorm”, “Fire on the Tiber” https://t.co/YqTQ6GQLVU

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2020-08-05