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One gift of doing #ArtWednesday is that I’ve found many artists I didn’t know before. Meet Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859-1937), an African America painter who was born before the 13th Amendment and painted after. (The Thankful Poor, 1894) #ArtWednesday #AmericanSlavery #13thAmendment
Spite: Above the door the Pope used to enter the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo painted the prophet Zechariah, whose face resembles Pope Julius II. Behind him is an angel making a gesture with his hand called “the fig,” the equivalent to giving someone the finger. #ArtWednesday