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In 1460 Mantegna was appointed Court artist by Ludovico III Gonzaga at his Ducal Court in Mantua. There he created frescoes in the Camera degli Sposi, Ducal Palace, Mantua (1465-74). These document the Duke & his Court. His oculus is one of the triumphs of the Renaissance

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2020-02-03

The Hands in the drawing here have been suggested both as studies for Ginerva & for the Mona Lisa. Warrior (1472), Ginevra de Benci (c1474), Hands (1474). Leonardo was also fascinated with depicting age, beauty & emotion - particularly in profile drawings.

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2020-01-28

Phoenixes by Paulownia Trees, by Kano Tan'yu (1602 - 1674).

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2020-01-17

State Dance Ensemble of performs “Fortress” (Berd) dance. (1974). Berd means "fortress" in Armenian and is named accordingly because of the shape the dancers make.
📽️https://t.co/KsVT5nQlKI

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2019-12-16

This week on : & on Jumanji: The Next Level, Aquarela and Black Christmas (1974).

Plus, I start my bid for Finnish citizenship by talking at length about Apocalyptica.

Listen! https://t.co/ft9qIRq6ZR

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2019-12-13

James McNeill Whistler. Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1874).

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2019-12-05

Folktale illustrations by Russian artist, Nikolai Kochergin (1897-1974).

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2019-10-20

Happy This week's post shows the beautiful hand-marbled pages from an earlier post. The papers were created by Christine McNair in 2004. (Margaret Laurence, The Diviners, 1974).⁠
https://t.co/x2DrJh69N3

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2019-09-23

Poetic lament (marthiyya) commemorating the martyrdom of al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī (d. 680) composed by the Andalusi litterateur Ṣafwān ibn Idrīs of Murcia (d. 1202) & preserved in the works of the Granadan scholar-statesman Lisān al-Dīn ibn al-Khaṭīb (d. 1374).

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2019-09-10

Jānis Brekte (1920-1985) Noskaņa - Mood (1974).

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2019-09-07

British war art: "Southampton Dock" 1944...Pen, watercolour and crayon by (British,1904-1974)..Born in

The construction of part of the works..A portable harbour used to facilitate the invasion of Normandy in 1944..

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2019-08-16

in 2010, the great Frank died in Fort Myers, FL at age 82. Here is an early self portrait, along with three of my favorite cover paintings: THE SON OF TARZAN (1963), A PRINCESS OF MARS (1970), and AT THE EARTH'S CORE (1974).

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2019-05-10

Takis Zenetos (1926-1977): Greek architect. from Athens. Works: 4) Transfered 3000 seat theater, Lycabettus, 5) Block of flats at Amalia's and Daedalou Streets in Athens (1957), 6) High School, Agios Demetrios, Athens (1969-1974).

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2019-02-10

The anatomical of 1843 shows an of the thoracic arrived to erode the thoracic vertebrae. This image, lithographed by Battelli and associates, is taken from the of the French pathologist D. Jean (1791-1874).

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2018-09-13

🎨 Amaya Gurpide (Spanish 1974).

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2018-08-31

'Angústia ~ A Mãe do Artista (Anguish ~ The Mother of the Artist) 1950, by Mexican artist David Siqueiros (1896-1974).

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2018-08-22

Common Peacock, Ringed Pheasant, Horned Pheasant, and Silver Pheasant from A History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1820) by Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774). More great scans from the book over at : https://t.co/fITlSf6SZ4

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2018-04-28

Bravo à ces 4 personnes qui gagnent une version PS4 du jeu Blue Reflection offert par !
Mélanie B. (53), Cyndie T. (02), Hélène N. (34) et Christine A. (74).

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2017-12-18

9 Puffins (Fratercula arctica) from the Shetland sketchbooks of Muriel Dawson (1897-1974). Puffins can be used as excellent bioindicators of the environment despite their nick name of "clowns of the sea"

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2017-12-09