The Parnassus, from the Stanza delle Segnatura (detail)

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Heinrich Lefler died 1919. These illustrations are from “Grimms Märchen” (Grimms’ Fairy Tales) and were by both Lefler and his brother-in-law Joseph Urban.

Godfather Death
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White and Rose Red
Snow White

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel was born 1781. Known as an architect of neo-Classical and neo-Gothic buildings, he was also a brilliant painter.

Gothic Church on a Rock by the Sea
The Gate in the Rocks
Medieval City on a River
Queen of the Night

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I’ll be lecturing on the male nude in art history and its sociocultural entanglements at Georgetown on Thurs 3/15, followed by an optional figure drawing session.
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(image: Andrea Mantegna, “Hercules and Antaeus,” 1495)

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Jaroslav Panuška was born 1872. Though many consider his masterpieces to be landscapes, my favorites are his dark & fantastical work—much of it influenced by Czech fairy tales.

Baba Yaga
Witch
Vengeance on the Dead
Vampire

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Luis Desangles (1861-1940), considered by many art critics and historians as one of the most important figures related to the flourishing and definitions of modern art in the Dominican Republic.

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A stunning sculpture of Maria Cerri Capranica, a 22yo Italian beauty w/ many fashionable details: elaborate lace collar, long strand of pearls, and ringlets are also seen in Van Dyck's portrait of Henrietta Maria (1632).

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& a century of opens 2day/28Feb painting at its best w/ looking back over whilst throwing 4ward 2 2moro. This exhibition invites us in 2 the private world of the artist’s studio 5⭐️ fab

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