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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What does the history of tell about the Join us at our next Art History in the Pub on Monday 26 March to hear Michael Liversage talking abut the of forging fine art. https://t.co/8zj73mLIkx

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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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