A rigid guild system maintained high standards of craftsmanship and regulated the process of gilt-bronze manufactory.
with sand and pouring molten bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, in the resulting depression
The most impressive surviving evidence of Ethiopia’s artistic past is its stone monuments.
bisected by the Great Rift Valley, which extends from the Red Sea to the Danakil Depression
Philadelphia, 1880−Chestnut Hill, Pa., 1940
With the onset of the Great Depression, Horter could no longer afford to buy new
Münster, 1878–London, 1937
Flechtheim to close his Frankfurt and Cologne branches, and in 1931, the Great Depression
New School for Social Research, New York (1931–82; unveiled January 1, 1931; sold in May 1982 to Maurice Segoura Gallery); [Maurice Segoura Gallery, New York, 1982–84; sold on February 1, 1984 to Equitable Life]; The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (now AXA), New York (1984–2012; their gift to MMA)
holding money, allusions to the economic despair and inequity caused by the Great Depression
Paris, 1891–Paris, 1950
The Great Depression forced Galeries Georges Petit’s shareholders to liquidate the
Breslau, Poland, 1889–New York, 1945
As the Great Depression led to a decline in the Parisian art market throughout the
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perceptions of people and encouraged a fascination with world events, including the Great Depression
Unusual vantage points and asymmetrical framing are a consistent theme throughout Degas’s works.
In later life, Degas became reclusive, morose, and given to bouts of depression,
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identity in the United States from the stock market crash of 1929 that began the Great Depression
