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Poised tiptoe on a globe, this chubby cherub seems to pirouette, inviting interest from all angles. His complex movement in space is remarkable for a date so early in the Renaissance.
, 2019-2020, Washington catalogue, repro.no. 18, repro.
Joseph Mallord William Turner excelled at capturing the beauty and mysteries of light. Cool, white moonlight contrasts with warm, yellow and orange firelight.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Reynolds sought to elevate British painting, including portraiture, to the lofty realms of classical expression. After traveling to Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Venice, Reynolds became the first president of the Royal Academy, which had been founded in 1768.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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During the mid-19th century, George Catlin created two large collections of paintings featuring portraits of Native Americans, genre scenes, and western landscapes. The first collection, which he called his „Indian Gallery,“ included more than 500 works completed during the 1830s.
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Freestanding and worked entirely in the round, this statuette is a masterpiece from the thriving carved-alabaster industry in medieval England. Due to its fragility and to attacks during later iconoclasm, much of this type of English sculpture was eventually destroyed.
Washington, 1968: 136, repro. 1975 Walker, John.
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