Gods and Foolish Grandeur
Life And The Arts...From A Retrograde Perspective
Friday, August 18, 2017
La Alameda de México, by José María Velasco, 1866
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The artistic depiction of the most attractive public thoroughfares in Mexico City reached its height in the nineteenth century and combi...
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Sunday, August 13, 2017
Overblown and unpleasant kings - Wilhelm II and Carol II, portraits by de László
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Emperor Wilhelm II, 1909-11. Though recently repaired, the portrait still shows the marks of five slashes apparently inflicted by Russi...
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Friday, August 11, 2017
The Rose Pavilion "Ozerki" at Peterhof - three watercolors by Luigi Premazzi, 1850
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The Rose or "Ozerki" (lakes) Pavilion in the Lugovoi (meadow) Park at Peterhof was designed by Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschn...
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Sunday, August 6, 2017
Unpinned - early paintings of Jean-Gabriel Domergue
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Élégante à l'éventail , 1919. Jean-Gabriel Domergue (4 March 1889, Bordeaux - 16 November 1962, Paris), French painter specializi...
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