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Word for today: tronie
A style of painting invented/popularized in Holland in the 17th Century, showing naturalistic and non-idealized facial expressions (and less-attractive or drunk people) as opposed to the formalism of the Renaissance. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tronies
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‘sappho’ - charles auguste mengin (1877)
ransacked to the waist, hounded under gales. of black hair, eyes burdened with longing, you are left behind, the lyre in your hand. fretted with the chords of the sea. - andrew miller
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau + The Four Times of Day
L’Aurore (Dawn) - 1881
Le Jour (Day) - 1884
La Crépuscule (Twilight) - 1882
La Nuit (Night) - 1883
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female tragedies in art
death of sappho by michael carbonell (1881)
desdémona by alexandre cabanel (1871)
the death of cleopatra by juan luna (1881)
the martyr of solway by john everett millais (1871)
amy robsart by william frederick yeames (1877)
the lunatic of etretat by hugues merle (1871)
a murder in the house by jakub schikaneder (1890)
korean mother by wojciech fangor (1951)
ophelia by friedrich wilhelm theodor heyser (1900)
the execution of lady jane grey by paul delaroche (1833)
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female tragedies in art
death of sappho by michael carbonell (1881)
desdémona by alexandre cabanel (1871)
the death of cleopatra by juan luna (1881)
the martyr of solway by john everett millais (1871)
amy robsart by william frederick yeames (1877)
the lunatic of etretat by hugues merle (1871)
a murder in the house by jakub schikaneder (1890)
korean mother by wojciech fangor (1951)
ophelia by friedrich wilhelm theodor heyser (1900)
the execution of lady jane grey by paul delaroche (1833)
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