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  • Japanisme

    Girl in a White Kimono (Geesje Kwok), 1894 by George Breitner. As an example of the influence of Japan in Europe at this time, the young girl wears a kimono in front of a…

  • Morning Pick-me-up

    Washstand, 1904 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This beautiful washstand was designed as part of the furnishings for a house he designed called Hill House. The owner of the house also owned a series of…

  • An Interpretation in Color

    Wokey Hole, near Wells, Somerset, c.1794 by Michael Angelo Rooker. Rooker helped make watercolor a viable medium for serious artists. Before he concentrated on it, it was considered beneath a serious artist.

  • Beauty and Warmth

    Navajo Blanket, 1881 from New Mexico, Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies. In the 17th century sheep were introduced to the American Southwest by the Spanish. Navajo women used designs learned from Mexico…

  • Sweating the Small Stuff

    The Gleaners by Jean-Francois Millet. The Gleaners are picking up the last little remains of the harvest. Millet sets the women against a broad horizon and thereby lends a majesty to their work. This…

  • As Straightforward as it Seems?

    Asparagus by Adrian Coorte (active 1683-1707). Sometimes still life painters concentrated on a particular item in order to give it their complete attention and immerse themselves in rendering it as close to the real…

  • Tudor Rose

    Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein, The Frick Collection Holbein was a 16th century German artist who became the court painter under Henry VIII. His style, with its attention to detail, was well suited…

  • Trumpeted In

    La Naissance de Vénus (Birth of Venus)1879 by William-Adolph Bouguereau. Very similar in composition to Botticelli’s work. Bouguereau had a very successful career. His realistic style appealed to a large number of people. A…

  • Rising Out of the Foam

    Birth of Venus, c. 1485-86 by Sandro Botticelli. One of the most famous of the Italian Renaissance paintings it is one of the most frequent images, out of thousands, when a likeness of the…