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76art for art's sake: part one - art history from the renaissance to realism
I stumbled upon a hub on Rembrandt a couple of days ago. In his hub entitled How to Appreciate Rembrandt's Night Watch, Watcher by Night describes his close encounter with the master's The Militia Company of...
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62Nymphenburg, Munich - King Ludwig's Birthplace
PALACE NYPHEMBURG, MUNICH Another palace of the royal family of Bavaria is Nymphenburg. King Ludwig II was born there. The palace was built by prince-electoral couple Ferdinand Maria and Henriette Adelaide...
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67Antique Irish Silver
Silver has been used in Ireland since prehistoric times; magnificent pieces of silversmithing are currently in the National Museum in Dublin. Following the granting of a charter by King Charles I, an assay...
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59The 40 Styles of Chairs
THE 40 STYLES OF CHAIRS There are 40 distinct styles of chairs embracing the period from 3000 B.C. to 1900 A.D.—nearly 7,000 years. Of all the millions of chairs made during the centuries, each one...
64Bouncing Back from the Unfortunate Comment
Sometimes you say something, and then you say to yourself, “Did I just say that?” You don’t mean it – okay, well maybe you do. But you didn’t mean to actually say it. You only meant to...
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71Rococo Portrait Painter - Rosalba Carriera
Rosalba Carriera was one of the more commercially successful and accomplished female artist during the 18th century, Rococo period. As a portrait painter and pastellist, she developed the technique of...
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62Who was "Robert of the Ruins?"
Considered a master of art in some circles, and a spirited, energetic intellectual in others- Hubert Robert’s paintings have forever sealed their fate in many art collectors’ private collections...
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71Antique Prints
Imagine... A very wealthy and mildly eccentric grand uncle with a great and healthy taste for the fine arts has passed, and you inherit all the wonderful things you'll find in the attic, in something like a...
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67How to Recognise Rococo Furniture
The furniture built in the style called Rococo is a type of art and interior design which originated in the eighteenth century in France. A lesser known fact is that Rococo rooms were formulated as art...
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55Baroque Art
The baroque period flourished in the 17th century in Rome, then in all Italy and finally spreading to the rest of Europe. The word baroque comes from the Italian barroco, which means extravagant or bizarre. ...
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