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Sophie Fremiet (French, 1797-1867) La Belle Anthia, 1820
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the-evil-clergyman · 2 months
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Athenais by John William Godward (1908)
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lionofchaeronea · 10 months
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Orpheus and Eurydice, Anselm Feuerbach, 1869
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Madame Récamier
Jacques-Louis David, Neoclassical, 1800
René Magritte, Surrealist, 1949
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liturgical-agenda · 1 year
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Detail from An allegory of sculpture and architecture by Thomas Germain Joseph Duvivier
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The Royal Palace of Caserta
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boselliart · 27 days
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hades-bat · 9 months
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Pompeo Batoni, portrait of Henry Peirse (1775) / portrait of John Talbot (1773), both with Ares Ludovisi in the background
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John William Godward's paintings + flowers (4/6)
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Joseph Paelinck (Southern Netherlander, 1781-1839) The Fair Anthia Leading her Companions to the Temple of Diana in Ephesus, ca.1820 Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
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Danaë by Jean-Baptiste Regnault (18th Century)
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A Pompeian Lady, John William Godward, 1891
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empirearchives · 6 months
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“What Napoleon criticised in the statue could perhaps be summed up in one thing: his uneasiness at the sight of his own nudity. And it was precisely his nudity that was felt to be problematic, even shocking. But how did Canova come to have the odd idea of representing Napoleon as a nude divinity?”
— Valérie Huet, Napoleon I: A New Augustus?
The nude statue of Napoleon in question:
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An allegory of sculpture and architecture by Thomas Germain Joseph Duvivier
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Oath of the Horatii, Jacques-Louis David, 1784, oil on canvas (details)
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Egyptian Room of the Villa Torlonia with Frescoes and Mosaics of Cleopatra and Antony | frescoes by Italian artist Luigi Fioroni, 19th century | Floor in white marble and bardiglio
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