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Art History

The bust of Nefertiti at the Mona Lisa, works of art through the ages have to tell the story, becoming sometimes the story itself. Painting, sculpture, jewelry, this heritage is the testimony of men who have made and their time.

 
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The Tower of Babel (Valckenborch)

The Tower of Babel, major work of Flemish painter Lucas van Valckenborch, is the symbol of the pride of the man who claims to be able to do without God. This theme of utopia and loan ...
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The Burial of Atala (Girodet)

In this table two meters by two meters seventy, entitled "The Burial of Atala" and "The Funeral of Atala," three people are present at the entrance to a cave in ...
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Leonidas at Thermopylae (David)

A small table - twenty out of twenty eight inches - for a great battle: Leonidas at Thermopylae! Characteristic of the new wave of neoclassicism, as opposed to style ...
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French comedy, Molière's to today

330 years ago, was born the French Comedy, with the motto "Simul and singular" - be together and be themselves - with the emblem and a hive of bees. Led by Molière, ...
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The excited Jumièges (Bright)

The excited Jumiègues of this curious picture is such a romantic realism, we can easily imagine hearing the lapping of the water around the raft, two young men walking at the option of ...

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Paintings

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the mona lisa, portrait-de Monna-lisa-de-vinci The largest paintings, works of talented artists, tell the story and reflect their times.
# Articles published Author
1. The Burial of Atala (Girodet)
The Brinvilliers
2. The world of Hieronymus Bosch
Lucretia
3. The Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa (Da Vinci)
The Brinvilliers
4. Liberty Leading the People (Delacroix)
The Brinvilliers
5. The Marquise de Pompadour (Delatour)
The Brinvilliers
6. Dutch genre painting in the seventeenth century
Sponsor
7. The Tower of Babel (Valckenborch)
Dallas
8. The newborn (La Tour)
The Brinvilliers
9. The portrait of Louis XIV (Rigaud)
The Brinvilliers
10. The Raft of the Medusa (Gericault)
The Brinvilliers
11. Leonidas at Thermopylae (David)
The Brinvilliers
12. The excited Jumièges (Bright)
The Brinvilliers
13. The Massacre of the Triumvirate (Caron)
The Brinvilliers

Sculptures

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great sphinx de Tanis The main sculptures created by man, small figurines carved primitive stone or bone from prehistory to the contemporary leaders of the major busts.
# Articles published Author
1. The Venus de Milo
The Brinvilliers
2. The Code of Hammurabi
The Brinvilliers
3. The Great Sphinx of Tanis
The Brinvilliers

Theatre

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# Articles published Author
1. French comedy, Molière's to today
The Brinvilliers
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