*Paintingfromthebiblestory:GospelofLuke(24:30-31):3daysafterJesuscrucifixion,inEmmaus,atownnearJerusalem,2disciplesLukeandLeopas,metastrangerandinvitehimtohaveadinnertogether,atthemomenttheysawthisstrangerbrokebread,ahandwithablessinggesture,theywereallshockedandrecognizedhewasJesus.Resurrection!Sothispaintingisdepictingthatmomentofexcitementandshock!
Painting:
FullofRealistic,Hidrama...[
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Inthisspectacularthree-partseries,WaldemarJanuszczakexplorestheBaroquetraditioninmanyofitskeylocations.StartinginItalyandfollowingthespreadofthewildfireacrossEuropeandbeyond,hetakesusonatourofthebestexamplesofBaroquetobefound,andtellsthebeststoriesbehindthoseworks.
EpisodeOnebeginsatSt.Peter'sinRome,anddetailsthebirthoftheBaroquetraditionasitburstforthinItaly.
EpisodeTwofollowsBaroque...[
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InPaulGauguin,VincentVanGoghsawacomplementary,inspiringtalent,apersonblessedwith"poetry...[and]gentle,heart-rendingqualities."InVanGogh,GauguinsawachanceatsuccessintheartworldthroughtheconnectionwithVincent'sbrotherTheo,anoteddealer.InOctoberof1888,thetwogiantsofthePost-ImpressionistworldjoinedforcesinatinyyellowhouseintheSouthofFrance.Thepartnershipexposedthemanymisconceptionseachh...[
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Thisisadocumentaryfrom1993byDavidGrubin(written,produced,anddirected)abouttheartexhibitundertheNaziregimeofwhattheyconsideredtobethemostcorruptingandcorrosiveexamplesofwhattheycalled'EntarteteKunst'or'DegenerateArt.'Theexhibit,whichopenedinJulyof1937,wasmeanttobelaughedatanddespised.IranacrossitinaclassonModernismandPost-Modernism.Thefilmisnotgenerallyavailableatthetimeofthiswriting(otherthan...[
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EugèneHenriPaulGauguin(7June1848--8May1903)wasaleadingFrenchPost-Impressionistartistwhowasnotwellappreciateduntilafterhisdeath.GauguinwaslaterrecognizedforhisexperimentaluseofcolorsandsynthetiststylethatweredistinguishablydifferentfromImpressionism.HisworkwasinfluentialtotheFrenchavant-gardeandmanymodernartists,suchasPabloPicasso,andHenriMatisse.Gauguin'sartbecamepopularafterhisdeathan...[
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