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Renaissance is a French word meaning ‘rebirth’, and in this case, it refers...
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Excellent, eccentric, and damn queer
Lovely sketch, sketchy love
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Claude Monet, The Japanese Footbridge, 1899, National Gallery of Art, Washington D....
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Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
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Claire Foy as Elizabeth II in The Crown.This month, while most Americans were glued...
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The Baroque is a strange and wonderful movement that was created and marketed...
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The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
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1. Venus and Cupid by Peter Paul Rubens
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Let some of the most romantic artist couples of all time inspire your LOVE this...
Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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