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El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III
El Greco and Velazquez are the twin giants of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish painting. They loom so large that it can be hard to see past them and discern the wider artistic landscape in Spain at the moment when it was the richest...
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Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show
The 2008 Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show once again featured an outstanding array of top level inventory offered by over two hundred of the most highly regarded international dealers. Now in its fifth year, the quality and variety of the fine a...
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The Tradition of Teaching
At the beginning of each school term, matriculating students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts gather for an orientation session. Between such nuts and bolts details as locker combinations and studio assignments, Albert Gury, chair of the paint...
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An Appreciation of Nineteenth-Century Folk Portraits
Many so-called "primitive" portraits of the first half of the nineteenth century are extraordinarily captivating in their abstract, imaginative, and seemingly humble execution....
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A Reviviscent Newport Colonial: The Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House
The restoration of the Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House was completed by the Preservation Society of Newport County in 1953, providing a splendid example of mid-eighteenth century colonial architecture in the Newport vernacular (Fig. 1)....
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