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The history of art and its magnificence.

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SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA. Self-Portrait at the Easel, 1556, oil on canvas.

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A list of paintings and sculptures from the Louvre in order of appearance as seen in Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s new music video Apeshit (from their new album Everything is Love):

PART 3

1. Venus de Milo (Aphrodite) (c. 100 BCE), Ancient Greek.

2. The Wedding Feast at Cana (1563), Veronese. 

3. Portrait d'une négresse (1800), Marie-Guillemine Benoist.

PART 1 here.

PART 2 here.

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A list of paintings and sculptures from the Louvre in order of appearance as seen in Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s new music video Apeshit (from their new album Everything is Love):

PART 2

1. a.  Self-Portrait (1794), Jacques-Louis David.

    b. Madame Récamier (1800), Jacques-Louis David.

    c. Portrait of Pope Pius VII (1805), Jacques-Louis David.

2. Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil (1855), Ary Scheffer.

3. Pietà (16th century), Rosso Fiorentino.

4. The Raft of the Medusa (1819), Théodore Géricault.

5. Officer of the Chasseurs commanding a charge (1812), Théodore Géricault.

6. Hermes Fastening His Sandal, Lysippos.

PART 1 here.

PART 3 coming soon.

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A list of paintings and sculptures from the Louvre in order of appearance as seen in Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s new music video Apeshit (from their new album Everything is Love):

PART 1

1. La Gioconda (Mona Lisa) (1503-1519), Leonardo da Vinci.

2. The Oath of the Horatii (1784), Jacques-Louis David.

3. The Great Sphinx of Tanis (c. 2600 BCE), Ancient Egyptian.

4. Winged Victory of Samothrace (c. 190 BCE), Hellenistic.

5. The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Josephine on December 2, 1804 (1806-1807), Jacques-Louis David.

6. The Intervention of the Sabine Women (1799), Jacques-Louis David.

PART 2 here.

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FRANÇOIS BOUCHER. L'Odalisque Brune, 1745, oil on canvas.

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FRANÇOIS BOUCHER. Allegory of Music, 1764, oil on canvas.

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FRANÇOIS BOUCHER. Allegory of Painting, 1765, oil on canvas.

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FRANÇOIS BOUCHER. The Afternoon Meal, 1739, oil on canvas.

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XU GU. Crabs, 19th century, hanging scroll- ink and color on paper.

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XU GU. Gold Fish, Plum Blossom and Foshou Fruits, hanging scroll - ink and color on paper.

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XU GU. 紫绶金章, 19th century, ink and color on paper.

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XU GU. 餐英主人肖像, 19th century, ink and color on paper.

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XU GU. 果蔬图 (Vegetable and fruit), four works on paper.

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XU GU. Squirrel and loquat, 1895.

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XU GU. 湖中风味, 19th century, hanging scroll.

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XU GU. 清 虛谷 秋帆圖 冊頁 (Sailing in Autumn), 1893, album leaf - ink and color on paper.

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XU GU. 清 虛谷 蝶貓圖 軸 (Cat and Butterfly), 19th century, hanging scroll - ink and color on paper.