Beauty Adorns Virtue

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees. 21. étrangère. Art. Architecture. Literature. Film. Student of Art History and Visual Culture in Paris, France

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Fact:

Italian artist Benvenuto Cellini ( 1500-1571) was very well renowned in in Italy, even falling under the patronage of Pope Clement VII and the Gonzaga family. Despite his successful professional life, his personal life was very turbulent. After the violent death of his brother, Cellini took revenge killing his brothers assassin. He later attacked a notary and took refuge in Naples, where he went on to kill the goldsmith Pompeo de’ Capitaneis, and his two companions. He was later pardoned by Pope Paul III, however, he soon decided to try his luck and start over in France, where he would eventually enter the service of the French court.

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Detail from L’assassinat du duc de Guise au chateau de Blois en 1588, Paul Delaroche, 1834

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Chateau de Chenonceau, France (by bloomsday616)

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 Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Figure with monkey, 1951

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Kansuke Yamamoto. Striptease dancer 1950©Toshio Yamamoto

See also

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Justice of emperor Otto III - Beheading of the innocent Count and ordeal by fire, Dirk Bouts, 1471-1475. Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Bruxelles.

Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:DcoetzeeBot (domaine public)

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The Lovers. John Atkinson Grimshaw 1836 - 1893. Oil on canvas

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“The Kiss”, 1983. Photo: Erwin Olaf. Divine and Fatsy Smith (Frank Wijdenbosch)

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Detail : The Death of Narcissus.  1814.

Francois Xavier Fabre. French 1766-1837. oil/canvas.

http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Paris, le Louvre, le Carrousel by Lucien Adrion

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Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows

John Constable

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Venice, 1936, Léonard Misonne (Belgian, 1870-1943).

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Intérieur du magasin de M. Georges Fouquet. Décoration par MUCHA.1901.

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anyone who desires to see the incredible art nouveau architecture and decor can catch a glimpse of this (down to the molding on the walls) in the Musee Carnavalet in Paris' Marais district, where part of the original store is on display.

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"The famous painting Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III by the American artist Barnett Newman (1905-1970) can be seen from Thursday again at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.” (nu.nl) [2014]

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http://galleria.thule-italia.com/cornelis-koekkoek/

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articles/Lost libraries and broken Buddhas war iconoclasm and social media

Lost libraries and broken Buddhas: war, iconoclasm and social media

The history of cultural destruction as a propaganda tool

By Bernhard Schulz. Books, Issue 266, March 2015 Published online: 07 March 2015

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Lovis Corinth, Salomé, 1899, oil on canvas (via Harvard Art Museums)