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How Japan Reshaped Western Art
In 1853, four warships force Japan open. Thirty years later, Monet, Manet and Van Gogh no longer paint the way they used to.
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The Swing: Fragonard ’s Secret Detail-by-Detail
A swing, a young woman, a lover hidden in the bushes. The scene looks like harmless fun. The first painter it was offered to refused to touch it.
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Edward Hopper: The Secret Behind Soir Bleu
Hopper hid this painting for fifty years. The reason is sitting right in the middle.
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7 Secrets in 7 Famous Paintings
Discover the secrets hidden inside 7 of the world's most famous paintings : Klimt, Veronese, Bosh, Bruegel, van Eyck, Hals, Friedrich
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Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, Detail by Detail
Two women. The same face. One dressed, one nude. Everyone sorts them in two seconds, and everyone gets it backward. The real story starts with a hanged…
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Why Paul Gauguin Was a Piece of Shit
The art world made him a legend. It left out who he really was, and everyone he destroyed to become it.
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Understand Rococo in 5 Minutes
The only guide to Rococo you will ever need. In a few minutes, you will understand it better than most people ever will.
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Claude Monet: The Secret Behind The Magpie
Monet's The Magpie looks like a simple snow scene. But one detail in it quietly breaks the rules, and almost no one ever spots it.
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10 Artists you need to Know 👀 #13
Discover 10 hidden gems of the art world, including Carel Fabritius, Konstantin Korovin, Jean-Étienne Liotard & Clarice Beckett. Your next favorite…
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Leonardo's Lady with an Ermine, Detail by Detail
A young woman holds a small white animal almost no one looks at twice. It is the key to the whole painting.
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David Hockney: The Secret Behind His Most Famous Pool
Everyone has seen this calm blue California pool. Almost no one knows the very human story hidden behind it.
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7 Secrets in 7 Famous Paintings
Discover the secrets hidden inside 7 of the world's most famous paintings : Goya, Munch, Bosh, Vermeer, Caravaggio, Gillard Glindoni, Wyeth
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