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The Art of Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel

Post Author By The Exaltation of Beauty
Post Date October 29, 2023
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Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel was twenty-two when he began his studies with the academic painter, Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904). Like many aspiring painters, he hoped to follow in Gérôme’s footsteps as a history painter of scenes from ancient Greece and Rome.

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The Toplerhaus

Post Author By Sage Consciousness
Post Date February 15, 2023
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The Toplerhaus in Nuremberg, Germany, built in 1590-91. Jakob Wolff the Elder built the house in 1590/91 as a tower-like sandstone block with a pinnacle. It was a very striking […]