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The Tower of Babel: A World Come Apart and the Language of Control
The Tower of Babel is one of the few stories in the ancient record that offers an explanation for something the modern world treats...
The Christ Trilogy by Hungarian Master Mihály Munkácsy
This series, depicting the life of Jesus, was first exhibited together in 2009 at the Déri Museum in Debrecen, Hungary, after Christ Before Pilate...
World’s Fair at St. Louis – Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904
The first thing the newcomer hears from the visitor who has spent several days at the World’s Fair is: “It is simply immense. The grounds cover 1,240 acres.” And the newcomer thinks: “Mercy, how shall I ever get around to see it all?” For the robust, healthy American, whether man or woman, the best means of transportation is that which nature has provided.
The Dying Lion of Lucerne
Thorvaldsen's fame was such that he was often asked to produce commissions for works that seem far removed from his cold Classicism. A example of this is the monument of the Swiss guards, commissioned by the city of Lucerne at the instigation of a former officer of the Swiss guards.
The Art of Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel
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.
