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Watercolor depicting an Arab caravan halted on a vast sandy desert plain: robed men stand beside richly saddled camels beneath a pale blue sky.
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A Complete Analysis of “Halt in the Desert” by John Frederick Lewis

Discover John Frederick Lewis’s Halt in the Desert (c. 1871), a luminous Orientalist watercolor of an Arab caravan pausing on a sun-bleached desert plain.

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  • 19 June 2025
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres’s La Grande Odalisque: an elongated nude woman reclines on a low divan draped in green and gold silks, wearing a turban, with a hookah and sumptuous fabrics surrounding her.
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A Complete Analysis of “Odalisque” by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Discover Ingres’s La Grande Odalisque (1814): a Neoclassical masterpiece blending sinuous line, lush textiles, and Orientalist fantasy in a reclining nude.

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  • 19 June 2025
Steinle’s 1855 oil shows Mary holding the Christ Child, Joseph praying, and John the Baptist offering berries.
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A Complete Analysis of “Holy Family with St. John” by Eduard von Steinle

Explore Eduard von Steinle’s 1855 masterpiece “Holy Family with St. John,” depicting Mary, Joseph, the Christ Child, and young John the Baptist in serene communion.

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  • 19 June 2025
Baroque oil painting by Luca Giordano showing Joseph steering a boat, Mary cradling the infant Jesus under a billowing blue cloak, and cherubs hovering overhead in a dark, wooded landscape.
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A Complete Analysis of “The Flight into Egypt” by Luca Giordano

Discover Luca Giordano’s dynamic Baroque masterpiece The Flight into Egypt, depicting the Holy Family’s escape across a moonlit river with cherubic angels above.

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  • 19 June 2025
Art Deco–style lithograph of Will Rogers smiling and scratching his head against a striped blue and purple zigzag background, with “Will Rogers in Lightnin’” in bold lettering and cast names below.
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A Complete Analysis of “Will Rogers” by Louis Glackens

Explore Will Rogers’s grin in Louis Glackens’s Art Deco poster for the play Lightnin’, featuring bold typography, zigzag motifs, and Rogers’s iconic charm.

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  • 19 June 2025
Discover François Boucher’s 1747 Rococo gem “Are They Thinking about the Grape?”—an intimate pastoral fête of youth, romance, and Arcadian charm.
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A Complete Analysis of “Are They Thinking about the Grape?” by François Boucher

Discover François Boucher’s 1747 Rococo gem “Are They Thinking about the Grape?”—an intimate pastoral fête of youth, romance, and Arcadian charm.

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  • 19 June 2025
Decorative 1876 illustration by Walter Crane showing Old King Cole in an ermine-trimmed red robe seated on a throne, three fiddlers in turquoise playing violins, a parrot perched nearby, and a page presenting a bowl.
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A Complete Analysis of “King Cole” by Walter Crane

Discover Walter Crane’s 1876 King Cole, a richly detailed nursery-rhyme illustration of Old King Cole on his throne, three fiddlers, a parrot, and a royal page.

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  • 19 June 2025
Ink and watercolor illustration showing a dozen green frogs perched on and around a gnarled fallen log in a swamp, with reeds and rippling water in the background.
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A Complete Analysis of “Aesop’s Fables. King Log” by Arthur Rackham

Explore Arthur Rackham’s 1912 “King Log” from Aesop’s Fables—a richly detailed illustration of frogs enthroned on a fallen log in a misty marsh.

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  • 19 June 2025
Fauvist oil painting of a young child in a navy bathing suit and red cap seated on a white cloth, with colorful seaside houses, sailboats, and green hills under a deep blue sky.
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A Complete Analysis of “Little Bather in Sainte-Adresse” by Raoul Dufy

Discover Raoul Dufy’s Fauvist gem “Little Bather in Sainte-Adresse,” a vibrant seaside scene of a child in a navy swimsuit against stylized coastal huts.

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  • 19 June 2025
Black-and-white lithograph by Félix Vallotton depicting a uniformed commissaire raising a truncheon over a man slumped across a bench, with the caption “Ah ! bougre de salaud, tu m’as appelé vache !”.
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A Complete Analysis of “Ah ! bougre de salaud, tu m’as appelé vache !” by Félix Vallotton

Explore Félix Vallotton’s 1902 lithograph “Ah ! bougre de salaud, tu m’as appelé vache !”, a biting satire of police violence from L’Assiette au Beurre.

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  • 19 June 2025
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