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A selection of works by Aubrey Beardsley – The Public Domain Review
Beardsley’s ratings also fluctuated over time. In 1894, he was celebrated as the founding arts editor of the groundbreaking magazine…
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Cabinets of Curiosities and the Rise of Gallery Painting – The Public Domain Review
The early collectors’ cabinets were both quasi-encyclopedic and essentially aesthetic, with no real boundary between the natural and the unnatural,…
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“Quaint Dessert Dishes” in *American Homes and Gardens* (1911) – The Public Domain Review
Although “Quaint Dessert Dishes” is one of many articles explicitly aimed at a female reader, American houses and gardensWriters and…
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Henri Rivière’s *Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower* (1888–1902) — The Public Domain Review
Henri Rivière (1864–1951), a Paris-born artist who spent his time between the French capital and the coast of Brittany, shared…
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Henri Rivière’s *Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower* (1888–1902) — The Public Domain Review
Henri Rivière (1864–1951), a Paris-born artist who spent his time between the French capital and the coast of Brittany, shared…
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Luke Howard’s *Essay on the Modification of Clouds* (1865) – The Public Domain Review
At first glance, the project of classifying the clouds may seem a bit uninspired, if it is useful. This does…
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The Moorish Fantasies of Cesare Mattei and Ferdinando Panciatichi – The Public Domain Review
As Carlo Menicatti rightly points out, Panciatichi never visited the East, nor even Spain or Portugal, where the Moorish substratum…
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The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300) – The Public Domain Review
Particularly famous for his skill in depicting horses, Zhao believed that he had the ability to capture the inner essence…
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Lantern Slides by Clement Lindley Wragge (c. 1900–22) – The Public Domain Review
Wragge’s teaching style was grandiose, a rhetorician, a twister who gathered ideas from every discipline his mind wandered. An observer…
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The Nine Birds of Jacques de Fornazeris (1594) – The Public Domain Review
In 1594, the engraver Jacques de Fornazeris created a striking flight of nine bird portraits. The series combines technical flair…
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