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Baroque Art: A Dazzling Symphony of Drama and Emotion
Amongst the Baroque arts, architecture has, without doubt, left the greatest mark in Europe: the continent is dotted with magnificent Baroque churches and palaces, commissioned by patrons at the height of their power.
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European Art: A Timeless Legacy Capturing Hearts and Minds
The European continent gathers together, without a doubt, the most famous works of art, evidence of the history of Western art. The cultural capitals and their emblematic museums contain paintings, sculptures, or rather works of art, devised by the great artists, representative of European culture.
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"A painting is finished when the artist says it's finished" – Rembrandt
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Rembrandt – Old Man with a Gold Chain, 1631. In HD!
Click on the image to see Rembrandt’s Old Man with a Gold Chain in High Resolution!
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Johannes Vermeer: Painter or Rebel?
It has always been muttered that playing the guitar is the work of the devil or, more famously, that rock and roll is the devil’s music. During the Dutch Golden Age, the former was avidly believed. Whilst there were numerous superstitions bandied around during the 17th century, this one is particularly interesting as there is a wealth of Dutch guitar music and paintings of guitar playing to come from this era. In a society where superstition could cost a person their life (witch trials in the Netherlands in the 17th century were a common occurrence, the largest of which was the Roermond witch trial leading to the deaths of 64…
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Vous avez dit typique
Sans avoir jamais mis les pieds à Amsterdam, l’idée d’aller visiter une antenne de musée placée installée la douane d’un aéroport constitue un argument suffisant a un week-end néerlandais – plus que les canaux, les coffee shops et le quartier rouge – et tout de même pas plus que les chefs d’œuvre du bâtiment principal du Rijksmuseum et le musée Van Gogh. Typically Dutch : c’est sous cette simplissime accroche que l’aéroport double du musée invite à venir tacher d’appréhender un peu mieux a travers les yeux de ses peintres ce qui a fait les Pays-Bas, en passant par les Provinces-Unies et la République Batave. «Typique», le mot me semble…
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Going Dutch
“Going Dutch”: a phrase which is most commonly associated with splitting the bill when going out to dinner. Personally, I find that this is one of those phrases which we all use, and don’t really think about why we use it. I have merrily used these two simple words for many years – and yet it is only recently that it occurred to me to question where such a notion comes from. Before I started doing some research into this, I have to admit that I did spend more time than I probably should have trying to puzzle this scenario out. I did, however, cross out the possibility that it…
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