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African American Art Today: Four Major Artists / an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Skunder Boghossian, Valente Malangatana, Twins Seven Seven, and Amir I.M. Nour. New York:, African-American Institute, 1974. -
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BLOG ARCHIVE
- Chronicling Disaster in Mid-19th century Japan
- Catherine Perrot: An Early Treatise on Miniature Painting
- Before Ruscha?: All the Buildings on Amsterdam’s Canal Streets…ca. 1768
- Art Between the Wars: “Seikigun” and Experiments in ‘Synthetic Art’
- A Medieval Woman Artist and Musician at Work: The Gradual of Gisela von Kerssenbrock
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Monthly Archives: June 2022
AMERIKA 101
We all remember that classic tale of George Washington as a young boy—no, not the one about him chopping down the cherry tree—the one where he met with the Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512) on a balcony overlooking a random … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century, American Revolution, Amerigo Vespucci, Asian Art, Christopher Columbus, Edo period, George Washington, Gyokuransai Sadahide, Gyountei Sadahide, Japanese, Queen Isabella, Simon Bolivar, Utagawa Sadahide, Woodblock prints, woodblock-printed books, Yokohama
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