Daily Archives: December 26, 2012

The Third-Class Carriage--Life Experience of Honore Daumier

Honore Daumier was a French printmaker, caricaturist, painter and sculptor, whose many works offered commentary on social and political life in France in the 19th century. He was perhaps best known for his caricatures of political figures and satires on the … Continue reading

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Renaissance Oil Painting The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus was the masterpiece of the Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. Under the strict ideological control in the Middle Ages, the beautiful Venus in Greek and Roman art was regarded as "pagan banshee" and burned down. Until the … Continue reading

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