Monthly Archives: December 2012

Mysterious Appearance of Cezanne’s Another Painting "Card Players"

As is known by all, Cezanne painting, Card Players, was a series of creations, totaling 5 works. In Feb this year, one piece of Card Players was bought by Qatari royal family in the price of more than 0.25 billion dollars, which was a great … Continue reading

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Rewriting History: Le Louvre Museum confirmed the exact year of Mona Lisa

Why does Mona Lisa smile? Because she was ten years younger than what we speculated. Indeed, the world's most famous works was finished ten years later than the previous estimated schedule. The production year of Mona Lisa could be traced … Continue reading

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Sunflowers in Van Gough's Paintings

According to the foreign media reports, recent studies have discovered that the sunflowers in Van Gogh's painting are not imaginary, but originate from gene mutation.The research results are published in the "PLoS genetics" in March 29th. The typical sunflowers have brown … Continue reading

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The Works of American Painter Sargent

The realism painter Sargent who was famous as his portraits, was born in Florence. Although his parents were both American, he grew up in Europe. In 1874, he went to study in Paris Art School from Italy. Because of his … Continue reading

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Virgin and Child with St Anne

Virgin and Child with St Anne made by Leonardo da Vinci depicts the Virgin Mary who seated on the knees of her mother St Anne holding the child Jesus. Since the birth of this painting, it has been popular among … Continue reading

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Self portrait of Rembrandt

Among all the portraits of Rembrandt, self portraits play an very important role. The large amount of his self portraits is the most among all the painters in history. According to incomplete statistics, the self portraits of Rembrandt stored in … Continue reading

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The Battle of Anghiari

The Battle of Anghiari is a lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, which sometimes referred to as "The Lost Leonardo", which some commentators believe to be still hidden beneath one of the later frescoes in the Salone dei Cinquecento (Hall … Continue reading

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Romantic Painting of Xia Junna

A few years ago, when I saw the painting works of Xia Junna for the first time, I immediately liked them. Compared to now, my first impression on her is much better. With the increasing reading of her works, I … Continue reading

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The Blinding of Samson

The Blinding of Samson was created in 1636 by Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch painter and etcher of Baroque Era. It was compared to Lady Macbeth written by Shakespeare by the critics because of the exquisite and complex expressions of … Continue reading

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Portrait of a Woman by Kramskoy

Portrait of a Woman is English name of Незнакомка and it is one of the famous painting of Ivan Nikolaevich Kramsky. In the painting of Portrait Of A Woman, we can see the Russian intellectual woman; she sits sideways, looking back … Continue reading

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