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From the early images of the celebrated Leonardo da Vinci to the snowy winter tale of Claude Monet and  Paul Gauguin's Tahitian Madonna, this is our selection of paintings that will entice that Christmas spirit. widewalls.ch/magazine/christ…
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#ArtHistory Sister Plautilla Nelli was a prolific Renaissance painter working in a convent and the first woman to ever paint the major Christian theme, the Last Supper. widewalls.ch/magazine/plauti…
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Featured image: Plautilla Nelli - Saint Catherine Receives the Stigmata. Image via creative commons.
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#ArtHistory Section d'Or was an influential group of diverse artists willing to explore and promote the other side of Cubism in the years leading up to World War I. widewalls.ch/magazine/sectio…
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Featured image: Albert Gleizes - Harvest Threshing (Le Dépiquage des Moissons), 1912. Oil on canvas, 269 × 353 cm. National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
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#ArtHistory Precisionism has long been considered an outdated art style; this feature examines its aesthetics and influence on American Modernism and avant-garde film. widewalls.ch/magazine/precis…
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Featured artwork: Charles Green Shaw - Shape Shadows, 1934, detail.
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#ArtHistory The abstraction creation movement promoted the world of abstract art and in its circle, it held some of the most important modern and contemporary artists. widewalls.ch/magazine/abstra…
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Featured Image: Georges Vantongerloo - No. 98 2478 Red135 Green.
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#ArtHistory Dada manifesto is a polemical text that attacks reason, rational precepts, the principle of contradiction, and is often incendiary in tone. widewalls.ch/magazine/dada-m…
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Featured image: A poster made by Theo van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters to advertise their 1923 Dada tour of Holland.
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#Photography We are presenting William Eggleston books, the American photographer responsible for making color photography a legitimate medium. widewalls.ch/magazine/willia…
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Featured image: William Eggleston - Polaroid SX-70 book cover. Image courtesy of Amazon.
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#ArtHistory We look at the history of Salon des Refusés from 1863 and explore its leading artworks and historical significance. widewalls.ch/magazine/salon-…
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Featured Image: Edouard Manet - Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (Luncheon on the Grass), 1863. Oil on canvas, 208 cm × 265.5 cm (81.9 in × 104.5 in). Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Image via Creative Commons.
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#ArtHistory A seminal Pop Art piece, Andy Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans captured the essence of consumer culture by recontextualizing mass imagery in high art. widewalls.ch/magazine/andy-w…
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Opposing the polished look of a branded publication and its constrictions, zines evolved as an authentic expression, a voice of marginalized communities. widewalls.ch/magazine/zine-a…
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#ArtInterview Natalia Koren Kropf, a multidisciplinary artist, discusses her new sculptures, eco-friendly practices, and artistic journey from Russia to New York City. widewalls.ch/magazine/harmon…
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#ArtHistory Allen Ginsberg's photography gives joyful, often tender, sometimes profound insights into a world that was otherwise closed to the public. widewalls.ch/magazine/allen-…
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Featured image: Allen Ginsberg Snapped by W. S. Burroughs, 206 East 7th Street Rooftop, Fall 1953 (REF# 0014_121) ©Allen Ginsberg, courtesy of Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
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