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9 hours ago · From priceless artworks such as the Mona Lisa to the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, read on to uncover the incredible stories behind the missing treasures that were stolen and later returned ...
9 hours ago · Italy has waged legal and diplomatic battles lasting years as it seeks to recover its stolen artworks and plundered archaeological artefacts. Two years ago it scored a major success. The prestigious Getty Museum in Los Angeles agreed to return to Italy a group of three life-size terracotta statues known as "Orpheus and the Sirens" dating from ...
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9 hours ago · A lost masterpiece by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was recently rediscovered and is now on display in what experts are calling “one of the greatest discoveries in the history of art.”. Titled “Ecce Homo” (“Behold the Man”), the painting was created between 1605 and 1609 and depicts the moment Pontius Pilate presented the ...
9 hours ago · Everywhere, traces of language are visible: signs crumble and split, letters and numbers get lost between different layers of plaster and stone, pictorial and alphabetical scripts are combined, while signs are overwritten and distorted. Individually, the works consist of letters and words, basic geometric shapes, and comic figures.
9 hours ago · With this in mind, Avanti West Coast has partnered up with the National Gallery, so that people can travel the country and see the famous artworks in the different galleries, in a move called ‘National Treasures by Rail'. Avanti West Coast Pendolino 390155 // Credit: Avanti West Coast. 12 artworks have left their home in London and are ...
May 31, 2024 · Both the figure and cat are radiant beings, but also untouchable, already lost to the spirit world. For Beager, it illustrates the ways in which she has had to come to terms with the loss of Ashitaka (Japanese for ‘brighter tomorrow’) while also attempting to hold on to ‘his fullness’ and to honour his memory.
Hey there, I don't know if this is the right place to ask but I've been interested in history/art history for a while and have try to study by myself but I'm not good with dates and I get really frustrated because I'm lacking so much context all the time. Maybe I just haven't found the right books to read, idk, I'm very lost.
