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How Artists of the French Revolution Embraced Neoclassical Revivalism

by Joseph Nechvatal April 19, 2019April 19, 2019

Revolutionary Generation: French Drawings (1770-1815) from the Fabre Museum illustrates how, as the Rococo movement went out of fashion, France’s insurrectionist artists drew on ancient Greek and Roman art for inspiration.

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The Praise and Prejudices Vigée Le Brun Faced in Her Exceptional 18th-Century Career

by Tiernan Morgan May 12, 2016May 12, 2016

The daughter of a pastelist and a hairdresser, Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) painted and befriended Marie Antoinette, escaped the horrors of the French Revolution, and forged a career as one of the 18th-century’s greatest portraitists.

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The Story of France’s Mini Bastilles, Made from the Infamous Prison’s Rubble

by Allison Meier July 14, 2015

Today is France’s national holiday, known abroad as Bastille Day, and perhaps you have wondered: what became of all that stone after the goliath Bastille prison was stormed on July 14, 1789?

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Asher Hartman and the Puppets of Revolution

by Matt Stromberg December 15, 2014December 15, 2014

LOS ANGELES — Asher Hartman’s experimental Purple Electric Play! utilizes an eclectic range of dramatic forms including rock opera, puppets shows, vaudeville, and black light theater.

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14,000 Images of the French Revolution Released Online

by Allison Meier February 3, 2014February 5, 2014

The French Revolution Digital Archive, a partnership between Stanford University and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, was announced this week with some 14,000 high-resolution images.

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Five Stories of Art Saved from War’s Annihilation

by Allison Meier July 29, 2013July 31, 2013

The greatest casualty of war is always human life, and there’s no doubt that a saved painting can’t account for a lost life. Yet the preservation of culture in wartime prevents a total loss of what gave a place its spirit and meaning.

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