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How Lucas Cranach the Elder Went From Making Icons to Agitprop
The artist would develop a distinctly Protestant imagery that replaced sacredness with utility, functioning essentially as propaganda minister for Martin Luther.
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At the Getty, Adam and Eve Come Back to Life
After a three-year-long restoration project, Lucas the Elder’s iconic 16th-century panels are back on view at the Los Angeles museum.
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Lucas Cranach’s Gothic Carnality
Where did Cranach’s nudes come from?
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At the Montreal Biennial, Lessons in How to Look
Across the city, many works by the 55 artists participating in the 2016 Biennale de Montréal deal with the possibilities, limitations, and consequences of spectacle and spectatorship.
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Lessons from the Unfolding Old Masters Forgery Scandal
The authenticity of recently "discovered" works purported to be by Frans Hals, Lucas Cranach the Elder, and Orazio Gentileschi has been called into question, and they might only be the tip of the iceberg.
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The Sly Excess of the 2016 Montreal Biennial
The emblem of the 2016 Biennale de Montréal is a Lucas Cranach the Elder portrait of an alleged witch and its title comes from a Jean Genet play about an upscale brothel.
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Old Masters Paintings Worth a Combined $250 Million May Be Forgeries
In what’s being called “the biggest art scandal in a century,” French police are investigating about $255 million worth of paintings attributed to Old Masters that they suspect are forgeries.
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Museum Wants Other Half of Cranach's John the Baptist Painting
It's not quite clear why the art dealer mutilated the painting to begin with.