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Napoleon Crossing the Alps by Hippolyte Delaroche

Posted on December 2, 2013 by artisoo

Napoleon Crossing the Alps is an oil painting on canvas by French artist Hippolyte Delaroche during 1848-1850. It depicts the portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte leading his army through the Alps on a mule in the spring of 1800 during the … Continue reading →

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Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps by Turner

Posted on November 19, 2013 by artisoo

Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps is an oil painting by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1812. It depicts the historical story of Hannibal and his soldiers to cross the Maritime Alps on expedition to Rome. The … Continue reading →

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Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Bryullov

Posted on October 29, 2013 by artisoo

The Last Day of Pompeii is a masterpiece of Russian artist Karl Pavlovich Bryullov who is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romanticism. After graduation from the Imperial Academy of Arts, Bryullov left for … Continue reading →

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Phryne before the Areopagus by

Posted on September 30, 2013 by artisoo

Phryne before the Areopagus was made by the famous French painter and sculptor Jean-Leon Gerome, whose works fully showed the complexity and contradiction of human nature in front of the beauty. The relevant literature sporadic accounts showed that there was … Continue reading →

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The creation background of The Raft of the Medusa

Posted on September 27, 2013 by artisoo

The Raft of the Medusa was based on the real historical event. In July 1816, the captain Shomare who was born noble was utterly ignorant of sailing knowledge, but he was designated by the French government to drive the Raft … Continue reading →

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Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Those Condemned to Death

Posted on September 13, 2013 by artisoo

Alexandre Cabanel, the imperial court painter of Napoleon III, was demonstrated his aesthetic philosophy successfully in Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Those Condemned to Death. In the first half of the 19th century, an emerging knowledge "Egyptology" gradually inspired European’s interested … Continue reading →

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The Death of Marat

Posted on April 1, 2013 by artisoo

  The death of Marat was created by Jacques Louis David in 1794. The death of Marat depicted the historical event that the French revolutionary Mara was killed in the bathtub. The painter employed the realistic approach to reappear the miserable … Continue reading →

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The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire

Posted on January 21, 2013 by artisoo

Joseph Mallord William Turner had painted many works about manifestation of Carthage history and the myths of Aeneas looking for the Rome. The Decline of the Carthaginian Empire and Dido building Carthage (or The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire exhibited … Continue reading →

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