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Byodo-in
Byodo-in is a Buddhist temple complex at Uji, south of Kyoto, which was founded in 1052 CE by the important court official and regent Fujiwara no Yorimichi. The large Phoenix Hall is one of the finest surviving examples of architecture from...
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Iphigenia in Aulis
Iphigenia in Aulis (or at Aulis) was written by Euripides, the youngest and most popular of the trilogy of great Greek tragedians. The play was based on the well-known myth surrounding the sacrifice of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra's daughter...
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Sioux Warrior Rain-in-the-Face (Eastman's Biography)
Rain-in-the-Face (Ite Omagazu, l. c. 1835-1905) was a Lakota Sioux warrior and war chief during Red Cloud's War (1866-1868) and at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876), after which he became famous as the man who killed Lt. Col. George...
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Commission for Relief in Belgium
The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) was an independent, international organization, sponsored by neutral governments and with the guarantees and assurances of the belligerents to alleviate the suffering of German-occupied Belgium in...
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In the Dining Room by Morisot
An 1886 oil on canvas painting, In the Dining Room, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. The subject is Pasie, the artist's maid and nanny of her daughter. Morisot often captured informal scenes, as here, where the...
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In Front of the Mirror by Degas
An 1889 pastel on paper, In Front of the Mirror, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. This work covers several themes that interested the artist towards the end of his career: women at their toilette, women putting...
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In the Omnibus by Cassatt
An 1891 drypoint and aquatint, In the Omnibus, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. This colour print was one of ten the artist included in her first solo exhibition in 1891. (National Gallery of Art, Washington...
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In the Café by Gauguin
An 1888 oil on jute painting, In the Café (aka Night Café at Arles), by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. Created while living in Arles, southern France, with Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), who painted a very similar...
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In a Villa By the Seaside by Morisot
An 1874 oil on canvas painting, In a Villa By the Seaside, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. (Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, USA)
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In a Café by Caillebotte
An 1880 oil on canvas, In a Café, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Here the artist cleverly presents a reflection of the part of the café which, of course, does not exist since this is where the viewer stands...
