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Saturday, 5 October 2013

George Frederic Watts. The Infancy of Zeus. 1896

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Tags: Ancient, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, England, English, George Frederic Watts, Greek mythology, Jupiter, Painting, Symbolist, Zeus

The Infancy of Zeus

George Frederic Watts

1896

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Thursday, 7 June 2012

Jacques-Louis David. The Death of Socrates. 1787

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Tags: Ancient Athens, Ancient Greece, Athens, Death of Socrates, France, Greece, hemlock, Jacques-Louis David, Neoclassicism, Painting, Philosophy, Plato, Socrates

The Death of Socrates

Jacques-Louis David

1787

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Thursday, 3 May 2012

Eugène Delacroix. The Death of Sardanapalus. 1827

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Tags: Ancient Assyria, artistic nude, Assyria, Eugène Delacroix, France, Musée du Louvre, orgy, Painting, Paris, portraiture, Romanticism, Sardanapalus, women

The Death of Sardanapalus

Eugène Delacroix

1827

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Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Giacinto Gimignani. The Death of Virginia. 17th century

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Tags: Baroque, Giacinto Gimignani, Italy, Painting, Roman mythology

The Death of Virginia

Giacinto Gimignani

17th century

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