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This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
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Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
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This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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So get ready!
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Baroque art started because the Catholics got all jealous that people were...
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I’m visiting my parents in San Francisco and, like all children of parents on the...
