History of Art

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History of Art: Analysis

BOOK: This book is precious to me because it was how mother passed on to me her love for art when I was so very young. Grandmother had moved to Chicago to take classes at the Art Institute well before she ever met grandfather.

Master Paintings of the World - Index

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http://www.iment.com/maida/family/mother/vicars/p176.htm success. " Modelling from Life " represents the workshop of a maker of plaster casts. In the background are seen casts from the antique; one of a figure by Michel Angelo, and one of a head by Donatello; the mortar with its swinging pestle for pulverizing plaster, sacks of plaster, and the tubs, bowls, sieves, and the like used in the trade. The mould maker has been taking a cast from life.

Master Paintings of the World - A Circassian Woman in the Harem, Felix Auguste Clement - p.176