traditions of worship
Antoine Bourdelle and Aristide Maillol – antiquity in the works
Antoine Bourdelle and Aristide Mayol. What binds them? That they were born in the same year – 1861st? That both are French? Or that they are outstanding sculptors and are at the forefront of the art of the 20th century? Yes it is. But, among other things, another, very important. They admired antiquity and became its living carriers in an era that did little to flourish sculpture.
Sculptors lived at the turn of the century. Humanity was on the verge of the First World War, the October Revolution, which shook the foundations of the old system. Closed the last page of classical art history. The first letters fit into a book called Modern Art. Continue reading
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supposedly saved
inhuman tension.
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linear perspective
where every wave
master worked
picture telling
most popular
remarkable monument
naming the artistic
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technique of oil painting
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painters from England
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ambassador to Greece
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most picturesque places
henceforth become
studios were located
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uniquely individual
variety of color
joyful beauty
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distinguished by its mannerism
huge cycle of murals
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aspiring artist
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