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Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was a German composer of Romantic music most famous for his epic operas like The Ring, Tannhäuser, and Tristan and Isolde. Wagner was concerned throughout his career with the theme of redemption through love and...

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Joséphine de Beauharnais
Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814) was a French noblewoman who was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). She was therefore Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until the annulment of her marriage on 10 January 1810, as well...

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Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Heracles fighting the Nemean Lion. Silver missorium, 6th century CE (?) (Cabinet des Médailles, more formally known as Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France.)

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French Anti-slavery Pamphlet
Front page of the "Address to the National Assembly", an anti-slavery pamphlet written by the French abolitionist group Société des amis des noirs ("Society of the Friends of the Blacks") in 1790.

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Liszt - The 12 Transcendental Etudes (Lazar Berman 1959)
Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886) - 12 Etudes d’Exécution Transcendante. ???? Qobuz https://bit.ly/31OYz11 Tidal https://bit.ly/3wyVTzP ???? Spotify https://spoti.fi/309cJsQ Youtube Music https://bit.ly/309d8LS ???? Apple Music https://apple.co/3n0fEwY...

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Pasie Sewing in Bourgival's Garden by Morisot
An 1881 oil on canvas painting, Pasie Sewing in Bourgival's Garden, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. Pasie was the artist's maid and the nanny of her daughter. The tones of lilac and brushstrokes are typical...

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Still Life with Oranges by Gauguin
An 1880 oil on canvas, Still Life with Oranges, by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) the French post-impressionist painter. A work showing a strong influence from Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), it has strong tones and a contrast of hard and soft edges...

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Flood at Port-Marly by Sisley
An 1876 oil on canvas, Flood at Port-Marly, by Alfred Sisley (1839-1899), the Franco-British impressionist painter. The artist produced a series of six canvases capturing the flooding of the Seine at Port-Marly, a catastrophe that occurred...

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Kingdom of Shambhala
Kingdom of Shambhala and the Final Battle; Mongolia; 19th century; pigments on cotton; 44 x 87 1/2 in. (111.8 x 222.3 cm); Musée des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris; MG24416 (HAR 31352); photograph by Thierry Ollivier © RMN-Grand Palais/Art...

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At Père Lathuille's by Manet
An 1879 oil on canvas painting, Chez le père Lathuille (At Père Lathuille's), by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. With the setting as one of the artist's favourite café-restaurants, the relationship between the central...