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Kiosk of Qertassi, New Kalabsha
The Kiosk of Qertassi is a small but elegant Roman kiosk with four lotus-headed columns inside and two Hathor pillars at the entrance. It dates to the early Roman period (1st century CE) and resembles the Kiosk of Trajan in Philae. The monument...
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On the Beach by Manet
An 1873 oil on canvas painting, On the Beach (Sur la plage), by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The work, painted on the coast near Boulogne, shows the influence of the impressionists on Manet. Here he uncharacteristically...
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The Absinthe Drinker by Manet
An 1859 oil on canvas painting, The Absinthe Drinker, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The first great work by Manet, his choice of a seemingly homeless man as his main subject and on such a large canvas (1.8 m/6...
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The Balcony by Manet
An 1868-9 oil on canvas painting, The Balcony, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Manet liked intimate scenes with a very tight focus which presented sometimes more theatre than realism. Here, three figures stand, or...
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Music in the Tuileries Gardens by Manet
An 1862 oil on canvas painting, Music in the Tuileries Gardens, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. This work has often been called the first modern painting since it broke the artistic convention that artists avoided...
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Olympia by Manet
The 1863 oil on canvas painting, Olympia, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. The painting was exhibited in the 1865 Salon in Paris and shocked the art world for its presentation of a contemporary courtesan fully nude...
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Lunch on the Grass by Manet
An 1863 oil on canvas painting, Lunch on the Grass (Déjeuner sur l’herbe), by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. This painting shocked the art world when displayed in the Salon des Refusés for placing a nude female figure...
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Self-portrait with a Palette by Manet
An 1879 oil on canvas self-portrait by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. His jacket, necktie, and pin highlight that Manet was far from the bohemian stereotype of a Parisian artist. (Steven A. Cohen collection Greenwich...
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Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Manet
An 1881-2 oil on canvas painting, Bar at the Folies-Bergère, by Edouard Manet (1832-83), the French modernist painter. Manet's last great masterpiece, he plays with realism by having the barmaid's reflection at an impossible angle in the...
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Temple of Mandulis, New Kalabsha
The Temple of Mandulis (also known as the Temple of Kalabsha) is a Roman Period Egyptian temple built as a tribute to Mandulis, a sun god of ancient Nubia. It was constructed by Emperor Augustus around 30 BCE, presumably on the site of an...
