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The Birth of Venus
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Charles I Triple Portrait
Charles I in Three Positions, also known as the Triple portrait of Charles I, is an oil painting of Charles I of England by Flemish artist Sir Anthony Van Dyck, showing the King from three viewpoints: left full profile, face on, and right three quarter profile. [more]
The Shrimp Girl
The Shrimp Girl is a painting by the English artist William Hogarth. It was painted around 1740–45, and is held by the National Gallery, London. [more]
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
Mr and Mrs Andrews is an oil on canvas portrait of about 1750 by Thomas Gainsborough, now in the National Gallery, London. [more]
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
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Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. [more]
CHANGE
"Dance of Death" other known as "Toten Tanz" is a piece of artwork created by Dance Macabre. This piece was destroyed in a 1942 Allied Bombing which targeted a German Church. The church was St. Mary's Church in Lübeck, Germany. This is showing how the Allies used their power to target and bomb a Church. Various artists tried to replicate this piece of art. Three of the people in this are shown as dead and nearly bones. Notice this is what happened to Jews during the Holocaust. A question to ask yourself is throughout the exhibit is, can you really justify the bombing of a church that may not have been in direct contact with Nazis?
"Dance of Death"
"Dance of Death" is a piece of artwork created by Danse Macabre. This piece was destroyed in a 1942 Allied Bombing which targeted a German Church. The church was St. Mary's Church in Lübeck, Germany. This is showing how the Allies used their power to target and bomb a Church. A question to ask yourself is throughout the exhibit is, can you really justify the bombing of a church that may not have been in direct contact with Nazis?
