December 2011
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The Last Supper
Some works of art are so ingrained in western culture and legend, that they are almost considered as given, rather than actually painted. Among these we find The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci, completed in 1498. The oil painting depicts the last supper of Jesus, in which he declares to his disciples that before the day is out, one of them will betray him. As was common in such...
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Girl With Pearl Earring
Dutch master Johannes Vermeer is generally considered among the greatest painters of the Dutch golden age. Paintings like his “View of Delft” and “The Astronomer” are indeed masterful executions of the genre paintings in which Vermeer specialized. However, there was of course one painting by Vermeer that stands above all others as his most famous work – “The Girl with a Pearl Earring”....