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Editor’s Picks: Musée d’Orsay

12th March 201712th March 2017 Francesca Dale 0 Comments Academics, Belle Epoque, Expressionism, France, Glass, Impressionism, Manet, Monet, Paint, Paris, Portrait, Post Impressionism, Salon, Van Gogh, Visual Arts

Editor Francesca Dale provides insight into her favourite pieces from her trip to the Musee d’Orsay in Paris

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Editor’s Picks: The Louvre’s French and Italian Paintings

2nd March 20172nd March 2017 Francesca Dale 0 Comments Bacchus, Europe, France, Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, La Grande Odalisque, Landscape, Leonardo da Vinci, Louvre, Mona Lisa, oil, Painting, Paradise, Paris, portraiture, Renaissance, The Crowning of the Virgin, The Sermon of St. Stephen at Jerusalem, Tintoretto, Visual Arts, Vittore Carpaccio

Francesca Dale picks out some of her favourite paintings from the Italian and French painting exhibits from Paris’s the Louvre.

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Modern Art and Africa

27th November 201627th November 2016 Anonymous 0 Comments African, Art, Education, Edward Said, History of Art, Keita, Modernism, Orientalism, Picasso, Sculpture, Seydou, Visual Arts, Western Art

An interesting exploration into the relationship between Africa and modern art, questioning terms such as ‘primitivism’ and exposing the concerns of Said’s ‘Orientalism’ work

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The Power to Enlighten: the symbolic power of light in art & religion

3rd November 20163rd November 2016 Flora Phillips 0 Comments Art, Diwali, Durham, Hinduism, light, Oriental Museum, Student, symbolism, Visual Arts

Flora Philips delves into the exploration of the symbolism of light in artistic practice

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The Art of Bathing

19th June 201619th June 2016 Katherine Archer 0 Comments Antoine Rose, Art, Bathers, Bubble, Cezanne, Durham, Hockney, Matisse, Modern Art, Painting, photography, Post Impressionism, Seurat, summer, Swimmers, The Three Bathers, Traditional, Up in the Air, Visual Arts

Swimming and bathing appear to have gripped a number of artists over the years: a multitude of great artworks are centred on swimmers and bathers and offer a taste of the pleasure and freedom that comes with such activities.

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How to Experience the Artistic Marvels of Rome – Without Spending a Single Cent!

26th April 20163rd May 2016 Olivia Gillespie 0 Comments Art, Beautiful, Bubble, Cheap, Durham, Free, History of Art, Imagery, Italia, Italian Art, Italy, Michelangelo, Painting, Renaissance, Romans, Rome, Sculpture, St Peter's Basilica, Student, Student Journliasm, The Bubble, Traveller, Trevi Fountain, Visionary, Visual Arts

Olivia Gillespie gives an entrancing guide on how to see the best visual art works Rome has to offer without having to spend a single penny. Yes, it can happen!