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How passion flared up around the scandalous paintings of Francisco Goya
Surprisingly, the paintings of the famous Spanish artist, painted at the turn of the enlightened XVIII and XIX century gold, became the causes of scandals until the liberated XX. Despite the fact that the nude style in art is a tradition and it seems that it should not shock anyone, it is these works that became “markers” that showed that society is ready to see naked goddesses in pictures, but it is completely different about the image of real beauty, earthly women. Continue reading
How in the modern world fake antique art
The problem of fraud exists for millennia. George Vasari – the author of the famous “Lives of the most famous painters, sculptors and architects,” spoke about the amazing case of a fake from Michelangelo Buonarroti himself. True, it occurred at the very beginning of the career of the famous master. Having sculpted the Sleeping Cupid statue, a young and enterprising sculptor secretly drove her far beyond the city and buried it in the ground. After some time, he “accidentally” discovered the “ancient monument” and very successfully sold it. Continue reading
