The 1000++ Artworks of media Paper and containing the word eugène delacroix, paper, orientalism

This is the final work Delacroix devoted to a theme that had first attracted him in 1835. It depicts the exiled poet Ovid, who in A.D. 8 was banished from Rome to the coast of the Black Sea, at present-day Constantsa, Romania. He was treated with kindness by the Scythians, who are shown feeding him ...

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Bakst creates costumes for the Russian balletAglaia — a modern costume fantasyThe Great Eunuch — a costume of one of the characters in ScheherazadeFrom the ballet The GamesSultana in BlueFrom Daphnis and ChloeThe above costumes by Bakst bear his trademark elegance and fantasy character. In all of th...

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In Darkytown Rebellion (2001), Afro-American artist Kara Walker (1969) displays a group of silhouettes on the walls, projecting the viewer, through his own shadow, into the midst of the scene. For many years, Walker has been tackling, in her work, the history of black people from the southern states...

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