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Trust your gut. In art, as in life, thinking is overrated. These are the unexpected messages vibrating from the surface of a painting that has sparked considerable debate this week: a canvas salvaged from the damp rafters of a house near Toulouse in southwestern France. Sophisticated examinations are being carried…
Петер Паул Рубенс (на нидерландски: Peter Paul Rubens, [petər 'pʌul 'rybə(n)s]) е фламандски художник от епохата на Барока, известен със своя екстравагантен стил, който подчертава и въплъщава подвижността, жизнеността, цвета и чувствеността както никой друг. Във времето на Контрареформацията той рисува множество олтари, портрети, пейзажи и исторически картини с митологични,…
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