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Jean-Honoré Fragonard was a French painter and print maker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of pre-revolutionary France, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings, of which only five are dated. Among his most popular works are genre paintings conveying an atmosphere of intimacy and veiled eroticism.

Art Academia is a subgenre of Academia centered around the creation and enjoyment of art, especially sculpture, painting, sketching, doodling, photography, calligraphy, and note-taking. It is similar to the other Academia types in its value of study and practice, architecture, and 18-19th century-styles and objects, but is unique in focusing primarily on the visual arts.

The Embrace by Ron Hicks

Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps,Second version Charlottenburg Palace by Jacques-Louis David- Napoléon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader of Corsican descent. He rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of…

Marine, 1895, Alfred Stevens. Swedish (1823 - 1906) - Oil on Mahogany Panel -

Probably on this day in 1483, Raphael Sanzio, one of the greatest Renaissance masters was born. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplato

Mona Lisa smoking

Hubert Robert, 1777 | The Bathing Pool | Source: #TheMet, New York. Repost from ilkesozen.

Whether they're lost, rarely loaned out, or in private collections, here are some of the most beautiful Caravaggio paintings that you might not have seen before.