Despite being faced with adversity and negative criticism throughout his career, British painter Ford Madox Brown persevered to create many stunning works in his career.
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The industrial revolution – a time of exponential growth in production (and pollution). With this influx in production, many things which were previously perceived as niche became commonplace, as more and more items were readily available to the public at affordable prices. Interior decorating belonged to this newly accessible group, among others.
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Considered part of the late rococo period, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was a prominent French portraitist, with hints of neoclassicism permeating her paintings.
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The golden age of type – a time filled with wonder, talented designers, and new typefaces around every corner. Among the many font developed in this time, a personal favourite of mine (historical context and design elements considered) is the dependable font we call Baskerville.
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A Baroque painter and considered to be the best of her time (among women) Artemisia Gentileschi was venerated for her dramatic realism and tenebrism. In an industry dominated by men, she flourished despite the abundance of challenges thrown towards her.
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Imagine going to a doctor’s office with a common cold, and leaving with pneumonia, typhus, and the Black Plague. From the beginning of the common era to the early renaissance, a plethora of inventions and new ideas came into fruition during the high gothic era. The introduction of paper truly revolutionized the production of manuscripts, as well as printing, which has evolved to become a lucrative and nearly ubiquitous industry today; however, for every good idea comes a bad one.
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After the death of Alessandro Allori’s father, Agnolo Bronzino – a famous artist and a family friend – took him in at only five years old, and raised him not only as a son, but as a pupil.
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The Limbourg Brothers
Truly the biggest “flex” of their time, illuminated manuscripts were crucial in enabling the privileged to flaunt their wealth during the Middle Ages – and the Limbourg brothers were key players within the lucrative industry.
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More than 7000. That’s the number of living languages currently spoken in the world. More than half are presumed to lack a written counterpart, though that still lands the number of written languages at a staggering 2,800. The Bible alone has been translated into more than 2000 languages, making it the most universal and accessible book in the world. How did such linguistic diversity evolve from mere etchings in stone?
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