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Covers:  Art, history of art, design, travel

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The allure of women rulers

The allure of women rulers

Let the women stay at home and hold their peace. (Aeschylus) Living and ruling 2000 years before Aeschylus, Q…

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The allure of women warriors

The allure of women warriors

I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark, oh one by one she had to tell them that her name…

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The allure of lady killers: Salomé, Judith and Jael

The allure of lady killers: Salomé, Judith and Jael

You who die, you who burn with chastity, Sleepless night of ice and cruel snow! (Stephane Mallarmé) Real or i…

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Friends, rivals and lovers

Friends, rivals and lovers

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. (Oscar Wilde, Por…

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On painting the music

On painting the music

If music be the food of love, play on Give me excess of it. (William Shakespeare) It is generally accepted th…

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Capturing the spirit of water

Capturing the spirit of water

To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. (William Shakespeare) From the first morning splash, breaking the mirro…

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A trio of contemporary art temples defining modern Paris

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By Adriana Dredge
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A temple, with its blazing altars of temptation. (Émile Zola) Louis Vuitton, Prada, Cartier … the names long associated with luxury fashion are also the names of the most famous private art collections, open to the public. Thanks to the rivalry between fashion design billionaires, private collectors' museums became a defining characteristic of the 21st-century art scene. Art patronage is not a new phenomenon.
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The power of purity

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By Adriana Dredge
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The light of love, the purity of grace, The mind, the Music breathing from her face. (Lord Byron) A flexible concept in art, as in other aspects of life, purity has been used as a metaphor for other qualities. Sometimes sacred, sometimes moral, sometimes physical, purity has mostly been considered in relation to women. Female purity has been represented in art throughout centuries, reflecting changes in social values and beliefs, as well as style.
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Carnavalet: the soul of Paris in a single museum

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Sous le ciel de Paris Jusqu'au soir vont chanter, hmm-hmm L'hymne d'un peuple épris De sa vieille cité (Jean Dréjac) Under the Paris sky All day long they will sing The song of a people in love With their old city With its combination of Gothic, Renaissance, Neoclassical, and Haussmannian architecture, it could be argued that Paris is an outdoor museum in itself, as well as hosting some of the most famous museums and art galleries in the world.
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