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by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
A tide of pink and white petals pours down over a marble terrace, half-burying the people caught beneath it. Some are laughing, some seem to be struggling to breathe or simply sinking back into the drift, and it takes a moment to realize the flood is still falling — you can see petals swirling…
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1836-1902France
French painter James Tissot built his early reputation on scenes of modern life, rendered with a fashionable, detail-rich precision, as seen in Tea, a study of contemporary leisure. But his later years brought a dramatic shift toward religion: Saint Joseph Seeks a Lodging in Bethlehem and What Our Lord Saw from the Cross show him abandoning secular subjects to illustrate the life of Christ, driven by a deepening turn toward faith and spiritualism.
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The Roses of Heliogabalus
by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888
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