The history of art is, as you probably know or can guess, quite broad. So massive in fact that my little brain gets overwhelmed by the scope and I can’t imagine writing about anything, at
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Key concepts in Surrealism; focussing on René Magritte
It is difficult to reduce Surrealism down to a few keywords, because while the movement had general themes of revolution, the uncanny, and new ways of both creating and viewing art, they were simply a
Continue ReadingJohn Everett Millais
John Everett Millais (1829-1896) was an English painter who, along with William Holman-Hunt and Dante Gabriel Rosetti (aka coolest trio since the Holy Trinity), founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in 1848. These guys were extremely dissatisfied
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