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VASE OF ANTIQUITY AND INIQUITY

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Dave

Genie out of the vase. It is an enigmatic urn. During the artistic rape of Europe in the eighteenth century, the ransack that is now known as the Grand Tour, England was flooded with spoils of her wandering noblemen. Paintings, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Alexander Severus, Alexander the Great, Barberini Vase, Emma Hamilton, James Byres, Josiah Wedgewood, Lady Portland, Leslie Pyke, Lord Nelson, pope Urban VIII, Sir William Hamilton, The British Museum, The Grand Tour, Wolf Mankowitz | Leave a comment

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