Venezuelen painter Arturo Michelena 1863 – 1898
La joven madre (The Young Mother)
Studied at the famous Académie Julian in Paris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Michelena
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Art Nouveau artist Alphonse Mucha, Paris 1860-1939
Literal founder of the Art Nouveau period in French culture (Mucha Style). His posters for Sarah Bernhardt in Paris in 1895 had worldwide influence.
Studied at the famous Académe Julian, Paris.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Muchahttp://www.muchafoundation.org/MHome.aspx
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Belgian landscapeist Frederik Marinus Kruseman 1817-1882
Figures in a Winter Landscape
http://www.burlington.co.uk/artist-biography/fredrik-marinus-kruseman.html
Inside a vintage timepiece
Mechanical engineering is a lost science. No one knows how to do this anymore.Someday it will be forgotten.
Communication breakdown
Man was condemned to wander the Earth
like hordes of leper telephones. Patti Smith, Babel, 1974
Dutch Painter Jan Lievens 1607-1674
Still Life with Books1628Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/arts/design/31liev.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Lievens