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2. Gallery of Beauties - Wikipedia

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   Gallery of Beauties The Nymphenburg Palace seen from its park. The Gallery of Beauties (German: Schönheitengalerie) is a collection of 38 portraits of the most beautiful women from the nobility and bourgeoisie of Munich, Germany, gathered by King Ludwig I of Bavaria in the south pavilion of his Nymphenburg Palace. [1]

3. Utamaro - Wikipedia

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   Later drew pictures of the styles and manners of men and women and resided temporarily with ezōshiya Tsutaya Jūzaburō. Now lives in Benkeibashi . Many nishiki-e. [53] The earliest comprehensive historical and critical works on ukiyo-e came from the West, [54] and often denied Utamaro a place in the ukiyo-e canon. [52]

4. Uemura Shōen - Wikipedia

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   Her real name was Uemura Tsune. Shōen was known primarily for her bijin-ga, or paintings of beautiful women, in the nihonga style, although she produced numerous works on historical themes and traditional subjects. Shōen is considered a major innovator in the bijin-ga genre despite the fact she often still used it to depict the traditional ...

5. Xi Shi - Wikipedia

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   Both Lin and Xi Shi evoke the image of a beautiful lady with a delicate and fragile presence. Xi Shi appears in the martial arts fiction by Jin Yong (Louis Cha), " Sword of the Yue Maiden ". Her name also inspired the modern name of the Shih Tzu , whose Chinese name translates to "Xi Shi dog", but whose English name has been claimed to come ...

6. Bijin-ga - Wikipedia

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   Kōjien defines bijin-ga as a picture that simply "emphasizes the beauty of women", [1] and the Shincho Encyclopedia of World Art defines it as depiction of "the beauty of a woman's appearance". [2] On the other hand, Gendai Nihon Bijin-ga Zenshū Meisaku-sen I defines bijin-ga as pictures that explore "the inner beauty of women". [ 3 ]

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