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Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Canna, 1919, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. The American artist Georgia O'Keeffe is best known for her close-up, or large-scale flower paintings, [ 1 ] which she painted from the mid-1920s through the 1950s. [ 2 ] She made about 200 paintings of flowers of the more than 2,000 paintings that she made over her career ...
Black Iris, formerly called Black Iris III, [ 1 ][ 2 ] is a 1926 oil painting by Georgia O'Keeffe. [ 3 ] Art historian Linda Nochlin interpreted Black Iris as a morphological metaphor for female genitalia. [ 4 ][ 5 ] O'Keeffe rejected such interpretations in a 1939 text accompanying an exhibition of her work, in which she wrote: "Well—I made ...
1860s in Western fashion. Fashions of the 1860s include square paisley shawls folded on the diagonal and full skirts held out by crinolines. Auguste Toulmouche 's Reluctant Bride of 1866 wears white satin, and her friend tries on her bridal wreath of orange blossoms. 1860s fashion in European and European-influenced countries is characterized ...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anita Krohn Traasethin trousers, Norway, 2013. Trousers(or pants in American English) are a staple of historical and modern fashion. Throughout history, the role of trousers is a constant change for women. The first appearance of trousers in recorded history is among nomadic steppe-peoplein Western Europe.
The Woman's Building was designed and built in June 1892, for the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893; under the auspices of the Board of Lady Managers. [ 1 ] Out of the twelve main buildings for the Exhibition, the Woman's Building was the first to be completed. [ 2 ] It had an exhibition space as well as an assembly room, a ...
The women's shoes of the early Victorian period were narrow and heelless, in black or white satin. By 1850s and 1860s, they were slightly broader with a low heel and made of leather or cloth. Ankle-length laced or buttoned boots were also popular. From the 1870s to the twentieth century, heels grew higher and toes more pointed.
The Apotheosis of Washington is the fresco painted by Greek - Italian artist Constantino Brumidi in 1865 and visible through the oculus of the dome in the rotunda of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The fresco is suspended 180 feet (55 m) above the rotunda floor and covers an area of 4,664 square feet (433.3 m 2).
1795–1820 in Western fashion. In the early 1800s, women wore thin gauzy outer dresses while men adopted trousers and overcoats. Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck and his family, 1801–02, by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. Madame Raymond de Verninac by Jacques-Louis David, with clothes and chair in Directoire style. "Year 7", that is 1798–99.