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But although they can be seen as each painting's cornerstone, you quickly realize that other battles are going on here : There is much more than the pastoral here.
Anne Couillaud: Encounter at the Beginning of a World : Helen Beckman's Paintings Anne Couillaud 2011
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But although they can be seen as each painting's cornerstone, you quickly realize that other battles are going on here : There is much more than the pastoral here.
Anne Couillaud: Encounter at the Beginning of a World : Helen Beckman's Paintings Anne Couillaud 2011
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And he wondered whether the painting's change was a matter of keeping up with changing truth, but axiology tended to exhaust him.
Archaeological Treasures Yet to Come strannikov 2012
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If there's a slightly false note in this show, it's the inclusion of media that technically constitute "watercolor"—gouache, i.e., water-soluble paints—but have a different kind of weight as they sit on the painting's surface.
Magical, Layered, Transparent Tom L. Freudenheim 2011
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A museum spokeswoman confirmed that its Rothko experts know about the painting's discovery but are not permitted to weigh in on the merits of anything earmarked for auction.
Out of Nowhere, a Rothko Kelly Crow 2011
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Even if Marshall is depicting something as loaded as a London rioter, his paintings demand we suspend judgment and focus on the present: the feel of a hand grasping an arm, the sound of paper ripping, the detail of the painting's surface.
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Silvano Vincenti's current request for a loan of the Mona Lisa in 2013 is intended to commemorate the centennial of the painting's recovery in 1913.
Mona Lisa's Miles: The Misadventures Of Leonardo's Masterpiece On the Road 2011
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Few artists have anything very interesting to say on the subject of ending, but Freud does: "The painting's done when I have the sensation I am painting someone else's picture."
Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud, by Martin Gayford Laura Cumming 2010
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Take Liubov Popova's Spatial Force Constructions, a dynamic crisscross of geometric shapes that sought to flatten the 3D angles and curves of buildings into a painting's single plane.
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But two years after the sale, Dedalus "suddenly retracted its earlier representation and raised doubts about the painting's authenticity."
Behind the Veil: Questions About Art Authentication James Panero 2011
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