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The Printing Revolution in Renaissance Europe
The arrival in Europe of the printing press with moveable metal type in the 1450s CE was an event which had enormous and long-lasting consequences. The German printer Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1398-1468 CE) is widely credited with the innovation...
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The Self-Sacrifice of a Father
The Self-Sacrifice of a Father, painting by Jacques Sablet, second half of the 18th century.
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.
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Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear by van Gogh
An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in January in Arles. Vincent had cut off part of his ear and presented it to a prostitute in a local...
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Self-portrait with Pith Helmet by Caillebotte
An 1873 oil on canvas, Self-portrait with Pith Helmet, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. (Private Collection)
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Bhagvad-Gita: Treatise of Self-help By BS Murthy
The spiritual ethos and the philosophical outlook that the Bhagvad - Gita postulates paves the way for the liberation of man, who, as Rousseau said, ‘being born free, is everywhere in chains’. But equally it is a mirror of human psychology...
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Self-portrait with Palette by Cézanne
An 1884-7 painting in oils, Self-portrait with Palette, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. The only self-portrait by Cézanne which shows more than the face and the only one where he is shown as an artist. Something...
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Self-portrait by van Gogh
An 1889 oil on canvas self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in Saint-Rémy de Provence. One of 43 self-portraits we have by the artist. The swirls of the background and the similarity...
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Self-portrait by Degas
A c. 1857 oil on canvas self-portrait by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. This was part of a series of very similar self-portraits, all of which present Degas as rather introverted and melancholic. (Private Collection...
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Self-portrait in his Atelier by Monet
A c. 1884 oil on canvas, Self-portrait in his Atelier, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. One of only three known self-portraits made by the artist. (Musée Marmottan, Paris)
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Self-portrait by Monet
An 1917 oil on canvas self-portrait by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. The artist rarely created self-portraits, this one may have been inspired by his brother Leon's death that year. (Musée d'Orsay, Paris)