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... artist may be inspired to create , not only by his impulse to achieve a ' rhythmic unity ' or convey ' plastic ... artists to work on the design of chairs and tables and all the other equipment of a well - planned twentieth ...
... artist may be inspired to create , not only by his impulse to achieve a ' rhythmic unity ' or convey ' plastic ... artists to work on the design of chairs and tables and all the other equipment of a well - planned twentieth ...
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... artist , who in 1822 , when he was only twenty - four , had exhibited his huge and terrific composition Dante and Virgil Visiting the Infernal Regions ; while his no less tremendous Massacre at Scio domi- nated the Salon of 1824. Nine ...
... artist , who in 1822 , when he was only twenty - four , had exhibited his huge and terrific composition Dante and Virgil Visiting the Infernal Regions ; while his no less tremendous Massacre at Scio domi- nated the Salon of 1824. Nine ...
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... artist , though her products were apt to be delicate suggestions for pictures rather than definitely accomplished works ; and , between them , they had made Sutton Veny , part of which dated back to the Middle Ages , a particularly ...
... artist , though her products were apt to be delicate suggestions for pictures rather than definitely accomplished works ; and , between them , they had made Sutton Veny , part of which dated back to the Middle Ages , a particularly ...
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