A Glance in History

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Art comes from all around the world, yet or speaks even when the artist cannot. With the mixture of shapes, subject, colors, and lines the artist is able to create a work of art through art. Art can also pause a moment and/or movement in history. Whether it's in the modern or Renaissance era art has the habit of speaking for itself. So if it's the death and decay of "The Jewish Cemetery" by Ruisdael, the joy of "The Wedding Dance" by Bruegel, The Elder, or a beautiful portrait like "Mrs. Richard Paul Jodrell" by Reynolds, a pairing is worth a thousand words.
In the 18th Century a British painter, collector, and writer by the name of Joshua Reynolds made a very good name for himself. He was born in 1774 and died at the age of 69 in 1792. As the son of headmaster and fellow of Oxford Reynolds had a better understanding and education with painting. In 1740 he was apprenticed to a London painter by the name of Thomas Hudson where he spent 1749-52 studying abroad in, mostly, Italy. Along with many of his famous artwork is a painting worth sharing just a little more is "Mrs. Richa...

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