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One painting from every year of the 17th century, from China to India and Italy to Mexico and everywhere in between, in chronological order. 1601: The Calling of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio 1/100 twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1598536718910599168
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Who was the greatest artist of the 20th century? People talk about Picasso and Dalí, but here's a name you probably haven't heard: Hasui Kawase, the last master of Japanese ukiyo-e. It sounds oddly specific, but no other artist in history was so go
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This is Barcelona at night, one of the world's most unique cities. But why does it look like that? Well, until 1855 it was overcrowded, dirty, and diseased — then something special happened. Here is how you build a beautiful city... twitter.com/cul
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Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany is one of the world's most famous and beautiful castles. But it isn't a real castle: it has central heating, hot water, flushing toilets, telephones, and elevators. Because Neuschwanstein is actually the world's big
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, painted by Pablo Picasso in 1907, is probably the most influential work of modern art. But he didn't come up with it all himself. Picasso borrowed from the art of West Africa, ancient Iberian sculpture, an obscure Medieva
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