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Page 55
... painter , Domenico Ghirlandajo , for a three - year term , but he left after one year , having ( Condivi recounts ) nothing more to learn . Several drawings , copies of figures by Ghirlandajo and older great painters of Florence ...
... painter , Domenico Ghirlandajo , for a three - year term , but he left after one year , having ( Condivi recounts ) nothing more to learn . Several drawings , copies of figures by Ghirlandajo and older great painters of Florence ...
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... painter Edgar Degas resided while in Naples ) and with the 18th - century ornate Neapolitan obelisk Guglia dell'Immacolata at its centre , this square is dominated by the church of Gesù Nuovo , its gem - cut facade masking a sumptuous ...
... painter Edgar Degas resided while in Naples ) and with the 18th - century ornate Neapolitan obelisk Guglia dell'Immacolata at its centre , this square is dominated by the church of Gesù Nuovo , its gem - cut facade masking a sumptuous ...
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... painters began to rival writers in artistic accomplishment . The first to achieve international recognition , Frances Hodgkins , spent most of her life abroad . Since the 1960s , however , an unprecedented " art scene " has emerged ...
... painters began to rival writers in artistic accomplishment . The first to achieve international recognition , Frances Hodgkins , spent most of her life abroad . Since the 1960s , however , an unprecedented " art scene " has emerged ...
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