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(12) This is the face of the Roman goddess of the hunt, wilderness and childbirth. By an Italian painter born in Lucca in 1708. 🧵(1/2)

"Impression, Sunrise" was born 3 years after "The Magpie." Monet was still broke. And the Paris Salon had rejected him for years. So he and a new generation of artists rebelled. They bypassed the elite system entirely. And launched their own independent exhibition. Critics mocked their raw style, dismissing the paintings as mere "impressions." Instead of backing down, they took it as a compliment. They proudly called themselves the Impressionists. The revolution exploded. The rest is history.

(18) This young woman appears to be dreaming, but she is actually reading. This painting was allegedly completed in one hour, and yet it is displayed in one of the top art museums in the world. 🧵(1/2)

El "cartone" o dibujo que Rafael usó para la preparación de la pintura se encuentra en la Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, en Milan. Adquirido por el Cardenal Borromeo, se nota la ausencia de Heráclito, Rafael y Protógenes, así como el fondo arquitectónico. Compuesto por 210 piezas de papel pegadas, todas dibujadas por Rafael, y se usaba para calcar los dibujos en la pared. Cuando Napoleón Bonaparte entró a Milan en 1796, ordenó llevarse todas las obras de arte de valor, incluyendo ésta, al Louvre. Allá duró, hasta después de la derrota de Napoleón en Waterloo, y en 1816, se regresa esta obra a Milan.