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Museu de Arte de São Paulo!!

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  Top of the Day: Vincente do Rego Monteiro, Nude Boy and Turtle, 1923 São Paulo Museum of Art, Museu de Arte de São Paulo or MASP, exterior -- link -- São Paulo Museum of Art, Museu de Arte de São Paulo or MASP, exterior -- link -- Pablo Picasso, Bust of a Man (The Athlete), 1909 -- [thanks for the detective work, Beth!]  -- link -- Picasso, Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, 1904 -- [end of the Blue Period as Erik pointed out; thanks for the detective work about the theft, Vera!]  -- link -- Andrés LHote, Interior com figuras femininas Interior with female figures), 1936 -- [thanks for the detective work, Katje!] -- link -- Andrés LHote, Two women in the Casbah of Algiers, n.d. (most likely a study for the Interior with female figures) -- [thanks for the detective work, Katje!] -- link -- Amedeo Modigliani, Lunia Czechowska, circa 1918 -- link -- Vincente do Rego Monteiro, Nude Boy and Turtle, 1923 -- link --

Art Deco Masters!

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  Top of the Day: Lalique glass altarpiece in the Glass Church Jersey 10 Artists who influenced Art Deco -- link -- Sonia Delaunay, Fabric Designs -- link -- Sonia Delaunay, Art & Paintings -- link -- Erté Designs -- link -- Erté Art & Designs  -- link -- René Lalique Glass & Jewelry -- link -- Le Corbusier -- link -- Terry's Wonderful Art Nouveau & Art Deco Pics!  -- link --

Art Deco: Ships, Buildings, Cars

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  Ruth's Queen Mary Research -- link -- Miami Beach Post Office -- link -- Miami Beach Post Office interior -- link -- Detroit's Guardian Building Exterior, Main Halls & Michigan Mural -- link -- Detroit's Guardian Building History & Clock Photo -- link -- Guardian Building closeups & interior designs -- link -- Art Deco Autos -- link --

School of Art: Art Deco!

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 Top of the day: Voiliers dans le port d'Honfleur à marée basse by Paul Vera Bayadere - Demetre Chiparus -- link -- Voiliers dans le port d'Honfleur à marée basse - Paul Vera (Paris 1882-Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1957) -- link -- Sidewall - Andre Groult -- link -- Canapé - Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann and Ruhlmann Meubliers (Etablissements Ruhlmann et Laurent), Paris -- link -- Kiosk - G. D Fazio -- link --

The Private Life of Art

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 Top of the day was the mural Gardens Zaragoza by El Niño de las Pinturas Four Heads (Jean Renoir) - Pierre-Auguste Renoir -- link -- The Kiss - Edvard Munch -- link -- The Private Life of Plants Ⅳ - Kim, Juyeon -- link -- Gardens Zaragoza - El Niño de las Pinturas -- link -- Retrato do casal Portinari - Foujita -- link --

Get on Board the Art Train!

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 Top of the Day: Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare - Claude Monet  AND! Avenue of Plane Trees - Santiago Rusiñol  The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara - Lucas Cranach the Elder -- link -- During World War I there was a great migration north by southern Negroes - Harmon Foundation and Jacob Lawrence -- link -- Avenue of Plane Trees - Santiago Rusiñol -- link -- Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare - Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926) -- link -- Woman at her Toilet - Jan Havicksz. Steen -- link -- Bonus items about Today's show: Jacob Lawrence, color version from the Phillips Collection -- link -- Jacob Lawrence, color version & write up from the Whitney -- link -- Paris Saint-Lazare Train Station (the one Monet painted) modern ceiling -- link -- Gustave Eiffel also designed this one in Budapest, thank you Bruno! -- link --

DIVING INTO FAUVISM!

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 Top of the day: Maurice de Vlaminck, Sunlight on Water Maurice de Vlaminck, Sunlight on Water, 1905  -- link -- André Derain, Fishing Boats, Coulliere, 1905  -- link -- Raoul Dufy, La Cavelier Arabe (La Cavelier blanc), 1914  -- link -- Jean Dufy, Clown Musiciens, n.d.  -- link -- Max Naylor, Midnight Sun, 2017  -- link -- Tim Fowler, Lauren Bacall, 2016  -- link --

SCHOOLS OF ART: FAUVISM!

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Today's Top of the show: House and Road by Maurice de Vlaminck  Marc Chagall’s Ceiling for the Paris Opéra - Marc Chagall -- link -- House and Road - Vlaminck, Maurice de -- link -- The Circus (Jazz) - Henri Matisse -- link -- Portrait of Dr. Paul Alexandre - MODIGLIANI, Amedeo -- link -- Still Life with Fruit - Marsden Hartley -- link --

TWO PALACES from Terry!

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  Today Terry lead us on a tour of  Alhambra and Alacazar palaces. You can see it all again from these links: The Alhambra: https://photos.app.goo.gl/oQtq2cYzwVVSZfQe9 The Alacazar: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ueH7C4mFzZqear5k7    Chat about today's show: From Vera Campbell to Everyone :  I visited Zaragoza! There is a royal Crypt with so much gold. They are excavating lots Roman ruins still. From Katje Lehrman to Everyone :  The brief explanation of the “moors” is they were primarily Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian peninsula into Sicily and Malta. They didn’t call themselves moors though From Vera Campbell to Everyone :  Epigraphy is the study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions From Greg to Everyone : https://www.piccavey.com/granada-alhambra-walls/ From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Many cultures adopt parts of other cultures over time From Katherine to Everyone : looks honeycombed... From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : Amazing photos From Katje Lehrman to Everyone : About how

Another Random Monday

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  Top of the Day: The Seine at Bougival by Camille Pissarro Bed of Daisies - Gustave Caillebotte -- link -- The Watermelons - Diego Rivera -- link -- The Seine at Bougival - Camille PISSARRO -- link -- Mountain Landscape with Waterfall - Kerstiaen Keuninck the Elder -- link -- Davinci - Kang, Hyung Koo -- link --

Random-Art-Mania!

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 We had a tie today for the Top of the Day: 'The Kitchen Maid' by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn and Summer Day - Frank Weston Benson. Summer Day - Frank Weston Benson -- link -- Landscape with Philemon and Baucis - Peter Paul Rubens -- link -- 'The Kitchen Maid' - Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn -- link -- Dinámica del viento - Emilio PETTORUTI -- link --

Mosques as Art!

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Top of the Day: Crystal Mosque / Masjid Kristal, Wan Man, Terengganu, Malaysia, 2008 Putra Mosque, Purtajaya, Malaysia, 1997 -- link -- Putra Mosque, Purtajaya, Malaysia, 1997 -- link -- Crystal Mosque / Masjid Kristal, Wan Man, Terengganu, Malaysia, 2008 -- link -- Crystal Mosque / Masjid Kristal, Wan Man, Terengganu, Malaysia, 2008 -- link -- Hassan II Mosque -- link -- Masjid Putra / Putra Mosque -- link -- -- link -- Masjid Kristal / Crystal Mosque -- link -- -- link -- -- link -- -- link -- -- link -- -- link -- And finally, Ruth's pictures of the Hassan II Mosque

The Magic of Mosques -- Art & Architecture

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Top of the Day: Saint Petersburg Mosque, St. Petersburg, 1913 Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, 537 -- link -- Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, 537 -- link -- Great Mosque of Mecca, al-Masjid al- Harām, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 630CE / 1570CE -- link -- Great Mosque of Mecca, al-Masjid al- Harām, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 630CE / 1570CE -- link -- Saint Petersburg Mosque, St. Petersburg, 1913 -- link -- Saint Petersburg Mosque, St. Petersburg, 1913 -- link -- Hagia Sophia -- link -- The Great Mosque of Mecca -- link -- More photos of The Great Mosque of Mecca -- link -- The Tents Around Mecca that Jerry Mentioned -- link -- Another Great Tent City near Mecca  -- link -- Saint Petersburg Mosque -- link -- More photos of the Saint Petersburg Mosque -- link -- FROM TUESDAY here is a link to the short video tour we say at the top of today of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sheikh-zayed-grand-mosque-abu-dhabi/index.html

Mosque Artistry!

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Blue Mosque  Top of the Day:  Blue Mosque, Istanbul Turkey Sultan Ahmed Mosque, or the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, 1609-1616 -- link -- Sultan Ahmed Mosque, or the Blue Mosque, Istanbul, 1609-1616 -- link -- Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-92, rebuilt 1022-1023 -- link -- Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, 691-92, rebuilt 1022-1023 -- link -- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2007 -- link -- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2007 -- link -- Blue Mosque -- link -- Dome of the Rock -- link - Sheikh Zayed Mosque -- link - Here is a link to the short video tour of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/sheikh-zayed-grand-mosque-abu-dhabi/index.html

Monday Random

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  Top of the Day: Red Dragonfly - Wolfgang Lettl The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas - Cornelis van Poelenburgh -- link -- Red Dragonfly - Wolfgang Lettl -- link -- hat-ornament -- link -- Landscape with Figure Blessing the Landscape - Sazhin Nikolay -- link -- Mural Design for Budapest National Theatre (1-2 ) - Lazar Khidekel (1904-1986, painter and architect) -- link --

Another Freaky Friday!

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 Top of the Day: Two Breton Women with a Basket of Apples by Władysław Ślewiński Landscape in the Style of Dong Yuan - Wen Jia -- link -- Selfportrait - Peter Paul Rubens -- link -- Tosa Mitsumochi, Horse-breaking, a 2-fold screen painting -- link -- Parisina - José Malhoa -- link -- Le bagnanti - Giorgio Morandi -- link -- ZETT ZS (bleu-vert) - Victor Vasarely -- link -- Two Breton Women with a Basket of Apples - Władysław Ślewiński -- link -- jpeg li02 - Thomas Ruff -- link --

Adieu for now, Musée D'Orsay!

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  Top of the Day: Pilgrims going to Mecca -Léon Belly, 1861 Buddha - Odilon Redon -- link -- Anthropomorphic Pot - Paco Durrio -- link -- Young Girls by the Seaside - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes -- link -- The Four Parts of the World Holding the Celestial Sphere - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux -- link -- Ratapoil - Honoré Daumier -- link -- Pilgrims going to Mecca - Léon Belly -- link -- The Black Bow - Georges Seurat -- link -- Paul Gauguin, Sculpted Wood from the Maison du Jour, 1902 -- link -- Paul Gauguin, Arearea, also called Jokes, 1891-93 -- link -- Paul Gauguin, Tahitian Women on the Beach, 1891 -- link -- Paul Gauguin, Il pasto detto anche Le banane, 1891 -- link -- Edgar Degas, Small Dancer Aged 14, model betw 1865-81 cast between 1921-31 -- link -- Halls of Sculpture!!!! (You can see so many more wonderful pieces here!)  -- link --

Musee D'Orsay Touring!

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 Top of the day: At the New Circus, Papa Chrysanthemum - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec The countess Marie-Blanche de Polignac - Edouard Vuillard -- link -- A meeting - Marie Bashkirtseff -- link -- At the New Circus, Papa Chrysanthemum - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec -- link -- Buffet - Philip Webb -- link -- Sappho - James Pradier -- link -- Édouard Manet, Woman with Fans, 1873 -- link -- Van Gogh, Two Children, 1890  -- link -- Van Gogh, Dr. Gachet, 1890  -- link -- Van Gogh, Dr. Gachet's Garden in Auvers, 1890  -- link -- William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Dante & Virgile,1850  -- link -- Paul Cézanne, Still life with kettle, 1867 - 1869  -- link -- Thomas Couture, Romans during the Decadence, 1847  -- link -- Frédéric Bazille, Bazille's Studio, 1870  -- link -- Van Gogh did several portraits of Dr. Gachet, and one has been missing for years!   -- link --

Musée d’Orsay, Paris

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  Top of the Day was VanGogh's The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise. Today was a quick review of Musée d’Orsay in Paris.  You can take your own tour with Google's Art & Culture here:  https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/musee-dorsay-paris . Here is the artwork we saw today The Adoration of the Magi -- link -- Self-Portrait Vincent van Gogh -- link -- Gleaners - Jean-François Millet -- link -- Luncheon on the - Grass Édouard Manet -- link -- Olympia - Édouard Manet -- link -- The Angelus - Jean-François Millet -- link -- Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette - Pierre-Auguste Renoir -- link -- Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh -- link -- Portrait of the Artist's Mother James Abbott McNeill Whistler -- link -- A Burial at Ornans Gustave Courbet -- link -- Young Girls at the Piano - Pierre-Auguste Renoir -- link -- The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise, View from the Chevet Vincent van Gogh -- link -- The Ballet Class - Edgar Degas -- link

Random Monday!

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  Top of the Day: Derived from the Absence of a Legislated Break  Yasanmis Bir Kirilmanin Yoklugundan Gelen - Liam Gillick Hebe - Antonio Canova -- link -- A Roman Feast - Roberto Bompiani -- link -- Derived from the Absence of a Legislated Break Yasanmis Bir Kirilmanin Yoklugundan Gelen - Liam Gillick -- link -- Navio de emigrantes - Lasar Segall -- link --

Frenetic Friday!

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  Top of the Day was Amedeo Modigliani's Portrait of a Young Widow. Portrait of a Young Widow - Amedeo Modigliani -- link -- My Age of Seven -- link -- The Scream - Edvard Munch -- link -- Studio di figura femminile - Umberto Boccioni -- link --

Flower Power!

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  Top of the Day was Warhol's Daisies Andy Warhol, Soup Cans, 1962 -- link -- Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1964 -- link -- Andy Warhol, One Panel, 1964 -- link -- Andy Warhol, Daisies, 1982 -- link -- Olek, Crochet Covering Homeless Shelter in India, 2015 -- link -- Michael Brennand-Wood, Crystallized Movements, 2004 -- link -- Michael Brennand-Wood, Flower Head Narcisstic Butterfly, 2005 -- link --  link --