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About fairies, Part 1
As always, the first thing I do when I research a new topic is to turn to Wikipedia. Today is not different. I had the idea to talk about fairies. It is Novembre, while creepy season is officially over but let’s be real: the spooky vibes are still strong! So I thought that I’ll write about some harmless and fun supernatural topic before I turn to serious art stuff. Als always I found out that there is a lot (and I mean A LOT!) more to learn about fairies than I anticipated. I also found out that fairies were not always seen as some harmless and fun entities. In fact,…
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François-Auguste Biard, Magdalenefjorden, View from Gravneset, north of Svalbard
François-Auguste Biard is one of the lesser known painters of the french romanticism. So why did I chose this particular painting of all things? Well, last summer my son and I visited Paris. Of course we also paid a visit to the Louvre. My son is not particularly interested in art so he was a little bit bored. He liked the Roman and the Greek statues, adored the works of the ancient sculptors but was bored with the beautiful paintings. In his view the hype around the Mona Lisa is plain ridiculous and incredibly funny to watch – not that I would disagree with his sentiment. We walked around for…
