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			![]() "A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." ~Cezanne  | 
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			My first love has always been Impressionism  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			![]() But I enjoy art in all it's forms I'm especially loving the Mark Langan posted earlier in this thread. I am drawn to Jackson Pollock - I feel like I can see into his head thru his paintings. ![]() I adore Ruebens  
		
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			![]() "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." -Aristotle  | 
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			![]() Jean-Leon Gerome (French, 1824-1904) Pygmalion and Galeta Oil on Canvas, 35 x 27 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York From Ovid's Metamorphoses, X, in which Pygmalion, a sculptor fell in love with an ivory statue he had carved. "Pygmalion made offerings to Venus and made a wish. "I sincerely wished the ivory sculpture will be changed to a real woman." However, he couldn’t bring himself to express it. When he returned home, Cupid sent by Venus kissed the ivory sculpture on the hand. At that time, it was changed to a beautiful woman. A ring was put on Galatea's finger. It was Cupid’s ring which made love achieved. Venus granted his wish." 
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