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The Arts: Danae's bad acid trip The Hermitage's prize Rembrandt was attacked by a madman 12 years ago. After the world's biggest restoration job, it is now going back on show, writes Geraldine Norman
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THE Hermitage Museum in Leningrad had only been open for
three-quarters of an hour on June 15, 1985, when a middle-aged man,
who had hurried ahead of the crowd to Rembrandt's great
masterpiece, Danae, produced a knife and slashed the nude at the
centre of the painting twice across the stomach and thigh.
A woman who was admiring The Angel Preventing Abraham from
Sacrificing his Son Isaac on the opposite wall screamed. A
militiaman ran to the scene. At this, the attacker produced a jar
of acid from under his coat and hurled it at the picture, splashing
the militiaman's face and clothes as he ...
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Impressionism: Monet in the bank for cash-hungry museums; Crowd-pleasing shows lack depth.(ARTS & CULTURE)(ART)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Mount an impressionism show, and they will come. The light...shop merchandise. As a result, impressionism exhibitions have become predictable...Collection, the newly opened American Impressionism, to be followed by Impressionists...
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Peters, John G. Conrad and Impressionism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel
; ...first thought was: "Not Conrad and impressionism again!" This is a very well-worn...concise couple of pages. Literary impressionism was already a matter of detailed discussion...fictional output is characterized by impressionism, so that even such unpopular works...
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Conrad and Impressionism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review
; Conrad and Impressionism. By JOHN G. PETERS. Cambridge...described as a form of literary impressionism. Unwittingly, Conrad himself helped...narrative and the techniques of Impressionism gone unnoticed by critics: for...
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American impressionism: paintings from the Phillips Collection.(LEARNING from EXHIBITIONS)
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities
; ...Americans have had a fascination with Impressionism, a French-born style of painting...Highlighting the "golden age" of American Impressionism, The Phillips Collection has organized...25 years. The exhibition, American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection...
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Impressionism.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Arts & Activities
; THINGS TO LEARN * Impressionism is a style of painting in which...advance. * Many people believe that Impressionism was the most important idea to...forgotten for 1,000 years. But Impressionism did not just happen. The leaders...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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"AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM'; ROCHESTER SHOW PROVIDES A SOLID SURVEY OF ARTISTS FROM THE PERIOD.(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...discovered the luminous aesthetics of French Impressionism. They absorbed the dramatic new style...artists of the golden age of American Impressionism. The show, titled American Impressionism: Paintings from the Phillips Collection...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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Comeback for Impressionism.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...Denver Art Museum is opening another Impressionism show three weeks after the last one ended. Inspiring Impressionism, which was marked by solid intellectual...pretty Landscapes From the Age of Impressionism opens today. Not that pretty is...
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Impressionism versus the aesthetic movement.
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques
; ...aesthetic movement and its relation to impressionism, two movements ordinarily considered...uplifting beauty. Simultaneously, impressionism was born in France but was initially...the arts and pose the artist. Both impressionism and the aesthetic movement had a particularly...
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In Baltimore, Faulty Impressionism; Disjointed Timeline Nearly Masks Portrait Exhibit's Finest Faces
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...re a guarantee of gate. "Faces of Impressionism: Portraits From American Collections...such foggy titles as "Masterpieces of Impressionism," used to be enough to pull in curious...thinner and thinner slices. Post-impressionism was the theme of a fine show at the...
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Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen Star In 'Impressionism'
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
; ...Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen Star In 'Impressionism' Host: SCOTT SIMON Time 12:00...returned to Broadway. The play, "Impressionism" by Michael Jacobs, is in previews...Impressionist masters. (Soundbite of play, "Impressionism") Mr. JEREMY IRONS (Actor...
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