Paula Modersohn-Becker

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Self-Portrait with a Camellia, oil on canvas by Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1907; in the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany.

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Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.

25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence

Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson

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Painting palette with oil paints and brushes. Rainbow colored paints, arts and entertainment

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Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)

5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong

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Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 27, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 04, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 26, 2023
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Paula Modersohn-Becker, the challenges of pregnancy and the weight of tradition.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 19, 2019
	Add new Web site: Official Site of Bottcherstrasse Museum.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 15, 2015
	Add new Web site: Official Site of Bottcherstrasse Museum.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 21, 2015
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Paula Modersohn-Becker, the challenges of pregnancy and the weight of tradition.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 21, 2015
	Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Paula Modersohn-Becker.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 21, 2015
	Add new Web site: Distinguished Women of Past and Present - Biography of Paula Modersohn-Becker.	Dutta Promeet	Sep 09, 2010
	Add new Web site: Ketterer Kunst - Biography of Paula Modersohn-Becker.	Dutta Promeet	Sep 09, 2010
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 22, 2005
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998