Art Deco glass perfume bottle

Art Deco Perfume Bottles: Mantel, Sill, or Shelf?

Glass perfume bottles were originally designed to hold fragrance to help cover up body odours, were used at ceremonies for the gods, and were used to ward off evil spirits. Something so beautiful used to cover the malodorous seems such a waste of beauty, but in ancient times, perfume bottles were more functional than fancy.

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Alphonse Mucha Art Muse

Alphonse Mucha Art

Alphonse Mucha was a Czech painter and decorative artist associated with the Art Nouveau movement. The artist was born in 1860 in the small town of Moravia. Legend has it that Mucha was able to draw before he was able to walk, and he was a musician and a choirboy during his childhood years. Although

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Max Ernst Art The Triumph of Surrealism

Max Ernst Art

The Story of Max Ernst Art Max Ernst art shocked and enthralled in equal measure. The German-born artist was a highly-provocative yet innovative figure whose work. He was renowned for his surreal, dreamlike imagery and fought in the first World War, which he found to be an utterly traumatic experience that resulted in him condemning

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Seurat art close-up

Georges Seurat Art

Georges Seurat Art is credited with introducing an innovative painting technique and inspiring an entire artistic movement. His most famous painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, was produced when he was 25 years old. He was the founder of pointillism, a unique style featuring paintings produced from tiny dots of

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