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Also Known As Cennino di Drea Cennini
Born c.1370 • near Florence • Italy
Died c.1440 • Florence • Italy
Movement / Style Late Gothic art
Subjects Of Study Late Gothic art • painting
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Italian writer
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American artist
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Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Chinese artist
Sérusier, Paul: The Flowered Gate
Paul Sérusier
French painter
Dong Qichang
Chinese artist
Roger Fry
British art critic and painter
Chen Shizeng
Chinese painter and critic
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Amédée Ozenfant
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Benjamin Robert Haydon
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Clive Bell
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La Farge, John: Flowers on a Japanese Tray on a Mahogany Table
John La Farge
American painter
Ad Reinhardt
American artist
Shitao
Chinese painter
Paul Signac
Paul Signac
French painter
Coypel, Charles-Antoine: Painting Ejecting Thalia
Charles-Antoine Coypel
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