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SET FIFTEEN - ROUND ONE - MATCH FIVE
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“Capriccio of a Mediterranean Seaport” (1936-38 - Rex Whistler) / “Zodiac calendar for La Plume” (1896 - Alphonse Mucha)
CAPRICCIO OF A MEDITERRANEAN SEAPORT: It’s this huge long mural (+ side walls!) with tromp l’oeil effects and lots of little details and it makes me soooooooo. always that painting is in my brain. (@knocking-on-peoples-non-doors)
ZODIAC CALENDAR FOR LA PLUME: mucha is just the ICONIC art nouveau artist. ugh so inspiring. who cares that he hated art nouveau it makes me want to learn how to draw (@kaerran)
(“Capriccio of a Mediterranean Seaport” is a trompe-l'œil, oil on canvas painting by Rex Whistler which is 58 feet (17.7 m) long and covers an entire dining room wall of Plas Newydd, a building owned by the National Trust.
“Zodiac calendar for La Plume” is a colour lithograph by Alphonse Mucha that was distributed as a calendar for La Plume magazine. It measures 65.7 x 48.2 cm (25.9 x 19 in) and can be seen at the Mucha Museum in Prague.)
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