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Artist as Narrator

October 30th, 2005 | 2 min read

By Tex

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is currently exhibiting 19th century narrative art from England and France. I spent my Saturday afternoon wandering from one painting to another, entertaining myself by trying to figure out the story being presented in the artwork. Some of the pieces drew upon standard classical and Biblical themes, while others chose their subjects from everyday life as well as from the lives of the famous. At a time when Impressionism and Post-Impressionism were stealing the spotlight in the visual arts, these artists recognized to the importance of, and aesthetic value in, lives of individuals.

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Philosophy