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William Blake,   The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins by   The Metropolitan Museum of Art William Blake,   The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins , c. 1799–1800, watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite, 14 3/16 × 13 1/16″ / 36 × 33.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Video from The  Metropolitan Museum of Art.         In the 1800, life around the world  advancing in life and technology.  People continue to explore many parts of the world.  The tran sportation system advanced with trains, steam boats and bicycles. Many people started moving into the cities. Work forces were in demand in the cities. Raw materials were greatly also needed in those cities. As cities grew, street gas lamp were invented.  Many poor people were forced out of the cities and they move out  into the suburbs as rich people moved in.     This was a tragic, dark time for black people, who were forced into sl...

                                                                              Oath of the Horatii Jacques-Louis David,   Oath of the Horatii , 1784, oil on canvas, 3.3 x 4.25 m, painted in Rome, exhibited at the salon of 1785 (Musée du Louvre; photo:   Steven Zucker , CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)                                                                          Oath of the Horatii        This interesting, beautiful painting was painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1784 and It was painted in Rome, Italy.  This is a neo-cassicism painting. The colors are bold, the lines are perfect, it loo...

  Peter Paul Rubens,  Elevation of the Cross , from Saint Walburga, 1610, oil on wood, center panel: 15 feet 1-7/8 inches x 11 feet 1-1/2 inches (now in Antwerp Cathedral) Baroque Art Work, Grand Master Piece of Baroque Elevation of the Cross                 This is a magnificent, huge, beautiful work   of art.   The Elevation of the Cross, shows the painting of our Lord Jesus Christ being crucified on a cross.  This grand painting was painted by a Flemish painter, Peter Paul Rubens  in 1610. The painting  is 15 feet high and 21 feet wide. It was painted with oil on wood, it has two outer wings one on both sides. These also have a grand painting of saints on the left side and a painting of Christians being persecuted on the right side. It is a very powerful painting which contains  great detail. This huge painting  once had an original, beautiful frame but it has since then disappeared....