Discover an eighteenth-century revolution in history painting as artists shifted focus to contemporary events in response to rapid political and social change in part two of Making History, a series exploring the evolution of history painting.
Painting the Present from David to Warhol
Kathryn Calley Galitz
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Kathryn Calley Galitz
Art historian and managing museum educator
Art historian and managing museum educator
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