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past and present. The so-called sheriff seems to reference Mahmud Khan Kalantar Nuri, the mayor of ... the figure stands in front of a historical-looking entrance façade with surveillance cameras both to ... imply the police presence within the Qajar state and remind the viewer that this is a fantasy mixing ...

the day. Regionalists were particularly fond of idealizing the past and aggrandizing the present ... What resulted was a series of drawings and paintings in which the artist was able to convey the ... pants, and heavy shoes-characteristic of the rural American laborer. (Speicher thought of him as an ...

"How long will he find his useless presence in the palm of the silver-breasted beauties?" Alas, ... provided by the Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky Artwork Accession Number:  ... Date:  1467 Latest Date:  1499 Curator Notes:  This bowl belongs to what is arguably one of the most ...

critic has succinctly noted, with the "presence of the past in the present." Ligon draws from ... images of the past few decades. Ligon is one of the most celebrated artists of his generation. LACMA ... Artwork Inscription:  Culture Made:  Artwork Date(s):  2009 Artwork Credit Line:  Gift of the 2010 ...

stylistic source for the clarity and sculptural presence of Roesen’s fruit still-life compositions easily ... presence of a landscape background in the Fruit Still Life with Wine Glass and Coins in a Landscape, dated ... history paintings re-creating the glorious past of the relatively new country. Such idealizations ignored ...

mid-19th century offered no hint of this past conflict. Yet the 19th-century public would have been well ... landscapes. Even humans are absent, although the haystacks signify the presence of an important industry ... history paintings re-creating the glorious past of the relatively new country. Such idealizations ignored ...