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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens (English 1812-1870). Novel set in Victorian England in a time of industrial change and urbanization including themes of social mobility, the plight of the weak, wealth, and morality. -
Crystal Palace
Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was conceived as a temporary building; originally built in Hyde Park, then moved to southeast London (Sydenham) where it burned down in 1936. -
The Palais de l’Industrie
Designed by Jean-Marie Viel (French 1796–1863) for the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1855. It was demolished in 1897 to make way for the Grand Palais, erected for the International Exposition in Paris in 1900. -
The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur (French 1822-1899). Female painter of animals and landscapes in the Realist tradition. This painting brought her international recognition. -
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert (French 1821-80). His first novel that many consider the template for the modern novel. The novel challenges middle class ideals and involves superficial romance and marriage, disillusionment, adultery, shame and despair. -
Statue of Freedom
Designed by Thomas Crawford (American 1814–1857). Commissioned, cast, and constructed between 1854-1862. Crawford died before it was completed and placed atop the dome of the United States Capitol building. -
Pomegranate Wallpaper
One of many William Morris designs used for furnishings and home decor in an effort to provide "art for all." Morris started the Arts & Crafts movement and later lectured that "any decoration is futile ... when it does not remind you of something beyond itself'." -
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott (American 1832–1888). Novel about the four March sisters growing up while their father is away during the Civil War. Involves poverty, women's roles, coming of age, romance, illness, and death. -
Hungarian Dances
Johannes Brahams (German 1833-1897). Composer and pianist.
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy (Russian 1828-1910). Epic work detailing and discussing the French invasion of Russia and its aftermath from the viewpoint of several Russian aristocratic families. -
Barge Haulers on the Volga
Ilya Repin (Russian 1844-1930). This is the painter's breakout work; focused on physical labor of the common man. Toiling men are represented as diverse individuals. Focus on reality and the inner life of real people and situations. -
A Fisherman's Daughter
Winslow Homer (American 1836-1910). -
The Red Kerchief
Claude Monet (French 1840-1926). Impressionist. -
Edge of the Woods Near L'Hermitage, Pontoise
Camille Pissarro (French 1830-1903). Impressionist and neo-impressionist. -
1812 Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian 1840-1893). Composer.
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A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Georges Seurat (French 1859–1891). Post-impressionist known for technique of pointillism. -
The Statue of Liberty
Constructed between 1875-1886 by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (French 1834-1904) -
Old Executive Office Building
Built in Washington D.C. between 1871-1888. Designed by Alfred B. Mullet to house the Departments of State, War, and Navy. -
The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch 1853-1890). Post-impressionisst. -
The Eternal Idol
Auguste Rodin (French 1840-1917). Plaster cast of two figures from his famous "The Gates of Hell." -
At the Moulin Rouge
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French 1864-1901). Art nouveau. -
Stars and Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa (American 1854-1932).
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Uncle Vanya
Anton Checkhov (Russian 1860-1904). Playwrite and physician writes about unhappy but realistic people with frustrated hopes contemplating their sense of an unfulfilled life. -
Finlandia
Jean Sibelius (Finnish 1865-1957). Composer.
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The Grand Palais
Built for Universal Exposition of 1900 in Paris on the site of the demolished Palais de l'Industrie. Collaboratively designed in 1896 by Henri Deglane, Albert Louvet, Albert Louvet, and Charles Girault (project coordinator).
