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Saudi public library unveils rare, 19-century book on Arab-Islamic monuments in Spain

King Abdulaziz Public Library in Riyadh has unveiled a 190-year-old book by British artist David Roberts. The work, of which only 30 copies were made, contains paintings drawn by Roberts in Andalusia in 1832-1833 depicting a number of…
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Air pollution made an impression on Monet and other 19th century painters

The 19th century landscape paintings hanging in London’s Tate Britain museum looked awfully familiar to climate physicist Anna Lea Albright. Artist Joseph Mallord William Turner’s signature way of shrouding his vistas in fog and smoke…
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