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Titian and the War

February 22, 2008 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

On a cold day in January 1991, I was at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. to see a large exhibition of paintings by Titian. A week earlier, President Bush announced the first Gulf War in response to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. Two days before the start date 25,000 people were on the mall to protest. This weekend saw 250,000. They carried signs that read “Support Our Troops” and “No … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Copies, Exhibitions, Gouache & Watercolor, Painting, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: Marsyas, Titian

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