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Lawrence Alma-Tadema: Luxury & Decadence Greeting Cards
16 sumptuous greeting cards featuring decadent paintings by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
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Overview
- A selection of 16 sumptuous greeting cards featuring paintings by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, depicting the decadence of ancient Greece and Rome
- Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) was one of the finest Victorian painters, with a celebrated virtuoso skill in creating provocative tableaux of beauty and luxury
- Includes masterpieces such as The Roses of Heliogabalus and Coign of Vantage, and other works featuring the robed gods and goddesses of antiquity and their classical surroundings
- Ideal gift selection
Specifications
- Card Box
- English
- 207 x 145 mm, 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in
- 16 pp
- ISBN-13: 9780714844121
- ISBN-10: 0714844128
- 16 greetings cards with envelopes
About the book
This selection of sixteen sumptuous greeting cards features paintings by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), one of the finest Victorian painters. The cards depict the decadence of ancient Greece and Rome, and include masterpieces such as The Roses of Heliogabalus and Coign of Vantage, and other works featuring the robed gods and goddesses of antiquity and their classical surroundings.
About the author(s)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) was a Dutch-born artist who emigrated to England and became one of the most successful and distinctive of the Victorian artists. He was noted for his virtuoso technique.
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