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A Brief Biography of Jean-Léon Gérôme

Examples of the Kind of Traditional and Modern Forms of Painting that Gérôme Would Have Encountered

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What Was Considered Great Art by artists such as Gérôme?

The Social Context of Art in mid-19th Century Paris

Revolution and the Search for Order France 1789-1889

Paul Delaroche hemicycle at the Ecole des Beaux Arts
Paul Delaroche. Hemicycle at the Ecole des Beaux Arts