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Allegory of Lyric Poetry

Allegory of Lyric Poetry

François Boucher French1753  On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 525 Francois Boucher produced almost as a signature motif these allegorical putti suspended midair. They represented a season, the elements, or one of the arts, shorthand decorative...

Leni Riefenstahl and ‘The Last of The Nuba’

Leni Riefenstahl and ‘The Last of The Nuba’

The Last of the Nuba is a book of photographs by Leni Riefenstahl published in 1973. It depicts the life and culture of the Nuba people, an ethnic group living in Sudan. The book was an international bestseller and was praised for its artistic quality, but also criticized for its primitivist and exoticizing portrayal of the Nuba.