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How can an "ugly" painting be a masterpiece? Find out how Van Gogh's 1888 The Night Café uses color to create a powerful psychological effect.

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Edgar Degas, The Dance Class, 1874. Oil on canvas. 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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LGBTQ Artists

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Ancient Art

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Black Artists

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Gallery

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1617. young man looks to the sky in ecstasy, laying back sensually atop an iron grate licked by flames

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