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Open University Art History professor, Gill Perry takes us through The National Portrait Gallery and explores the relationship between 18th century art and theatre and the notion of actresses and their portraits as seductive, beguiling objects. Gill also looks at parallels in the ways contemporary female stars use media images to promote themselves as celebrities.
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Loved it.
katheryncruz24 2 months ago