When art imitates art.

A remarkably self-aware installation at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Gallery 218. Three works collectively stage what Renaissance theorists called the paragone, the competition between painting and sculpture, and answer it with deliberate ambiguity.

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Today's Flickr photo with the most hits was taken in the Art Institute, Chicago. A canvas by Rousseau.

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CULTURE AND THE CITY, #Chicago Metro Edition. #Museums #ArtInstitute

http://teepee12.com/2025/09/17/culture-and-the-city/

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits was taken in the Art Institute, Chicago; the miniature rooms. This one - a Georgia Plantation House.

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Today's Flickr photo with the most hits was taken in the Art Institute, Chicago.

'Portrait' of Francis of Assisi, by Rubens, 1615.

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