As a new exhibit at the RISD Museum makes clear, circuses have been a popular source of inspiration for artists at least since the mid-19th century. What’s more, at a time when artistic styles and standards often seemed to change with the speed of human cannonballs, circuses managed to appeal to a wide range of artists — everyone from avant-garde pioneers such as Matisse and Picasso to artists of a more traditional bent.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 20:00:00 +0000
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