Purples
Purples — Tyrian and beyond

Purple was restricted by sumptuary law in ancient Rome — only the emperor could wear Tyrian purple, extracted at enormous cost from murex sea snails. The color carried that association with power and rarity through Byzantine mosaics, medieval manuscripts, and into Baroque painting. It never fully shed the connotation of being above your station.

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The Dawning

The Dawning

Arthur B. Davies

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Three Horses

Three Horses

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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La plage violette

La plage violette

Édouard Vuillard

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Nu renversé à la draperie

Nu renversé à la draperie

Raoul Dufy

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Sunset

Sunset

Emilie Mediz-Pelikan

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Birches at L'Étang-la-Ville

Birches at L'Étang-la-Ville

Édouard Vuillard

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From Jerusalem

From Jerusalem

John Singer Sargent

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Château de la Soie

Château de la Soie

Ernest Biéler

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The Gathering

The Gathering

Maurice Denis

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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

William H. Johnson

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Portrait

Portrait

William H. Johnson

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Portrait of a Woman in a Rocking Chair

Portrait of a Woman in a Rocking Chair

William H. Johnson

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Little Girl in Orange

Little Girl in Orange

William H. Johnson

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Black Moon

Black Moon

Karl Hofer

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Deep Twilight, Pyrenees

Deep Twilight, Pyrenees

James Dickson Innes

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Mondaufgang

Mondaufgang

Hans am Ende

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Approaching Storm

Approaching Storm

Louis Michel Eilshemius

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Marine

Marine

Paul Sérusier

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Untitled (Textile Design No. I)

Untitled (Textile Design No. I)

Frances Hodgkins

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Tulpen

Tulpen

Christian Rohlfs

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Garten im Orient (1937)

Garten im Orient (1937)

Paul Klee

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Two Nudes in a Room

Two Nudes in a Room

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Kühe im Herbst

Kühe im Herbst

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

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Horses at Palma

Horses at Palma

John Singer Sargent

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Morning on the Seine near Giverny

Morning on the Seine near Giverny

Claude Monet

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Le soir sur l’étang

Le soir sur l’étang

Alphonse Osbert

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Tempest (1925)

Tempest (1925)

Zdzisław Jasiński

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