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Pages: 324, Edition: First Edition, Paperback, Hill and Wang

Jean-Leon Gerome (11 May 1824 - 10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as Academicism. The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits and other subjects, bringing the Academic painting tradition to an artistic climax.

The Cock Fight by Jean-Leon Gerome. The Jean-Leon Gerome painting on this page is available from A1Reproductions.com as an affordable handmade museum quality oil painting reproduction on canvas.

The Cock Fight by Jean-Leon Gerome. The Jean-Leon Gerome painting on this page is available from A1Reproductions.com as an affordable handmade museum quality oil painting reproduction on canvas.

The Cock Fight by Jean-Leon Gerome. The Jean-Leon Gerome painting on this page is available from A1Reproductions.com as an affordable handmade museum quality oil painting reproduction on canvas.

The Cock Fight by Jean-Leon Gerome. The Jean-Leon Gerome painting on this page is available from A1Reproductions.com as an affordable handmade museum quality oil painting reproduction on canvas.

The Cock Fight by Jean-Leon Gerome. The Jean-Leon Gerome painting on this page is available from A1Reproductions.com as an affordable handmade museum quality oil painting reproduction on canvas.

Like two roosters in a fighting arena, the Dominican Republic and Haiti are encircled by barriers of geography and poverty. They share one Caribbean island, but their histories are as deeply divided as their cultures: one French-speaking and black, one Spanish-speaking and mulatto. And just as the owners of game-cocks contrive battles between their birds (a favorite sport in both countries) as a way of playing out human conflicts, Haitian and Dominican leaders stir up nationalist disputes or cultural...

French 1824-1904 Jean Leon Gerome Galleries French painter, sculptor, and teacher. Son of a goldsmith, he studied in Paris and painted melodramatic and often erotic historical and mythological compositions, excelling as a draftsman in the linear style of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. His best-known works are scenes inspired by several visits to Egypt. In his later years he produced mostly sculpture. He exerted much influence as a teacher at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; his pupils included Odilon...

An engaging social history of Hispaniola. Constantly at each other throats in a confined space on the one hand (and egged on by their powerful neighbor to the north), Haiti and the Dominican Republic are divided by history, race and class. They also share deep cultural traditions including the cockfight itself. (CRB46, $16.00)

On the left side of the mock Christ figure, a happy little man with a wart on his forehead writes out "Bets." Next to him a dour fellow holds a bag with a cock's head sticking out of it; the cock seems to smile with naïve interest in the fight. In contrast to the trainer's solemnity a toothless man beside him laughs hysterically, and a third fellow in his shirtsleeves points vehemently to his coin in the arena. Behind this group a deaf cripple is addressed without effect through his horn. Above him...

Law enforcement officials have documented a strong connection between cockfighting and the distribution of illegal drugs. This is a two color print on an organic shirt.