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They merely project modern anxieties onto the canvas of an imagined ancient Rome.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
Dubois set up a knockdown with a sharp double jab followed by a left hook, sending Harper to the canvas.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Dick’s aim is to capture the glories of the region on canvas, but he also falls for Doris Owen, his host’s daughter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
“Sinners” is a meditation on how the past’s crimes and terrors bleed into the present, rendered by a Black artist using a popular genre, horror, as half of his canvas.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
Penelope stepped closer and gestured at the canvas.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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