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Part three

During the late 19th century the High Victorian concept of 'art for art's sake', where formal concerns were more important than narrative or moral content, influenced many artists. However, the taste for allegorical or instructional paintings also continued. This period produced many beautiful and richly painted works, a selection of which can be seen here.

Three women walking by a river|‘Dante and Beatrice’, Henry Holiday|

Sculpture of a barechested man‘The Mower’, William Thornycroft|

woman and baby‘Fantine’, Margaret Hall|

men struggling with each other‘Samson', Solomon J Solomon|

two nude women next to a bed‘A summer night’, Albert Moore |

people watching a bonfire‘The funeral of Shelley’, Louis Edouard Fournier|

woman ironing|‘Woman ironing', Edgar Degas|

river covered in ice‘Break-up of the ice on the Seine, near Bennecourt', Claude Monet|

woman and a fire breathing dragon‘Perseus and Andromeda’, Frederick Leighton|

two women hovering in an icy landscape|‘The punishment of lust’, Giovanni Segantini|

young woman with wings‘A sense of sight’, Annie Louisa Swynnerton|

woman dressed in a white dress‘Ophelia’, Henrietta Rae|

detail of Joseph Mayer holding cup'Joseph Mayer', William Daniels|

Psyche in the temple of love'Psyche in the Temple of Love', Edward John Poynter|

Ladies in a garden'Ladies in a garden', Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli|

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