And for those who can't wait, an exhibition entitled " Van Gogh Up Close" opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in February, while the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is currently focusing on Van Gogh's studio practice.

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Lauren Bon created and leads the Metabolic Studio, a practice of art and philanthropy.

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And an iPad-only app, TOTALe Studio HD, lets you practice the language with native speakers during prescheduled video chats.

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He created an "upside down" three-story house with a garden on the roof, the main living space on the top floor and bedrooms and a studio for Mr. Turner's practice below.

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Di Venanzo, in films like Francesco Rosi's "Salvatore Giuliano" and Michelangelo Antonioni's "La notte, " was revolutionizing the practice of cinematography, opting for natural light and shadows that the traditional studio film had found anathema.

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