Artist pronunciation list

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Note to every undergraduate art history student in America: Read this before I hear another presentation on Ingres. 

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This guide is meant to provide acceptable pronunciation for names and other art words for English-speaking North Americans. In many cases it only gives an approximation of the native language sounds.

Arles    -  arl
Bosch, Hieronymus  -  heer-AHN-ih-mus  bosh
Botticelli, Sandro  -  SAN-droh  boht-ee-CHEL-ee
Bouguereau, Adolphe William  -  BOO - gehr - oh   (spoken)
Brancusi, Constantin  -  KAHN-stan-teen  BRAHN-koosh  (also: brahn-KOO-see)
Braque, Georges - zhorzh  brahk
Bruegel, Pieter - PEE-tur BROO-g’l (often:BROY-g’l)

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