Julius D. Kaplan is an American

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who in 1999 was appointed professor of art at

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. He studied the art of

Gustave Moreau Gustave Moreau (; 6 April 1826 – 18 April 1898) was a French artist and an important figure in the Symbolist movement. Jean Cassou called him "the Symbolist painter par excellence".Cassou, Jean. 1979. ''The Concise Encyclopedia of Symbolism ...

, and published two books on the subject.Kaplan, Julius. (1974) ''Gustave Moreau''. Los Angeles & New York: Los Angeles County Museum of Art & New York Graphic Society. p. 7.

Selected publications

*"The religious subjects of James Ensor, 1877-1900", ''Revue Belge d'Archéologie et d'Histoire de l'Art'', 1966. *"Gustave Moreau's 'Jupiter and Semele'." ''

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'', 33 (1970), pp. 393–414. *''The art of Gustave Moreau: Theory, style and content''.

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, New York, 1972. *''Gustave Moreau''.

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, Los Angeles & New York, 1974. *''Symbolism: Europe and America at the end of the nineteenth century. An exhibition at the Art Gallery California State College, San Bernardino, April 27 - June 10, 1980''.

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, 1980. *''Kate Steinitz art and collection: Avant garde art in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s''. San Bernardino State College, 1982.

References

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