Titian seems to have understood exactly what Vittoria Colonna wanted, and in doing so changed art.
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Moreau defined painting as “this language of symbol, myth and sign”, and this is his greatest expression of that.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 40. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Dark […]
More wonderful paintings from Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Théo van Rysselberghe, Nikolai Astrup and others.
Reduced to viewing the blossom online? Here are wonderful paintings of tree blossom from Millais, Sisley, van Gogh and others.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re allowed to do. 1: I’m not a […]
His two paintings of Salome shown at the 1876 Salon are dominated if not overwhelmed by their symbols. They are the watershed in his art.
Moreau is often claimed as a ‘father of Symbolism’, or even a Symbolist. A detailed look at his first great success at the Salon: is it regular narrative or symbolist?
Thirteen bays of four small frescoes each telling the Old Testament stories from the Creation to the building of the Temple, and four of the life of Christ.
Orlando quickly finishes off Agramante and Gradasso. Rinaldo’s love for Angelica has become an obsession, and he sets off to find her in the east.
