Great paintings of the masters telling Virgil’s epic of the life of Aeneas. From his conception and the fall of Troy, to his time with Dido in Carthage.
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Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Feel a dash […]
Increasingly popular during the 19th century, stories of people going from rags to riches have seldom appeared in paintings. Here are Cinderella and Robin Hood, and an explanation.
A former surgeon, friends with Whistler, Sickert, Steer and Sargent. Influential teacher and one of the British Impressionists.
Includes a chronological list of all his paintings shown in the series, together with links to each of the articles, and some of his self-portraits.
His early landscapes followed van Mander. He also expressed his love of Claude’s work, before composition dissolved into light and colour.
Four days of relaxation before Don Quixote drags Sancho Panza back out onto the road, where they witness a fencing duel.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 121. Here are my solutions to them. 1: New […]
Paintings of autumn from the early 20th century, by Jakub Schikaneder to Grant Wood.
Paintings conveying the atmosphere of autumn, from Joos de Momper in the early 17th century, to Hawkins in about 1890,
