Only the gods wore sandals in the ancient world. Then the state of your footwear told much about you, with fashion opting for the outrageously impractical.
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Two last Pre-Raphaelite artists, Evelyn De Morgan and Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, brought narrative painting to a close in the twentieth century.
Eleven of those who showed their work at the First Impressionist Exhibition have now all but disappeared.
Paintings by Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Dagnan-Bouveret, LA Ring, and others all completed a century ago.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 182. Here are my solutions to them. 1: This […]
Views painted of Cairo and other parts of Egypt, including Thomas Seddon, Alberto Pasini, Jean-Léon Gérôme and the Australian Impressionist Arthur Streeton.
A little of the history of Egypt, from Books of the Dead in 1300 BCE, up to Napoleon’s campaign there between 1798-1801.
Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: This cat with […]
Before we masked up for Covid, covering the face had connotations. Here they’re explored, from the niqāb and widow’s veil to the aversion that makes us voyeur.
In the latter half of the 19th century, a new narrative form developed, primarily among British painters: the open narrative, or problem picture.
The Eclectic Light Company 