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The cypress tree in paintings 1

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In the more southern parts of Europe, the tree most strongly associated with churchyards and graveyards, representing grief.

August 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 60

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through whatever you’re now allowed to do. 1: An arduous […]

August 15, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’ – its illustrators

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Illustrated editions of the epic became most popular towards the end of the 19th century, when Walter Crane created the finest.

August 14, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’ – introduction to a new painting series

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Six books of poetry from 1590-96 telling allegories of virtues such as temperance and chastity, with many fine paintings and illustrations.

August 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 5: When near Rome

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A selection of sky-rich oil sketches made in the Roman Campagna during the first half of the 19th century.

August 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Art of Anders Zorn 6: Presidents and Saunas

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A portrait of Grover Cleveland, who had until recently President of the USA, an impudent nude, and girls frolicking in the sauna.

August 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Zeus (Jupiter)

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Many myths concern his endless adulterous rapes of mortals and subsequent pregnancies, but there’s also Philemon and Baucis.

August 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 59

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 59. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Above […]

August 10, 2020 General, Macs, Technology

The Wanderer in paintings 3

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The figure appears in later landscapes, including one by Martín Rico, and a pastel by Millet, before being radically revised by Ferdinand Hodler.

August 9, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Wanderer in paintings 2

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The wanderer with his back to the viewer takes on new life with Thomas Fearnley. Is he the artist’s alter ego?

August 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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