In the weaving contest between Arachne and Minerva, used by the Fates, cropped to weaken Samson, in the Annunciation, or simply for cutting.
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New series describing and illustrating how reflections have been painted in European and American art, from the early Renaissance to the 20th century.
Links to each of the articles in this series, and to many other previous articles. Covers painting in the provinces forming the Dutch Republic between 1600-72.
Trained first as an engraver, he avoided oil paints altogether, working in conventional watercolour, mixed media, and developed two distinctive techniques, one of watercolour monoprints, the other using glue tempera.
A mystic dies from burns after an ordeal by fire, Jerusalem is put under siege, then on 13 July they take the Holy City and start massacring its inhabitants. Few return alive to Europe.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 346. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Shift for […]
More influence in paintings by van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Gauguin, the Nabis sculptor Georges Lacombe, Helen Hyde, and Colin Campbell Cooper.
How woodcut ukiyo-e prints took Europe by storm after the reached Paris in about 1856, and influenced Whistler, De Nittis, Vedder, Zorn, van Gogh and others.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Shift for […]
Axes for human sacrifice, execution, demolition of a bridge to save the city of Rome, as symbols of authority leading to Fascism, and cleaving a hazelnut for fairies.
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