When you see the same face in a mirror that you presume that figure can also see, despite that being optically impossible. An exploration.
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Raphael’s ten tapestries for the walls of the Sistine Chapel, many cartoons painted by Francisco Goya for the Royal Factory in Santa Bárbara, paintings by Edward Burne-Jones for tapestries woven for William Morris, and more.
A brief overview of the plot of Tasso’s epic, complete with links to all the articles, and a selection of the best of paintings.
One of the founding American masters, sole pupil of the founder of the Hudson River School, his landscapes are meticulously detailed and painted in the studio from many plein air oil sketches.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 357. Here are my solutions to them. 1: John’s afterword […]
Suddenly popular in paintings from around 1880, the story of Pandora and her box brought many interpretations, and remains a story of our time.
A strange ancient Greek myth of the creation of woman was hardly ever painted until the 19th century. Even then, only one depicted the crux of the story until it became popular late in the century.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: John’s afterword […]
The talaria fashioned from gold by Vulcan for Hermes as messenger of the gods, and lent to Perseus when he was sent to bring back the head of Medusa/
How the introduction of secular, free and mandatory education in the French Third Republic was depicted at the time, from cradle to doctorate.
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