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From Pisanello and Dosso Dossi to William Holman Hunt and Richard Dadd: paintings showing butterflies.
This weekend’s entertainment for the mind: three puzzles to work out before the answers appear on Monday.
The great novelist and poet, author of Les Misérables and the Hunchback of Notre-Dame, also painted and drew over 4000 works. Here’s a small selection.
In the 19th century, readers enjoyed detective and ‘mystery’ novels. From 1850, artists like William Holman Hunt and Berthold Woltze tried the same in paint.
Emoji are no longer the only characters which come in full colour: OpenType-SVG fonts are now available in full colour too, and simple to use in macOS 10.14 and iOS 12.
He painted a succession of fine works after his return from Venice, including superb portraits, Christ at the Column, and finally Saint Sebastian.
One of the most important works of art in Europe, it was started by Hubert van Eyck, but completed by his younger brother Jan. Here’s its story.
A succinct summary of Dante’s ascent of the mountain-island of Purgatory, with the best of the paintings from Blake to Rossetti.
Here are the answers you’ve been waiting for. How many did you get this week?
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