Keeping the aspidistra flying in the homes of the respectable middle classes, in paintings from Carl Larsson to Paul Signac and Harriet Backer.
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More secular stories from Belgian coal mines, the Kalevala, Nabi public gardens, family life, to the 12 panels of the Ghent Altarpiece and Japanese woodblock prints.
Three panels, hinged together, first for an altarpiece, later for secular narratives. Examples from 1420, through those of Bosch, to the Eve of St Agnes by Arthur Hughes.
Ulysses visits Circe’s island, where his crew are turned into swine. When she tries to do the same with him, he refuses. They marry and spend a year together.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 304. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Glance […]
The harrowing of Hell, and the Resurrection in the paintings of William Blake, Jan Brueghel the Elder, William Holman Hunt, and others.
From the way of the cross, ascending Calvary, to the Crucifixion, descent from the cross, pietà, and entombment.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Glance at […]
From Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, through the Last Supper, to his trials and crowning with thorns.
A survivor from Ulysses’ crew gives a brief account of the encounter between Ulysses and the Cyclops Polyphemus, and its outcome.
The Eclectic Light Company 