The first in a series of 4, starts with DĂĽrer’s brilliant paintings, looks at Raphael, Hans Bol, and the beginnings of the ‘English School’.
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Patchy mobile signal coverage is a sure way to flatten your iPhone or iPad battery very quickly. There must be a better solution than Airplane mode.
A succinct summary of the biography of Degas, told with the aid of 12 of his key works, from history painting to the late landscapes.
A brilliant Spanish master, who painted the early history of the Spanish nation, fine watercolours, and daring oil sketches.
More paintings of fishing boats and fish markets on the coast, by Turner, Bonington, Monet, Zorn, Sorolla, Signac, and Paul Nash.
Painting fishing vessels under way on the coast is a challenge in the finest of weather. Here are some of the best of Turner, Friedrich, Monet, and Lepic.
The popular story told concisely by Ovid, and painted brilliantly by van Dyck, Leighton, Rubens, Brueghel, and others.
More superb pastel paintings from Vigée Le Brun, Eva Gonzalès, Manet, Helleu, and Odilon Redon bring us to the 20th century.
Everyone needs to get away from it all, but you may not realise just how badly you need a break until you are taking time out.
The early history of pastel, from Robert Nanteuil, through the brilliant portraits of Rosalba Carriera, to Maurice Quentin de La Tour, and the hyperrealism of Liotard.
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