Paintings mimicking an architectural frieze, with figures flattened into a plane parallel to the picture plane. Used deliberately by Ferdinand Hodler and others.
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The god of the seasons and gardens falls in love with a devoted gardener, but can’t woo her successfully when posing as someone else.
I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 306. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Where […]
Mr Punch and his wife Judy, and the crocodile as acted by puppets and itinerant players, and circus clowns. Paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and others.
Pierrot, Harlequin and other characters from the early professional theatre seen in paintings by Watteau, Goya and others.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Where I […]
From the Royal Parks in London at the turn of the 19th century, through the parks of Paris, Rome, Vienna, New York City and Brooklyn.
The sound of music from Vermeer, Menzel, James Tissot, Hanna Pauli, Edouard Vuillard and others, from palaces to the homes of the middle class.
Ultramarine blue for Mary’s cloak, red for the Passion, cardinals and the scarlet woman. Other colour codes, including their importance in multiplex narrative.
How ancient Egyptians painted women white and men more swarthy in colour. Separately, colour coding of devils brought similar distinctions.
