The fictional Marcus Sextus, Napoleon pardoning the rebels of Cairo, and Narcissus where he shouldn’t be: disinformation in history painting.
Category Archive: Painting
After his training, he returned to the city of Odesa to paint and teach others, and became a key figure in the city’s arts into the 20th century.
Perception changed with photography, and we came to interpret blur, lines and other devices as indicating motion.
Motion can be implied against the rules we learn about how the world works. It can also be shown in billowing garments.
One of King Priam’s sons falls in love with a Trojan woman late in the Trojan War. When Hector is about to duel with Achilles, what could possibly go wrong?
Milliners trimmed and sold hats to customers, which appeared to be more rewarding, and the chance to wear the latest fashions.
View by many as the start of a slippery slope to prostitution, dressmaking demanded long hours of work in return for a pittance/
Born to the north of Odesa, Ukraine, he painted Tschaikowski in his last year, and scenes from life in the country.
Two birds associated with different beliefs: Hera or Juno’s peacocks, and the white dove as a physical manifestation of the Holy Spirit.
Two birds associated with myth: Zeus’s eagle, often used to indicate his presence in disguise, and the symbol of night and wisdom, the owl.
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