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Arcimboldo

Paintings of the Four Elements: 1 to 1600

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In the century from 1560, many artists painted allegories of the four elements of the classical world: earth, air, water and fire. Here are some fine examples.

February 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Divine Comedy: Inferno 5 Gluttony

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Here, the rain comes down in sheets, with snow and large hailstones. First an encounter with the three-headed monster dog Cerberus, then a chat with an old acquaintance.

March 22, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Four Seasons: Before Poussin

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Derived from books of hours, paintings of the four seasons started to appear in the late 16th century. Here are Arcimboldo, de Momper, and the Brueghels.

November 24, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Autumn 1: 1573-1895

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From Arcimboldo’s vegetable portrait to the height of Impressionism with Monet and Pissarro, some of the finest paintings of the season.

October 13, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 79 – Pomona Seduced and Anaxarete Petrified

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How Vertumnus tried to trick Pomona into loving him, then told her a threatening story. Neither worked: it was being himself that won her in the end.

March 19, 2018 General, Language, Life, Painting

Other Gardens: The Vegetable Patch on Canvas

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Gardens aren’t just for flowers, and paintings of vegetable gardens can be just as good art as the most resplendent roses.

March 11, 2017 General, Painting

Sophonisba Anguissola: My family and others

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How could a woman succeed as an innovative professional painter during the Renaissance, and live to the age of 92?

February 11, 2017 General, Painting

A personal language: Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s unique portraits

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His vegetable-rich portraits are unique in painting. Were they just jokes and whimsies, or is there something more substantial to them?

April 30, 2016 General, Life, Painting

Carlo Crivelli and his cryptic cucumbers

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The humble cucumber becomes a symbol of fine art, and is added to a sacrament.

February 20, 2016 General, Life, Painting
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