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Changing Paintings: 60 The sack of Troy

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Alax and Ulysses vie for the arms and armour of the dead Achilles. The Greeks enter Troy and start its destruction, killing King Priam and the infant Astyanax.

March 3, 2025 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 12 Extinguishing the line

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The Greeks had three objectives: to extinguish the line of succession in the Trojan royal family; to raze the city to the ground; and to seize booty.

May 15, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Crème de la Crème: Winners of the Prix de Rome for painting 2

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The Prix de Rome changed in the 19th century. Its subjects became more obscure, and its successes few and far between.

July 4, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Orlando Furioso: Carving their names on trees

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The best known scene in the story of Angelica and Medoro, as painted by Spranger, Ricci, Tiepolo and others.

December 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Jerusalem Delivered: 5 Clorinda fights Tancred, and Armida meets Godfrey

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In the first skirmish outside Jerusalem, Tancred meets the beautiful Clorinda and almost kills her before declaring his love. Armida tries to beguile Godfrey with a tale of woe.

October 19, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 67 – The Fall of Troy

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Troy is sacked and burning, and its women being taken away as trophies. Two stories stress the horror, as a princess is sacrificed for fair winds, and a callous murder is avenged.

December 29, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Infanticide: Astyanax and making of myth

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Exploring different verbal and visual accounts of the story of the murder of Astyanax during the fall of Troy.

February 5, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting
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