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Reading visual art: 22 Feet

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Barefoot and sometimes surprising, as Christ washes the disciples’ feet, and other feet are missing altogether. Barefoot means poverty too.

December 23, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 3 The Grim Reaper

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The Grim Reaper, complete with scythe, first appeared in the Middle Ages and became popular in the 19th century. It’s one of the few phrases drawn from visual art.

October 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Children at Play 1

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Never paint children or animals, says the rule. This tribute to artists who ignored the rule shows work by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Goya, and others to Mary Cassatt.

September 10, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Gorgeous Landscapes 2: Lessing to Hodler

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More gorges from Edward Lear, Frederic Church, Signac, Thoma, Hodler and others, from the Alps to Iran.

June 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Start of the Year: Paintings of Spring 1

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This is when the year should really begin. A celebration of the real New Year from Botticelli to Pissarro, aided by Sisley, Van Gogh and others.

March 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

In memoriam Eugen Bracht 1

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Landscapes which are quietly unusual, and one of the Symbolist masterworks of the 19th century, after which he turned Impressionist.

November 8, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 2 The Sirens, Calypso and Nausicaä

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Odysseus and his crew survive their encounter with the Sirens, but the hero has to endure 7 years with Calypso before he meets Nausicaä.

November 6, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 1 Polyphemus and Circe

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How Odysseus and his crew escaped the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, then became turned into pigs by the sorceress Circe.

November 5, 2021 General, Life, Painting

River in Flight: paintings of waterfalls 1

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From Tivoli, near Rome, in 1757, through the Alps with Wolf and Turner, to remote Albania as seen by Edward Lear, artist and poet.

July 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Chloris (Flora), Spring

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One of the most frequently painted of the classical deities, this is out of all proportion to her tiny role in the pantheon. From Ricci to Waterhouse.

February 9, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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