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A Blossom Festival in paintings 1

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Reduced to viewing the blossom online? Here are wonderful paintings of tree blossom from Millais, Sisley, van Gogh and others.

March 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The horse with wings: 1 Pegasus

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From Mantegna and dancing Muses, through Rubens and Rochegrosse with the legend of Perseus, to a portrait by Odilon Redon.

March 7, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Myrrh in paintings: 2 Adoration and penitence

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Myrrh makes its appearance as one of the 3 gifts of the Magi, then as an attribute of Mary Magdalene. A history in paintings by Bosch and others.

December 22, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Words in Paintings 2: References and explanations

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It’s sometimes hard to read a painting without understanding an inscription. Masaccio, Rossetti, Moreau, Corinth and Botticelli gives us some clues.

July 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

King Arthur’s women: 1 Morgan le Fay

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The Circe of Arthurian legend, for much of the time she battles with King Arthur. But when he is mortally wounded in battle, they are reconciled. Stories in paintings.

May 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

A Terrifying Beauty: Medusa 2

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How Perseus came to behead Medusa, and how her head restored order to the worst wedding reception ever. In paint, of course.

May 5, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Sight of Sibyls 2

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Paintings from 1750 on didn’t show ‘Christian’ sibyls, but returned to their classical meaning. Then came Turner’s marvellous narrative landscapes.

February 10, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Two Scenes in One Painting: multiplex narrative from 1600-1947, and in Asia

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Even Poussin used this narrative form. Here are other example right up to 1947, including paintings by Corot, Munch, Corinth, and others.

August 27, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Lovers die swimming the Hellespont: the tragedy of Hero and Leander

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Boy meets girl but has to swim a mile in treacherous waters to keep meeting her. When she tells him how she burns with passion, he pushes his luck in the sea.

March 2, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 59 – Troy and the birth of Achilles

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The trickery involved in building the first city of Troy results in its destruction. How Achille’s parents marry, and what happens at their wedding.

November 20, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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