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Burne-Jones

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 20 – Perseus and Andromeda

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An ingenious telling of the story of Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the jaws of a sea monster results in many superb paintings.

May 18, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

The Over-Exposed Warrior, the Suicide Pact, and the Almond Tree

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The Pre-Raphaelites lived intense and passionate lives. For Edward Burne-Jones, 1869 and 1870 were almost disastrous, when both art and life became too controversial.

March 19, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Highlights of the painting articles of 2016

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A look back at some of the series and some surprises which you might have missed over the last year.

December 31, 2016 General, Life, Painting

Tyger’s eye: the paintings of William Blake, 9 – Jacob’s Ladder and the stairway to heaven

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The visual tradition of a stairway to heaven appears quite recent. I propose that Blake was its originator.

December 5, 2016 General, Language, Painting

Into the Light: Annie Swynnerton

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Elected the first woman Associate of the Royal Academy since it was founded, she had a very individual style, with a unique visual richness.

November 21, 2016 General, Painting

Sir Edward Poynter, a British Gérôme? 1, to 1879

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Reviled through the twentieth century, in his day he was one of the most eminent British artists. Is he due a revival?

October 19, 2016 General, Painting

John Roddam Spencer Stanhope: a different Pre-Raphaelite

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His early paintings were narrative and highly original. From the 1870s they changed, becoming more Aesthetic.

October 18, 2016 General, Painting

The Forgotten Pre-Raphaelite: Marie Spartali Stillman, 1 – to 1883

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Initially a favourite model, she became an accomplished and original painter in watercolours, whose works were seen across Europe and in the US.

September 22, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Andromeda rescued 2

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Concluding the analysis of narrative paintings showing Andromeda’s rescue from sacrifice to Cetus, the sea monster.

May 25, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Andromeda rescued 1

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First of two parts looking at the many great paintings of Andromeda’s rescue from sacrifice to Cetus.

May 24, 2016 General, Painting

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