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Burne-Jones

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 53 – Pygmalion and his statue

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An unusual transformation, from statue to person, which has been widely retold. A superb series from Burne-Jones, more from Gérôme, and Regnault – fine paintings.

October 30, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 31 – Tereus, Philomela and Procne

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One king trusts his daughter into the care of his son-in-law, another king. What happens next is horrific, and shown brilliantly by Artemisia Gentileschi and Rubens.

July 4, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 21 – Perseus and Medusa

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Not just superb paintings, but one of the great visual tropes of Western art, and one of the best wedding speeches ever.

May 24, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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

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