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A short history of shadows in paintings 2

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Telling a story using shadows, and the nineteenth century controversy over the colour of shadows.

November 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life History: Fish

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An unusual but apparently addictive theme for still life paintings: fish, from Chardin’s ray to the performative art of William Merritt Chase.

August 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life History: Eccentricities

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A parrot, coral, snuffed-out candles, human skulls, worn-out boots, a bottle of poison and a syringe: all objects in still life paintings.

August 10, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life History: A place at the table

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Four centuries of paintings of tables laid up ready for the consumption of food, with several variations. From Clara Peeters to the modern burger.

July 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life History: 4 Rays, copper, and scythes in the 18th century

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With the Rococo in full swing, still life painting was left in the hands of the popular eccentric Chardin, and the brilliant Anne Vallayer-Coster.

June 4, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Anyone for Badminton? Its early history in paintings 1

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When was the sport of badminton first played? These early paintings, including William Blake’s ‘The Fly’, look promising but show a children’s game instead.

September 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painting Reality: 2 Origins

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From their genre roots in the Dutch Golden Age, through Géricault and Courbet, to the social realism of Millet, Manet, and most of all Lhermitte.

December 11, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Out of the Shadows: Limits and controversy

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Why do Canaletto’s gondolas not have shadows? Where did Cézanne get his shadows wrong, and why, and what colour are shadows really?

November 4, 2018 General, Life, Painting

A Woman’s Work 2: Portrait of a Laundress

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The majority of portraits and genre paintings of women washing clothes are thoroughly demur, without the slightest innuendo.

August 20, 2017 General, Life, Painting
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