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God of the Week: A guide and contents

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From Aesculapius to Zeus, key features of each of the major male deities in classical myths, and links to individual articles here.

March 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Comical Canvases: Humour in paintings 2

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Humorous paintings of animals and children, and well-known stories such as Salome, and Don Quixote, leading to an inspiration for Surrealists.

March 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings in a Country Churchyard 2

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Churchyards and graveyards in the darker side of French history, in Egypt, and in deep countryside by the fjords of Norway.

January 31, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1920: Landscapes 3

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More modern landscapes by Paul Nash, Anna Hills, Lesser Ury, Lovis Corinth, Pierre Bonnard, Emily Carr, and Joseph Stella’s Cubist masterpiece.

December 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Christmas trees in paintings

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Long popular in Germany, Christmas trees spread across Europe and North America in the 19th century. Some seasonal paintings.

December 27, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1920: Portraits

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Featuring paintings by Paul Helleu, Anita Rée, Anna Hills, Pierre Bonnard, Edvard Munch, Lovis Corinth and others.

December 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of reading and books 2: Woman reading

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From a naked woman devouring novels, through a class of young Breton girls, to Berthe Morisot’s and Lovis Corinth’s women reading.

November 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Dionysus (Bacchus)

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From bizarre origins as his mother was consumed by fire, and he completed gestation in Zeus’ thigh, to his marriage to Ariadne on the island of Naxos.

November 9, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painting sculpture: 1 Senses, rude Romans, and sculptors

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Although painting and sculpture are closely allied, it’s curious to depict sculpture in painting. Examples range from early grisailles to ribald depictions of the Roman god Priapus.

October 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Prodigal’s Return in paintings 1

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The popular parable from the Gospel of Luke, told in paintings from the 17th century, including Rubens, Rembrandt, and Murillo.

October 17, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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