To enable Theseus to retrace his steps out of the Labyrinth, Ariadne gives him a ball of thread, in return for which he promises to marry her. Once the couple escape to the island of Naxos, Theseus abandons her and sails back to Athens.
Corinth
A painting for England’s King Charles I to encourage him to make peace with Spain, left by Rubens in 1630. Its figures make clear the meaning of war, as explained here.
When you see the same face in a mirror that you presume that figure can also see, despite that being optically impossible. An exploration.
Masks as symbols of theatre and drama, in ancient times, from Noh theatre in Japonisme, in masked balls, and in carnivals.
Unusual self-portraits painted using mirrors by Courbet, Corinth, Bonnard, Gentileschi, Peeters, and Velázquez.
Pygmalion painted by Edward Burne-Jones and GĂ©rĂ´me, the painted frieze of the Parthenon, Eakins and the sculptor Rush, Lovis Corinth’s portrait, and a cheeky monkey by Watteau.
John Singer Sargent’s huge murals of classical myths, two last narrative paintings by Lovis Corinth, modern style in portraits by Anita RĂ©e, and Oleksandra Ekster’s ‘Theatrical Composition’.
Christmas trees cut in the woods, or bought in a seasonal market. Queen Marie and ordinary families gathered round, and finally falling asleep exhausted.
Portraits by Lovis Corinth, Thomas Eakins’ widow Susan, a great Estonian pastellist, and others, and insights into Pierre Bonnard’s conflicted personal life.
Paintings by David Teniers the Younger, Domenicus van Wijnen, Tiepolo, Fantin-Latour, CĂ©zanne, FĂ©licien Rops and Lovis Corinth.
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