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Reading visual art: 18 Spinning

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Spinning natural fibres like wool into yarn was “women’s work” and had several connotations, here explored in paintings, and the origin of the word ‘spinster’.

December 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Thread of Time in paintings 2: Threads

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Paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby, William Dyce, Walter Crane, JW Waterhouse, Velázquez and others with allusions to the thread of time.

January 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Good knights in paintings 2

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An early photo by Julia Margaret Cameron, and paintings by Vasnetsov, Rochegrosse, Walter Crane and a whole series by Lovis Corinth.

November 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Eating al fresco: paintings of outdoor meals 1

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A selection of meals eaten outdoors, by the gods, in Boccaccio’s Decameron, Manet’s controversial luncheon, and by a boating party.

May 8, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Staffs in paintings: 2 Shepherd’s crooks

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From the Adoration of the Shepherds to the Corydon Shepherd of Virgil’s Eclogues, they all had their crooks.

April 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene: Contents and summary of books 4-6 and Mutabilitie Cantos

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Where Britomart wins Satyrane’s tournament, Marinell and Florimell agree to marry, Artegall accomplishes his quest for Irena, and the Blatant Beast is muzzled for a while.

March 3, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Selene (Luna), the Moon

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Easily confused with Artemis (Diana), her sign is the crescent moon, and her lover is Endymion, who despite sleeping forever, fathered her 50 daughters.

March 1, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene: Contents and summary of books 1-3

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Una and the Redcrosse Knight, Sir Guyon or of Temperance, and Britomartis or Chastity: plot summary, main characters, and selected paintings.

February 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 26: Of Mutability

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Two additional cantos from a 7th book not published until after Spenser’s death. They tell of a battle between change and the gods: does change rule us all?

February 17, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 25: Pastorella captured and the Beast subdued

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Coridon is proven to be cowardly, when Sir Calidore saves Pastorella from a tiger. She’s taken captive by brigands, and her true identity revealed.

February 10, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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