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Trojan Epics: 12 Extinguishing the line

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The Greeks had three objectives: to extinguish the line of succession in the Trojan royal family; to raze the city to the ground; and to seize booty.

May 15, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Forbidden Love: Hero and Leander

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Byron, no stranger to forbidden love, swam across the Dardanelles in 1810, retracing the strokes of the legendary Leander who died trying to reach his lover Hero.

May 6, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 4 Troy and the Greek expedition

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The origins of Troy explained, Helen as a princess of Troy, and Menelaos raises an expeditionary force under the command of Agamemnon. Without wind, though, their ships can’t sail.

March 20, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 29 Motion and billows

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Motion can be implied against the rules we learn about how the world works. It can also be shown in billowing garments.

January 24, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 24 Transformation 2

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Transformations of Lycian peasants into frogs, Pygmalion’s statute into Galatea, the pregnant Myrrha, silkworm moths, and autumn.

January 6, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 17: The end of history

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Two last Pre-Raphaelite artists, Evelyn De Morgan and Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, brought narrative painting to a close in the twentieth century.

December 21, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 17 Medea as sorceress

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The complicated story of Medea, who provided Jason with intelligence and potions to enable him to steal the Golden Fleece. A femme very fatale.

December 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Late Autumn

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As the fiery reds of falling leaves change to dull earth browns, and we get the odd flurry of snow, we know that winter is almost upon us.

November 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 3 The Grim Reaper

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The Grim Reaper, complete with scythe, first appeared in the Middle Ages and became popular in the 19th century. It’s one of the few phrases drawn from visual art.

October 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the fruitfulness of Autumn/Fall 2

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From Nabi women climbing stepladders to gathering plums in baskets, with a visit to the garden of the Hesperides, and ending in the garden of Eden.

September 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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