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Delacroix

A history of history painting after 1800: to 1869

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From David’s history paintings of the end of the eighteenth century, the genre went from strength to strength, with major works by Goya, Géricault, and even Manet.

March 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Introduction to a new series: Don Quixote

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Starting a new series, looking at paintings of the first modern European novel. With its deep humour, Cervantes’ masterpiece has been extensively painted.

March 9, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Where did you get that hat? 1 Paintings of hat history

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Why did Bosch show people wearing funnels on their heads? Why the Roundheads? How to tell priestly rank by the hat, and more about chaperons and top hats.

March 6, 2021 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

God of the Week: Apollo

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Son of Zeus and Leto, he has broad responsibilities from archery to prophecy. Popular in paintings, examples from Raphael, Moreau, and others masters.

October 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Here be Monsters in paintings

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Sphinxes by Ingres and Moreau, Watts’ Minotaur, Blake’s Cerberus, Hieronymus Bosch, and more monsters.

August 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Is this a racist image, or is there a more complex account?

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Isn’t that a horrific example of racism: a white man standing on the head of a Black man? Not when you read the image carefully.

July 3, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Maids a-milking: Milkmaids in painting 2

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How to buy fresh milk in central London, what the Scythians lived on, and more. Paintings by Millet, Delacroix, Winslow Homer, and others.

May 31, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Orlando Furioso: Plot summary and best paintings 2

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Orlando discovers that Angelica has already married, and goes mad. Paintings by Delacroix, Böcklin, frescoes and Doré’s prints.

April 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Orlando Furioso: Plot summary and best paintings 1

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Summary of the plot in the first half of Ariosto’s epic, with links to detailed accounts, and paintings by Delacroix, Rubens, Böcklin, Ingres and others.

April 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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