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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

A Weekend in Wales: paintings 1

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Paintings by Richard Wilson, John Sell Cotman, James Ward, Samuel Palmer, Hans Gude and others showing the landscapes of Wales.

December 11, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Good knights in paintings 1

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Paintings of knights in armour from Raphael in c 1502, through Ingres’ rescue of Angelica, to Arthurian legends and the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

November 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Autumn Views 1

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Paintings conveying the atmosphere of autumn, from Joos de Momper in the early 17th century, to Hawkins in about 1890,

October 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Fruit of the Sea: Paintings of seashells 2

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Seashells appear in Turner’s myths, Dyce’s fresco for Queen Victoria, twice in Elihu Vedder’s work, and in Odilon Redon’s. And a story from Rubens about seashells and colour.

June 6, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of reading and books 1: Learning and devotion

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Reading and the book in paintings from 1235 to 1849, a period in which they were mainly associated with religious devotion.

November 20, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Poseidon (Neptune)

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God of the sea, there’s more to him than the white-bearded ancient mariner. Paintings by Crane, Poussin, Dyce and others.

August 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The story of painted narrative 1

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Easily told in words, stories are harder to paint. Here are five main methods used, explained and shown in examples from the masters.

February 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The best-known unknown woman in art: Beatrice Portinari 1

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Claimed to be Dante’s beloved, Beatrice Portinari has become one of the most painted women in history. But she may have been symbolic rather than physical. Paintings by Blake and others.

November 9, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Symbols in painting before Symbolism 1800-1860

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Examples from William Blake, Caspar David Friedrich, Delacroix, and an enigmatic painting of Wales.

October 6, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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