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Reading visual art: 12 Long hair and the spirit

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The stories of Samson, whose prodigious strength depended on not having his hair cut, and Mary Magdalene, who dried Christ’s feet with her hair.

November 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Ship of Fools

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An allegory of a flawed democracy by Plato, a fragment of a triptych by Bosch, then two paintings in 1922 and 1930. What is its meaning?

November 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 2 The Sirens, Calypso and Nausicaä

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Odysseus and his crew survive their encounter with the Sirens, but the hero has to endure 7 years with Calypso before he meets Nausicaä.

November 6, 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

Goddesses of the Week: Horai (Horae), the Seasons or Hours

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They range in number from 3 to more than a dozen, have various names and roles, but in paintings are most commonly followers of the sun chariot.

December 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 13: Rescuing Amoret

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Britomart meets Sir Scudamore, whose lady Amoret has been abducted by the sorcerer Busirane, and is being tortured by him. Britomart to the rescue.

November 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 7: Furor and Phaedria

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An encounter with Furor which Sir Guyon manages well, a battle with Pyrrhochles, then a trip with Phaedria on the Lake of Idleness. Paintings by Palmer and Etty, and more.

September 30, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’ – introduction to a new painting series

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Six books of poetry from 1590-96 telling allegories of virtues such as temperance and chastity, with many fine paintings and illustrations.

August 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Delightfully Deadly: Sirens in paintings

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Bad girls whose beautiful voices lured sailors to their deaths, so that the women could eat them. Paintings by Etty, Moreau, Waterhouse, Rae, Nash and others.

January 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings for our time: The Ship of Fools

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What was thought to be an unusual painting by Hieronymus Bosch turns out to be part of a triptych. But what is the Ship of Fools about?

January 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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