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Feuerbach

Amazons at War

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They fought the Greeks in one of the three major wars of ancient times, before that against Troy. Paintings by Rubens, Feuerbach, von Stuck and others.

February 11, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Jason and the Golden Fleece 2

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Once he has the Golden Fleece, Jason is pursued by Medea’s father. They make away in his ship the Argo, but he later abandons Medea, and everything goes wrong for them both.

October 31, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Pigment: In Monet’s shadow, Chromium Oxide and Viridian

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Two pigments: straight Chromium Oxide, which is rather dull, and the more intense Viridian. Paintings by Böcklin, Renoir, Manet, Monet, Seurat, van Gogh, and Cézanne.

June 8, 2018 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Amazons: 1 War

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More popular today than in classical Greece, these warrior women could have been an opportunity to redress the balance between genders. Here they are at war.

June 24, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Sorcery Seldom Succeeds: Painting Medea

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Princess, sorceress, seductress, wife, mother, and vengeful filicide – one of the most complex characters to paint. Known from her letter in Heroides, and a lost work by Ovid.

May 7, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Feuerbach’s falsies

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Unheard of now outside Germany, his narrative paintings look straightforward at first. But when you try reading them…

March 29, 2016 General, Painting
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