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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

Modern Christmas paintings: Nativity

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Modern interpretations of this highly popular theme in Christian religious painting, from William Blake to Joseph Stella in 1929-33.

December 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Egypt 2: Scenery

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Views painted of Cairo and other parts of Egypt, including Thomas Seddon, Alberto Pasini, Jean-Léon Gérôme and the Australian Impressionist Arthur Streeton.

December 18, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Egypt 1: History

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A little of the history of Egypt, from Books of the Dead in 1300 BCE, up to Napoleon’s campaign there between 1798-1801.

December 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 20 The face covered

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Before we masked up for Covid, covering the face had connotations. Here they’re explored, from the niqāb and widow’s veil to the aversion that makes us voyeur.

December 16, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 14 Bring on the clowns

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Clown figures including Harlequin, Pulcinella and Pierrot are derived from the commedia dell’arte, a favourite of Watteau and other painters.

November 24, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 9 Gaze, looking towards

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Maternal love, Oedipus and the Sphinx, and a naked courtesan unveiled before a court of men, all demonstrate how important is gaze.

November 3, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 1 Introduction

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Rediscovering our iconology and visual tradition, starting with a Ship of Fools, Death and the Maiden, Truth coming out of her well, and the wings on angels.

September 30, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Vasily Vereshchagin’s Travel Paintings

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One of the most travelled painters in history, here are views of Turkestan, India, western Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Japan.

August 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of the revolution in agriculture 1

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Reading the history of agriculture in landscape paintings tells the story of the revolution that has taken place over the last 500 years.

August 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

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