The story of landscape paintings which are dominated by the sky, from the Dutch Golden Age to Surrealism.
Giorgione
Early landscapes constrained the sky to a backdrop. With Rubens and the Golden Age landscape painters it became the subject in its own right.
Often an excuse for a classical nude, at least two paintings show her clothed, and many reveal her love affairs.
Features Harriet Backer’s masterpiece, and paintings by Giorgione, Ford Madox Brown, Jules Breton and his daughter, and others.
At the time, Raphael was recognised as one of the most important artists in the whole Renaissance. Here’s his starting point, set by Giorgione, Perugino and others.
Before folk history changed with the concept of human evolution, caves were sacred places inhabited by hermits, or figures from myth.
Compositional techniques usually involving foreground trees which increase the depth of a picture. Explained and illustrated.
Superb paintings of lightning storms by Giorgione, Poussin, Delacroix, Constable, Bierstadt, Rousseau, Klimt, Bonnard, and Tom Thomson.
A collection of the finest paintings of the Nativity, from 1263 to the 20th century – all innovative, and some unique.
A landscape without human or animal figures often looks eery or unnatural. This new series looks at how figures are used in landscape paintings, with copious examples.
