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The New Year in paintings

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It’s a good story that the first month of the year is named January after the two-faced god of transitions, Janus. It’s a shame that isn’t exactly true.

January 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A History of Rome in Paintings: 2 Etruscans

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Were they descended from survivors of the city of Troy, or perhaps they were Greeks? Did the Romans welcome or exterminate them?

August 23, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Spartan Way of Life

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Classical history paintings are rarer than those of myth. Even fewer show the most anomalous of classical societies: the Spartans.

July 29, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Apelles, the oldest Master of all

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Accepted as being one of the greatest painters of all time, he has inspired other Masters including Tiepolo and Botticelli.

June 9, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Why do angels have wings?

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Did the ancient Etruscans invent the angel, later to be used in Christian paintings?

May 29, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: genocide and an Etruscan tomb

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Isn’t it odd to have paintings of gruesome deaths and murder of Trojan captives in your family tomb? A mystery unravelled.

May 28, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: index of well-known narratives 2 classics

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Covers 56 well-known narratives from classical Roman and Greek sources, with example paintings.

March 26, 2016 General, Language, Painting

Book review: The Cambridge History of Painting in the Classical World, edited by JJ Pollitt

“The Cambridge History of Painting in the Classical World” edited by JJ Pollitt Cambridge, March/April 2015 Hardback, 22.5 […]

March 19, 2015 General, Painting
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