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Rebirth: 1 Was there art before the Renaissance?

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First in a new series looking at Renaissance painting from Italy, centred on Florence, shows some of the masterpieces of the ‘gap’ before the Gothic.

February 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: John Turnbull Thomson painted all he surveyed

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As a surveyor and civil engineer, he was more familiar with the inside of a tent than an office. Paintings of Malaya, Singapore and New Zealand.

February 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 26: Of Mutability

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Two additional cantos from a 7th book not published until after Spenser’s death. They tell of a battle between change and the gods: does change rule us all?

February 17, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Cybele (Magna Mater), Mother of the Gods

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An exotic import until the Romans enlisted her support against the Carthaginians, her chariot is drawn by a lion and lioness – who desecrated an old shrine.

February 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Full Steam Ahead: 3 Everyday life

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In the last quarter of the 19th century, steam trains and ships moved artists around, playing an important role in introducing masters to the south of France.

February 15, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Full Steam Ahead: 2 Part of the revolution in art

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In the 1870s, Manet and Monet introduced steam trains to the world of art. At the Salon, they were met with ridicule, but became an important theme in Impressionism.

February 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Full Steam Ahead: 1 Paintings of the steam revolution

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At the start of the 19th century, industrial power came from wind and water. Within forty years, steam power was taking over. How quickly did Turner respond to this revolution?

February 13, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Painting Within Tent: Naval surgeon and artist, John Linton Palmer

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Sketches and watercolour paintings of the Pacific Coast of the Americas, from Vancouver Island to Tierra del Fuego.

February 12, 2021 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam William Blake Richmond, an Aesthetic

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Named after the artist and poet, he was precious, and went on to be a very successful portraitist. Here some of his narrative and other works.

February 11, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 25: Pastorella captured and the Beast subdued

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Coridon is proven to be cowardly, when Sir Calidore saves Pastorella from a tiger. She’s taken captive by brigands, and her true identity revealed.

February 10, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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