How Hercules and Achelous came to fight one another over the hand of Deianira, resulting in one of the river god’s horns being wrenched off to become the Horn of Plenty.
history of painting
Pointillisme in the city, with Henri-Edmond Cross and Paul Signac, with more by John Singer Sargent, in the early years of the 20th century.
Maurice Prendergast,Henri-Edmond Cross, Martín Rico, Walter Sickert, John Singer Sargent, and others paint the canals.
First popular in the Dutch Golden Age, paintings of interiors enjoyed success during the 19th century, when they were favourites of the avant garde.
Stories of shape-shifters who could morph readily into animals and even inanimate objects. Includes Proteus, Erysichthon’s daughter, and leads on to Achelous himself.
Paintings by Martín Rico, a Spaniard who painted in Venice ever summer, and died in the city, Renoir, John Henry Twachtman, Frank Duveneck, Boudin, and others.
Landscape and history painter who progressed from realist, through Barbizon to Impressionism, then his views caught fire. Spectacular landscapes indeed.
She continued to paint during the final years of her life, expressing her concern at deforestation. Here are some of her most radical works.
More from Raphael, Reynolds, and the artist’s family of Frédéric Bazille, Lovis Corinth and others. All you need to know is who, where and when.
From Rembrandt to Velázquez, Goya, Courbet and Fantin-Latour, reading group portraits can be complicated and demanding.
The Eclectic Light Company 