From William Hodges in around 1780, Edward Lear nearly a century later, and Vasily Vereshchagin at about the same time, views of the Taj Mahal and the Himalayan mountains.
history of painting
Around 1890, two aspiring painters passed through a phase of Naturalism: in Spain, JoaquĂn Sorolla, and in Sweden, Anders Zorn, both on their way to become masters.
Was it Dante’s Beatrice or Rossetti’s Lizzie? Paintings by Rossetti, Henry Holiday, Marie Spartali Stillman, Odilon Redon and others.
Dante’s beloved Beatrice seen in paintings by Washington Allston, William Blake, William Dyce, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and others.
Paintings from Erik Henningsen, Léon Lhermitte, Émile Friant, and Jean-Eugène Buland in the 1890s, towards the end of Naturalist painting.
From Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding to Velázquez’s Las Meninas, how the skilful use of mirrors can add to a painting in mirror play.
Named after the red lead pigment used to outline them, these illustrate luxury manuscript books. Examples from around 400 CE through accounts of the Crusades, to Aesop’s fables in 1530.
Following another visit to Ecuador and Colombia in 1857, he painted his masterwork ‘The Heart of the Andes’, which had to be viewed using opera glasses to appreciate its intricate detail.
Paintings by Blechen, Brendekilde, Tina Blau, William Merritt Chase and Prendergast, of the Villa Borghese, the Prater, Central Park and Prospect Park.
Paintings by West, Linnell, De Nittis, Fanner, Maitland, Manet, Menzel, Prendergast and Pissarro, of London’s Royal Parks, and the Tuileries in Paris.
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