From herons flying above the fields and rivers, to the bustling streets of Paris and New York. Then taking to the air among the clouds of war.
history of painting
Long before any person took to the air, artists were already imagining World Views of major land battles and the countryside around them.
His final and unusual paintings, of Ovid in exile in Scythia, his last shipwreck, the Education of Achilles, and Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains.
Janus, Hecate, the personification of Deceit, Cerberus guardian of the Underworld, and the Lernean Hydra.
In the late 19th century, Ukrainian painters started local art schools, and their students went on to make art in increasingly modern styles.
Was Odysseus killed by one of sons? Or was it the droppings of a passing heron, which contained the poisonous spine of a stingray?
Through misunderstandings, 18 months of illness, and with the help of two assistants, he painted the last major works of his career.
An exquisite miniature, the Virgin among a group of virgin saints, the Madonna and Child with Milk Soup, the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, and more.
Born in what’s now the Netherlands, he trained in Italy. Soon after his return to northern Europe he settled in Bruges.
As a Cyclops, Polyphemus had only one eye, whereas Juno’s servant Argus had a hundred or more. Here they are in paintings.
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