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Painting the Distant Past: Charlemagne 2

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Charles knelt at the altar in front of the Pope on Christmas Day 800. When he rose, he was wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Emperor. A surprise perhaps?

September 29, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Distant Past: Charlemagne 1

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The Father of Europe, responsible for a renaissance during the Middle Ages, and Holy Roman Emperor – seen in paintings.

September 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Évariste Carpentier’s evolving art 1

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A fellow-student of Emile Claus, he painted scenes from the Vendée uprising, then took to history painting at the end of the 19th century.

April 6, 2019 General, Life, Painting

From revenge at the Salon to the Nabis: the Robert-Fleurys 1

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Joseph-Nicolas taught his son Tony, who like his father was an academic history painter with a taste for human disasters. He also taught at the Académie Julian in Paris.

February 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 6 Spinners

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Is it just a quirky re-telling of the myth of Arachne and her weaving contest? What do the foreground and background have in common? A superb visual riddle, perhaps.

February 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 5 Sibyl and Spinners

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A sibyl, or an allegory of painting? Maybe the ‘maid of Corinth’ who legends says ‘invented’ painting. And are they spinners, or the story of Arachne?

February 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

More Than Portraits: the paintings of Diego Velazquez 4 From Mars to Venus

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Three religious paintings, including two skilfully-told narratives, a history, and the only nude of his to have survived.

February 13, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Jerusalem Delivered: 14 Heroes and Heroines

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Tasso’s narrative is as complex and interwoven as these six leading characters, from the pious Godfrey to the scheming sorceress Armida.

December 17, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Jerusalem Delivered: 13 Summary and highlights

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Twenty cantos summarised with the very best of their paintings by Delacroix, Teniers the Younger, Domenico Tintoretto, Poussin, Tiepolo, and others.

December 10, 2018 General, Life, Painting

The Alhambra: 1 History

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Time for a long weekend in the warmth of Granada, Spain. Here’s some history of the palaces of the Alhambra in paintings by Regnault and others.

December 7, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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