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Silent Hunters of the Night: paintings of owls 1

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Symbols of the night, and through association with Athena/Minerva, for wisdom and learning. Owls in paintings to William Blake.

January 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Art and Science: 2 Synthetic pigments

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As a primary colour, blue is essential in painting. The quest for the right blues has spanned the world and resulted in a succession of synthetic pigments which have influenced art.

December 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 10: Madness in the mountains

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In which a young noble starts telling the story as to how he came to pay penance in the mountains, but never finishes. The theft of Sancho’s donkey, and Don Quixote feigns madness.

May 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 9: The chain gang and the dead mule

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They meet 12 convicts, who Don Quixote frees before they stone him. On the run, they head for the mountains where they come across gold and a dead mule.

May 11, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 8: The cloth mill and Mambrino’s helmet

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The pair grow scared of noises in the night. When they finally investigate, it’s just a cloth mill. They meet with a barber wearing his bowl on his head, which become the legendary helmet.

May 4, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 6: Nightmare at the haunted castle

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After being badly beaten by a group of muleteers, the pair stay at an inn to recover. But the night proves a nightmare, and escaping the next day isn’t easy either.

April 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Celebrating the bicentenary of Ford Madox Brown: 3 Successful work

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Two major works in his later years: ‘Work’, showing a crowded street in Victorian London, and 12 large murals for Manchester Town Hall.

April 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 5: A Burial

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In which Don Quixote and Sancho Panza attend the burial of a local shepherd who died of unrequited love for a young shepherdess.

April 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Gloves in paintings: 2 Fashion

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Gloves have long been objects of fashion: paintings from Fantin-Latour’s portrait of Manet to Khnopff’s mysterious symbolism.

March 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Introduction to a new series: Don Quixote

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Starting a new series, looking at paintings of the first modern European novel. With its deep humour, Cervantes’ masterpiece has been extensively painted.

March 9, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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