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Hogarth

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 31: King Richard III

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Paintings by William Blake, William Hogarth, Henry Fuseli, Paul Delaroche and others for this popular tragedy and history.

January 16, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 18: Towards a history

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A summary history from 1700 to the 20th century, with examples of major paintings, and links to each of the detailed articles in this series.

January 4, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 19 Weaving

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Weaving turned yarn into fabric ready to make into garments. Associations include industry, passing time, fidelity, and the myth of Arachne.

December 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 15: Human panoramas

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Two artists painted panoramas full of miniature stories, which assembled into broad summaries of contemporary society: Frith and Ford Madox Brown.

December 7, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A moment in time: clocks and time in paintings 1

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Clocks aren’t commonly featured in paintings. Here are a precious from 1655 to 1853, from William Dyce and Rossetti to Hogarth and William Holman Hunt.

October 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 5: Joseph Wright, the enlightened artist

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In a remarkable series of chiaroscuro paintings, he tells stories from the Enlightenment of science, then of the ‘invention’ of painting.

September 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 4: Hogarth extended

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Two of Hogarth’s later narrative series: Four Time of the Day, and Marriage A-la-Mode, were key in his new British narrative painting.

September 21, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 3: Hogarth’s early series

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Hogarth devised series of paintings to tell moral stories entirely visually. A Harlot’s Progress and A Rake’s Progress broke new ground in British if not European painting.

September 16, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 2: Before Hogarth

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Blocked by church doctrine, cultural shortcomings, lack of training and a preference for hiring established artists from continental Europe, narrative painting started with James Thornhill.

September 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 1: Introduction

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Suppressed by the Reformation, narrative painting didn’t really get going in Britain until the early 18th century, but made up for lost time.

August 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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