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Orlando Furioso: Angelica rescued and the orc slain

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Ruggiero rescues Angelica, but is unable to kill the orc. After they fly off together, he tries his luck but she becomes invisible and escapes. Orlando then kills the orc and rescues Olimpia.

November 8, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Orlando Furioso: The orc’s vile appetite, and skewered Frisians

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How an orc came to eat a woman each day, and Angelica is kidnapped to provide its next meal. And how Orlando got to fight Frisians to save a marriage.

October 29, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Dream 1

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Painting dreams relies on a compositional convention to show both the viewer’s image of the dream, and that of the dreamer.

October 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Orlando Furioso: Introduction

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Under the patronage of the d’Estes, Ariosto drew on Carolingian and Arthurian legend, and classical myths, to create his epic. With superb paintings to accompany.

October 1, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Napoleon of Painting: the bicentenary of Théodore Chassériau 2

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Born 200 years ago today, he should have been one of the major artists of the 19th century, but died when he had only just turned 37.

September 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Napoleon of Painting: the bicentenary of Théodore Chassériau 1

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A pupil of JAD Ingres when he was only 11 years old, his first work exhibited at the Salon when he was only 16: a precocious and brilliant narrative artist.

September 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Caves 1: Sacred to Mythical

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Before folk history changed with the concept of human evolution, caves were sacred places inhabited by hermits, or figures from myth.

July 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Divine Comedy: Inferno 4 Lust

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The Second Circle of Hell, in which those whose sin was lust are blown by eternal storms. The story of Paolo and Francesca, and many wonderful paintings.

March 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Ossian: The painting of a literary hoax?

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Between 1778 and 1815, many narrative painters painted stories from Ossian, based on myths claimed to have been discovered and collected by a Scottish poet, which could well be a hoax. Does it matter?

December 3, 2018 General, Language, Life, Painting

Too Real: the narrative paintings of Jean-Léon Gérôme, 3

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In 3 years, he swung from conventional to highly novel narrative, covering themes of assassination, cynicism, prostitution, and looking.

July 20, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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