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The Psychology of the Riddle: Oedipus and the Sphinx

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Hardly painted before 1800, there has since been a succession of brilliant paintings of this story. Its focus has changed, from the tension as Oedipus tries to answer the riddle, to the femme fatale.

May 28, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Pride and Petulance: How one woman almost spared Troy

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The anger of Achilles almost brought the Greek war against Troy to a grinding halt. But is Homer’s account fair, or was there more to it?

April 16, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Théodore Chassériau: Brief brilliance

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Mentor to Gustave Moreau, his brief career showed his brilliance. Claimed by Ingres to be ‘the Napoleon of painting’.

February 18, 2017 General, Painting

Hesiod’s Brush, the paintings of Gustave Moreau: 3 The thunderclap

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He took the Salon of 1864 by storm, but was barely noticed with 2 more paintings the following year. Why?

December 19, 2016 General, Painting

Life and paintings of James Tissot: an overview

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He built his career from scratch three times, but today is known for his paintings of fashionable women. There is more to his art than that.

July 22, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Andromeda rescued 2

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Concluding the analysis of narrative paintings showing Andromeda’s rescue from sacrifice to Cetus, the sea monster.

May 25, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Ingres’ Classics

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The last of the great classical narrative painters, his huge canvases explored lesser-known tales from Greece, Rome, and Scotland.

March 16, 2016 General, Painting

Visible brushstrokes: 8. Painterly portraits

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Portraits by Reynolds, Gainsborough, Kauffmann, and others show extensive brushstrokes.

January 12, 2016 General, Painting

Pigments + technique → style: 3 up to 1850

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The period 1700 to 1850 saw the introduction of the first modern pigments, such as Prussian blue and emerald green, which started to transform paintings.

October 1, 2015 Painting

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