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Orientalism: the fantasy

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Paintings of odalisques, slave markets, and Turkish baths became popular in the nineteenth century. What was the Orientalist fantasy, and why?

January 6, 2018 General, Language, Life, Painting

Impressions from Spain: The work of Marià Fortuny, 1860-69

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A precocious artist, he went from 2 years study in Rome to Morocco, where he was a war artist. There he became an orientalist.

December 16, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Telling Modern Stories: the narrative painting of Benjamin West, 3, Penn to the Death of Chatham

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In the 8 years after painting the Death of Wolfe, he attempted a few more ‘modern history’ paintings, with varying success.

November 28, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Edgar Degas: Narrative paintings to 1865

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For his first decade as a professional artist, he painted narrative works and portraits. Here are some of his little-known narrative paintings.

September 5, 2017 General, Language, Painting

Edgar Degas: A life in twelve paintings

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A succinct summary of the biography of Degas, told with the aid of 12 of his key works, from history painting to the late landscapes.

September 1, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Degas’ Circle: Before Impressionism

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Degas was nothing if not thoroughly sociable. Here are some of his more significant artistic friendships, with paintings.

August 22, 2017 General, Painting

Joan of Arc: 2 The Life

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Her image has been used by the French nation, the Catholic church, Napoleon, revanchists, romantics, feminists, and now the extreme right. Here are some of those powerful paintings.

July 2, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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

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