Stories told in series of separate paintings by Francisco Goya in 1806, Augustus Egg in 1858, Louis Janmot in 34 images around 1850, and Edward Burne-Jones’ ill-fated Perseus Series of 1875-88.
Janmot
More paintings from Louis Janmot’s epic Poem of the Soul, Walter Crane’s concise Bridge of Life, and a selection from Edvard Munch’s second Frieze of Life, exhibited in 1902.
Series of paintings showing the journey of life are unusual. Here are excerpts from Poussin’s Seven Sacraments, Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life, and the start of Louis Janmot’s 34-image epic.
Giorgione’s Tempest, Cuyp’s Thunderstorm over Dordrecht, Delacroix, a prairie on fire, and viewing lightning safely indoors.
Myths of the strange births of Venus, Bacchus, Helen and Adonis, the Nativity, and Ford Madox Brown’s son.
Christian visions of Heaven or Paradise are usually less of a location than an array of figures. Examples from 1475-1916.
We journey on, through Thomas Cole’s classical city, to the Garden of Armida, briefly to Paradise, past the submerged city of Ys, ending up in a Surrealist vision of the Dorset coast.
Features Harriet Backer’s masterpiece, and paintings by Giorgione, Ford Madox Brown, Jules Breton and his daughter, and others.
Every lightning bolt tells a story, with paintings by Rubens, Richard Wilson, Poussin, John Martin, Adam Elsheimer, William Blake, and more.
Only Tintoretto and Louis Janmot have dared show their visions of Paradise. For others including Bosch, it couldn’t be envisioned.
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