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Goddess of the Week: Iris, the rainbow

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Not just a pretty atmospheric effect, she’s a messenger of the gods, and is involved in many myths. Superb paintings by Guérin, Fuseli and others.

February 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Hebe

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Goddess of youth, and cupbearer to the Olympian deities, she was a popular guise for portraits, and shown in a few mythological paintings.

December 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

A History of Rome in Paintings: 6 War with the Tuscans, and defending the bridge

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Rome saved from invasion of Lars Porsena and his Tuscans/Etruscans, by the bravery of one man, Horatius Cocles.

September 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Aphrodite (Venus)

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Often an excuse for a classical nude, at least two paintings show her clothed, and many reveal her love affairs.

July 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Bring on the Elephants – in European painting 1

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Painted by Bosch, the animal painter Paulus Potter, Charles Le Brun, and others. Best known from Hannibal’s crossing of the Alps.

October 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Look at My Eyes: Reading gaze in paintings

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Look where the figures are looking: that helps you read many paintings. Fine examples from Moreau, Gérôme, Lovis Corinth, Velázquez, and others.

August 24, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Bridges in paintings: Before Impressionism

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Bridges have had huge impact on man, but aren’t normally considered aesthetically attractive. Paintings from van Eyck to Jongkind show increasing interest among artists.

July 13, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: 17 Putting it all together

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From fresco to varnish: a succinct summary of all the different media which have been used in painting, with links to more detailed articles.

July 9, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: 13 Paper and cardboard

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Good for watercolour and pastels alone? Paper and cardboard have also been used extensively for oil sketches, and more.

June 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: 7 Pastels

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Developed in the mid 1600s, pastels are often considered to be the ‘purest’ form of painting, in which pure pigment is applied to the ground.

April 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

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