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Shipwrecks in paintings 1

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Travel by sea was hazardous. Here are paintings of shipwrecks from Tintoretto to the early 19th century, as an introduction to The Tempest.

July 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Easter: Resurrection

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The other half of the festival of Easter has been painted far less. Yet without Resurrection, Easter and all Christian belief would be worthless.

April 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

A Woman’s Work 1: Laundry in a Landscape

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Looking at paintings of women doing their laundry in a landscape view in historical context.

August 19, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Storms, 1 Magnasco to Aivazovsky

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Includes brilliant paintings of coastal storms by Vernet, Constable, JWM Turner, and Courbet.

August 16, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Coast: Introduction to a new series on landscape painting

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Where land, sea, and sky meet. Sought-after and hugely popular in fine weather, the forces of nature are most obvious in storms. The cradle of Impressionism and more modern painting.

August 2, 2017 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Alessandro Magnasco, a maverick

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His rough and gestural style turned his dark tales into the stuff of nightmares.

April 10, 2016 General, Painting
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