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In memoriam Piero di Cosimo, who died 500 years ago 3

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He continued to paint distinctive stories from classical mythology, including fine accounts of the fight between Lapiths and Centaurs, and Perseus and Andromeda.

April 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

In memoriam Piero di Cosimo, who died 500 years ago 2

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Unusual themes include a forest fire, the discovery of honey by Bacchus, early landscapes and hunting scenes.

April 5, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting in Italy around 1500 2: Change

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Paintings by rising stars including Michelangelo, Giorgione and Raphael. The state of paintings of secular stories from classical and literary sources.

April 3, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Nils Jakob Blommér: 1 Norse Myths

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One of a group aiming to create a national Swedish art in the mid-19th century, he painted Norse myths in the period 1846-50.

February 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Animals Went in Two by Two in paintings

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Raphael and Tintoretto creations, Noah’s thanksgiving, Bosch, and two wonderful paintings of Orpheus and the Animals.

February 6, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 0 Summary and contents

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Does analysis of literary plots offer anything to the understanding of visual narrative in painting? A journey through some of the best painted stories in quest of the answer.

January 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Thread of Time in paintings 2: Threads

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Paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby, William Dyce, Walter Crane, JW Waterhouse, Velázquez and others with allusions to the thread of time.

January 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Thread of Time in paintings 1: The Fates

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Painting time as a concept is very difficult. Once solution is to show the Fates, as depicted by Rubens, Goya, Burne-Jones, Jacek Malczewski and others.

January 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 11 The moment of change

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Do Booker’s Seven Basic Plots reduce to a series of events leading to a change in fortune (reversal, peripeteia), and establishing the outcome?

December 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 10 Oedipus

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One of the famous painted narratives, Oedipus and the Sphinx proves an exception to all rules, but is glossed over in discussion of the literary narrative.

December 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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