His late paintings were a mixture of symbolism and classical myth. Prominent are murals and a mosaic in the Library of Congress.
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Father Time, a grey-haired old man with a beard, wearing ultramarine blue, and holding a scythe and hourglass.
Epitomising human attitudes to life and death for millennia, they spin the thread of life, measure the length allotted to each person, and cut that length with shears.
From Ovid’s Metamorphoses to Goethe’s Faust, here are eight classic works of literature accompanied by superb paintings and illustrations. All free.
The first caused war between centaurs and humans, in the second many were turned into stone, and the third caused the Trojan War
Rarely painted, particularly in classical form, until the 19th century, the Grim Reaper is based on Father Time, not Thanatos.
She became quite popular in 19th century paintings, in association with Morpheus and his opium poppies.
Reading many European paintings depends on identifying classical deities shown. This new series helps you do that, and understand what’s going on.
Concludes a history of the unicorn in paint, from travellers’ tales and Paulus Potter, through Gustave Moreau into the early 20th century.
In the Renaissance, the unicorn wasn’t legendary at all, but had appeared in classical accounts of natural history. It was as real as a rhinoceros.
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