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Characters in Painted Stories: 8 Tragedy, Orestes 2

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Having murdered his own mother in revenge for her murder of Agamemnon, Orestes is hounded down and driven mad by the Furies.

December 3, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 7 Tragedy, Orestes 1

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The story of Orestes, son of Agamemnon, King of Mycenae and commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War, who was murdered by his wife.

December 2, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 36: Guests of the Duke and Duchess

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The pair meet a Duke and Duchess who have already read the adventures of Don Quixote, and play the game that he’s a knight errant.

November 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Good knights in paintings 2

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An early photo by Julia Margaret Cameron, and paintings by Vasnetsov, Rochegrosse, Walter Crane and a whole series by Lovis Corinth.

November 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Good knights in paintings 1

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Paintings of knights in armour from Raphael in c 1502, through Ingres’ rescue of Angelica, to Arthurian legends and the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

November 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 6 Comedy, the tale of Demodocus

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Comedy is unusual in paintings, and where it occurs, it’s more usually a visual joke. But there are exceptions in a tale-within-a-tale from Homer.

November 26, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 35: By boat on the Ebro

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Finding an empty boat on the bank of the Ebro, the pair drift out on a new adventure to rescue a knight or queen in distress. The result is disaster.

November 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 34: The puppet massacre and a retreat

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Don Quixote runs amok at a puppet show, destroying all the puppets, then has to beat a hasty retreat when Sancho brays out of turn.

November 22, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 5 Voyage and Return, Orpheus and Eurydice

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The fourth ‘basic plot’ is the story of voyage and return, for which we turn to Ovid’s account of this couple, and a dozen superb paintings. But does the model fit?

November 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 4 The Quest

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How paintings of the Aeneid, Jason and the Golden Fleece, and Homer’s Odyssey match up with the basic plot of The Quest.

November 12, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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