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Don Quixote 27: Sancho’s deception

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First Sancho convinces Don Quixote that an ugly peasant girl stinking of garlic is Lady Dulcinea, then they bump into a troupe of actors and nearly get stoned again.

September 27, 2021 General, Life, Painting

A life of Perseus in paintings 2

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From his battle with the sea monster to the deadly fight at his wedding to Andromeda, paintings by Titian, Veronese, Burne-Jones, Vallotton and others.

September 26, 2021 General, Life, Painting

A life of Perseus in paintings 1

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From conception in the rape of Danaë by Zeus, to his mission to bring the head of Medusa to King Polydectes, paintings by Klimt, Burne-Jones, and others.

September 25, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Francisco Goya: Black Paintings 2

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The remaining seven Black Paintings, a double portrait of the artist with the doctor who had saved his life, and a heartfelt painting of Saint Peter.

September 23, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Francisco Goya: Black Paintings 1

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In 1819, Goya retired to live in a villa just outside the chaos of Madrid. On its walls he painted 14 nightmare visions. Here are seven of them.

September 22, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 26: Off to El Toboso

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After last ditch attempts to stop them, Don Quixote and his squire Sancho Panza are off on their third sally, this time heading for Lady Dulcinea in El Toboso.

September 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 1 Introduction

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A series to examine visual development of figures within narrative paintings, according to their type of plot. The fall of Icarus used as an example.

September 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Francisco Goya: Repaying debts

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Some important paintings from 1815-19, including two religious works with deep personal meaning. Goya’s paintings are now dominated by black.

September 15, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Don Quixote 25: Preparing for the third sally

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Sancho Panza gives a different story of how his donkey was stolen, and he decides to join Don Quixote on his third sally as a knight errant.

September 13, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Francisco Goya: Rebellion

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In 1814, following the restoration of the Spanish monarchy, Goya painted four works showing the uprising of 1808. One of these is now a major work of the European canon.

September 8, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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