Stag-head oaks that have lost their crown, fallen branches, a small flourish of leaves, a massive trunk that has lost its roots, remains left after felling, the destruction of wildfires and warfare.
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From yachting in Cowes, moving east along the Channel coast to end at the extreme eastern tip of Kent, with paintings from William Dyce, Walter Sickert, Paul Nash, William Holman Hunt, William Powell Frith and others.
A journey along the Channel coast from Land’s End in the far west, reaching the Isle of Wight, with Clarkson Stanfield, Thomas Girtin, John Brett, Paul Nash, JMW Turner and others.
Little used for 400 years, in the 19th century painters extended their scenes by including reflections seen in a mirror. Here are some significant examples.
New series describing and illustrating how reflections have been painted in European and American art, from the early Renaissance to the 20th century.
Louis Blériot’s flight across the Channel in 1909, biplanes in the air war in 1914-18, and the Battle of Britain seen from a distance in 1941.
They tried to lure Odysseus and his crew to their deaths, and the same with Jason and his Argonauts. With the head of a beautiful woman and the legs of a bird, their singing was alluring to sailors.
Modern and mixed media such as wax crayons, pencils, oil pastels, oil sticks and oil bars have become increasingly popular, although many age poorly and most have to be kept under glass.
The star of Bethlehem from Giotto to Blake, a solar eclipse seen in Spain in 1905, Donati’s comet, and two impossible events with the sun and moon together in the sky.
More views of rolling chalk hills in the south-east of England, here from Edward Stott, Spencer Gore, Paul Nash, Eric Ravilious, and others.
