The goddess Ceres, The Last Supper, and the supper at Emmaus, Easter Sunday bread in Ukraine, bread as charity and the daily bread.
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St George’s Chapel, Windsor; a Spanish sacristy; Church of St Francis of Assisi; Basilica of St-Denis; Tanum and Uvdal Stave Church; Lincoln Cathedral; Reims Cathedral.
From the maid washing the linen and Cinderella to fashionable homes of prosperous artists in Nordic countries, we fill a lot of cupboards, dressers, sideboards and others.
The origin of Helen, perhaps, ready to be served to Mercury and Jupiter, caged in Rome’s Capitol, or cared for young girls.
A nocturne by Luce, Hokusai-inspired waves by Lacomb the Nabi sculptor, Moret’s coastal views, and two portraits by Elizabeth Nourse.
Paintings of alpine meadows, often used as summer grazing in the transhumance. Men from the lower valleys took their livestock up to the plateau to graze for the summer.
Weaving turned yarn into fabric ready to make into garments. Associations include industry, passing time, fidelity, and the myth of Arachne.
Maternal love, Oedipus and the Sphinx, and a naked courtesan unveiled before a court of men, all demonstrate how important is gaze.
More superb paintings from the end of the nineteenth century, including the amazing Martin’s unique merger of Symbolism and Divisionism.
Features paintings by Carl Larsson, Renoir, Mary Cassatt, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, Lovis Corinth, and others.
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