Glimpses into the world of children, with the 2 daughters of Joseph Coomans, an Italian family, 2 daughters of the Alma-Tademas, and several others.
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By the end of the 19th century, problem pictures were popular features in the press. Most successful of British painters was John Collier, but they soon died out in the early 20th century.
In the 19th century, literary stories changed with the coming of detective and mystery novels. In the latter half of the century, painters gained fame in problem pictures.
A strange dream offers hope when plague strikes the citizens of Rome in 293 BCE. They bring a snake back, the god Aesculapius, who saves the city and has a temple on Tiber Island.
Flax for linseed oil, walnut too, Parsifal’s romp with Flowermaidens, a Spring Fairytale from Hans Thoma, the Malibu coast, and one of the last Divisionist landscapes.
From Botticelli’s Primavera to floral meadows of the Spring, with Millais, Millet, Böcklin, Walter Crane, Dennis Miller Bunker, and an unknown Italian Impressionist.
The endless other world of chimneys and snow-covered roofs in Paris and other cities. Munch’s growing anxiety culminating in The Scream of angst.
An artist’s workshop with his assistant, several sculptors working with their models, watchmakers in Madrid, an assistant in a print shop, artisans, tinker and repairer.
Multiplex narrative, from Ancient Rome soon after 11 BCE, through Masaccio, to Corot in 1836, followed by Lovis Corinth and Benton in 1947.
Example paintings showing instantaneous, multi-image, multi-frame and polymythic narrative, from Poussin to Waterhouse.
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