Introduction to a series explaining the history of oil paint, effects on techniques, hence on paintings themselves.
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Also a grim story of suicidal disembowelling, and a propaganda painting for Napoleon.
Probably the latest painting of his to have survived, its rich and rollicking detail make it a great masterpiece.
A selection of the better paintings from Tissot’s 350+ on the life of Christ, and his unfinished series of Old Testament stories.
Since they were first shown at the end of the 1800s, Tissot’s 350+ paintings of the life of Christ have been controversial, but much loved.
Sublimely clear and simple paintings showing the routes to Heaven and Hell, but no one knows how they were arranged.
A major influence in Italian art in the 1800s, he was highly skilled in telling stories, and solved problems which had troubled the Masters before.
The most brilliant history painter of his early career, he became a great teacher, and influenced many artists of the 1800s, including Delacroix.
A simple story with an obvious climax to be shown. But getting the composition right proves a test even for the Masters.
Four fragments remain of what must have been an impressive and moving triptych. Here’s the reconstruction.
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