An unusual depiction of this popular theme pursues a harder line, with many details of terrible torments.
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His unique brushstrokes built form, brilliant colour, and texture in his paintings.
Known only to the French, his pointillism, Symbolism, and bold use of colour bring startling results.
Examining and explaining some of the intriguing details of this masterpiece. Does it make any sense?
One of the world’s greatest paintings, this remains controversial 500 years after it was painted.
Did he just paint fashionable women in fashionable clothing, or was there more to this hugely successful artist?
Telling the complex story of how manna saved the Israelites, and starring the master of narrative painting, Poussin.
Who is the woman martyr being crucified? How do the two wings relate to her story? There’s no shortage of mysteries here.
She succeeded at the highest level in mythology, religious works, and portraiture, and paved the way for other women artists.
Her paintings became sought after, and her themes highly innovative. But a stomach ulcer brought her life to a sudden end.
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