Henry Fuseli, Ary Scheffer, Botticelli, William Blake and other artists paint the ghosts in Shakespeare’s plays and other literary sources.
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Guenevere becomes a nun, Lancelot finds and she refuses to see him again. After her death, he buries her with Arthur, then dies himself.
A nocturne by Luce, Hokusai-inspired waves by Lacomb the Nabi sculptor, Moret’s coastal views, and two portraits by Elizabeth Nourse.
Its weather is often wild, with mountainous seas. Views of its rugged coast, seaweed harvesting, and religious pardons.
A simple story of an unsuccessful attempt at abduction and rape becomes a compositional struggle. It also results in the death of Heracles.
The hills are alive with eagles, black grouse, sheep, highland cattle, deer, and even the occasional goat.
What time of day is it? How cast shadows can help or confound, a painting showing Donati’s comet that can be timed precisely, and difficulties with indoor paintings.
The sun is near the horizon, but is it dawn or dusk? How to tell them apart without trusting a title that may not be the artist’s.
The dying king is taken on a barge with Morgan le Fay, two other queens, and Nyneve, to Avalon. Later his body is returned for burial in a chapel by the lake.
How Ruggiero comes to the aid of Angelica, who has been kidnapped and left chained so can form the orc’s next meal.
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