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Piranesi

Painting the Fountain of Life 1

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From sacred symbols in a mosaic of Theodora and the Adoration of the Lamb, to roadside watering holes, and the town’s fresh water supply.

May 21, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the surreal before Surrealism 1

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Examples of surreal visual art from Bosch in about 1500, through Piranesi’s Imaginary Prison, Richard Dadd, to Félix Vallotton in 1892.

September 4, 2021 General, Life, Painting

A History of Rome in Paintings: 23 Aesculapius comes to town

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The curious legendary origin of a now vanished temple to Aesculapius on Tiber Island in Rome, shown in paintings and engravings.

January 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

A History of Rome in Paintings: 20 The Capitoline Hill and Tarpeian Rock

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Key parts of the background of paintings of the story of the rape of the Sabine Women, this hill was originally a fortress, then the major temple to Jupiter.

December 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

A History of Rome in Paintings: 19 More martyrs

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A saint banished to the island of Patmos, a history wound around a column, and a megalomaniac emperor strangled in his bath by a professional wrestler.

December 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Piranesi’s 300th anniversary: 2 Imaginary Prisons

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Sixteen extraordinary etchings from a really wild imagination, published in two editions during his lifetime. A founding inspiration to Gothic-Romantic and Surrealist art.

October 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Piranesi’s 300th anniversary: 1 Antiquities

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He made about 2,000 prints, overwhelmingly views of Roman ruins. They remain a reference for artists, archaeologists and antiquaries.

October 3, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Next year in paintings: Raphael, Anders Zorn, Modigliani and more

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Look for series covering the life and paintings of Raphael, the Swedish Anders Zorn, Amedeo Modigliani, and articles on others with anniversaries this year.

January 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting
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