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Not Like That: Introduction to a new series on paintings that have changed

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Paintings that don’t look like they were intended to be, from Leonardo’s Last Supper, to Manet’s cut-up Execution of Emperor Maximilian.

February 3, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Egypt 1: History

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A little of the history of Egypt, from Books of the Dead in 1300 BCE, up to Napoleon’s campaign there between 1798-1801.

December 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Children at Play 2

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More paintings by those brave enough to tackle children on their own, from William Merritt Chase and Carl Larsson to Pierre Bonnard.

September 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 7: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1

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His most popular comedy inspired a new sub-genre in painting, ‘faery painting’ in the 19th century. Here’s the first act and a bit, with paintings by Dadd and Paton.

July 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Fountain of Life 2

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From Ondines, who kill men by their curse, to a frozen fountain in Agubbio, and parks in New York, Paris and Rome.

May 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 5 Voyage and Return, Orpheus and Eurydice

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The fourth ‘basic plot’ is the story of voyage and return, for which we turn to Ovid’s account of this couple, and a dozen superb paintings. But does the model fit?

November 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 3 Return to Ithaca

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Odysseus finally arrives home, but has to decide what to do with more than 100 suitors to his wife Penelope.

November 7, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Selene (Luna), the Moon

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Easily confused with Artemis (Diana), her sign is the crescent moon, and her lover is Endymion, who despite sleeping forever, fathered her 50 daughters.

March 1, 2021 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Asclepius (Aesculapius)

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God of medicine and the healing arts, he has several unusual myths and features, including a strange relationship with a snake when he was a child.

January 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddesses of the Week: The Charites or Graces

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Aglaea (representing splendor), Euphrosyne (mirth), and Thalia (good cheer), who together represent the better aspects of human nature, bit got Burne-Jones into trouble.

January 11, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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