Sketches and studies are the richest evidence for the artistic in craft-dominated processes required to turn those into a painting.
Raphael
Claude Lorrain’s view of Delos, Leonardo’s Virgin of the Rocks, several versions of the Flight to Egypt, including one by William Blake, and more.
Paintings by Botticelli, Raphael, Velázquez, Gerard ter Borch, and Vermeer, including an unusual Madonna in which the Virgin Mary is writing the Magnificat.
Son of Zeus and Leto, he has broad responsibilities from archery to prophecy. Popular in paintings, examples from Raphael, Moreau, and others masters.
A celebration of painted dragons in European art, including Moreau, William Blake, Raphael, Tintoretto and others.
Nine daughters of Mnemosyne representing each division of the classical arts. Paintings from Raphael to Moreau.
Three to seven sisters who guard Hera’s golden apples in a land ‘to the west’, painted by Burne-Jones, Leighton, Turner, Sargent, and more.
In the Renaissance, the unicorn wasn’t legendary at all, but had appeared in classical accounts of natural history. It was as real as a rhinoceros.
A brief overview of his career, with some of his finest paintings, and links to more detailed accounts.
Why did the Pre-Raphaelites want to return to the ‘purity’ of painting before Raphael? Did they succeed?
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