It pays to welcome strangers, and to help them rest and recover, particularly when they turn out to be Jupiter and Mercury. A wonderful story, and 4 superb paintings.
Rembrandt
A shocking story of the abduction of a young girl by the king of the underworld, but told with sensitivity. And accompanied by some outstanding paintings.
Even when you’re the King of Kings, being depicted in art is not easy. There’s one masterpiece by Rembrandt which is perhaps appropriate to the ruler of the greatest empire of its time.
Coming in several modalities, touch is taken for granted, and least used in the arts. Paintings of and about touch are spectacular and ingenious, but there is ample scope for more.
Dancers, fauns, and the inevitable femmes fatales dominated his paintings before the outbreak of war.
Looking and sniffing at one of the toughest non-visual theme for paintings. Can any go beyond mere allegory and ev0ke the sensation?
Less than 30 lines of the book are devoted to the abduction of Europa, which has become its best-known and most-often painted story.
Greek painted pots, a pair of gold earrings, and a rude quiver: how they led a beer advertisement into danger.
Berlin, the vibrant city of modern arts, brought love and marriage – and a brief reprise of Salome too.
When he was in Munich, he did much more than just drink lots of red wine and champagne. Here are his experimental paintings from the period.
The Eclectic Light Company 