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Tyger’s eye: the paintings of William Blake, 9 – Jacob’s Ladder and the stairway to heaven

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The visual tradition of a stairway to heaven appears quite recent. I propose that Blake was its originator.

December 5, 2016 General, Language, Painting

Sargent’s Allusion to an Absent Dog

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How Sargent’s portrait of a young New York bride turned into a provocative account of The New Woman.

November 8, 2016 General, Painting

Alchemy: 13 – milestones in the history of oil painting

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A summary chronology of the major milestones in the history of oil painting, with copious illustrations from the masters.

September 19, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Alchemy: 7 – Rembrandt and surface texture

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His later paintings in particular were the first major works to exploit the visual effects produced by surface texture. How?

August 27, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Into the Light: Enrique Simonet, Death and the countryside, up to 1900

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Sorolla was not the only major painter in Spain around 1900. Here are some major works from Simonet, from 1887 to 1899.

August 8, 2016 General, Painting

Alchemy: a brief history of oil painting, 1 – Overview

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Introduction to a series explaining the history of oil paint, effects on techniques, hence on paintings themselves.

August 5, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Philemon and Baucis, virtue rewarded

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An unusually moral story of the classical gods; superb paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt, Elsheimer, and others.

April 27, 2016 General, Life, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Rembrandt’s conspiracy and Batavians

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How Rembrandt’s uses lighting to enhance and add to his narrative, and how one of his greatest paintings got cut up and went to Sweden.

March 28, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Belshazzar’s Feast

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Painting a literary narrative, by Rembrandt, John Martin, and Washington Allston.

March 22, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Lucretia, the hardest narrative of all

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The strongest and most moving narrative can be the simplest: one woman and one dagger.

January 27, 2016 General, Painting

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