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Gloves in paintings: 1 Meaning

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Like eyes and the rest of the face, hands are most usually seen uncovered in figurative paintings. These paintings show gloved hands which have special purposes and meaning.

March 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Only When I Laugh: laughter in paintings 1

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Ever noticed how stern everyone looks in paintings? Here are some exceptions from Frans Hals, Murillo, Vermeer and others.

June 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Félicien Rops: The Irreverent Symbolist 2

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Mainly concentrating on the occult and erotic, his works can be hard to read, but never disappoint in originality or execution.

February 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Félicien Rops: The Irreverent Symbolist 1

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A close friend of Charles Baudelaire during his final years, Rops was an early adopter of mixed media and always original.

February 20, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: 8 Crayons, oil pastels, and more

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From Conté crayons to oil pastels, stick media have many advantages and are rightly popular today. Here are examples by Millet, Seurat, Redon, Schiele, Bonnard, and others.

May 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

The devil you know – in paintings 2

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More Western paintings of devils, from William Blake to Cézanne and Gustave Moreau. Devils become much more human, and dangerous.

January 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Emptiness of It All: Vanitas paintings

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Curious still lifes and more containing allegories about the emptiness and futility of life on earth, and its brevity. Even seen in Cézanne and Jacek Malczewski.

November 19, 2017 General, Life, Painting

If you go down to the woods: Dryads and spirits

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Wood nymphs, Dryads, and Hamadryads, painted by Evelyn De Morgan, Félicien Rops, Walter Crane, JW Waterhouse, and others. And who dresses up as wood nymphs today?

September 30, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

The meaning of tortoises

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Why are there two tortoises in the foreground of Moreau’s ‘Orpheus’? After a journey through Zen Buddhism, fables, and political allegory, the answer may be more obvious.

January 15, 2017 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: The temptation of Saint Anthony, after 1570

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For two centuries, Bosch’s innovative ideas and symbols were used in northern Europe. But after 1700, all changed again.

July 26, 2016 General, Painting
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