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Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 27 – Arachne and Minerva

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Rich in wordplay, this story is almost unique to Ovid. It was oddly prescient of his own later banishment too.

June 16, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Two Marriages of Great Convenience: 2 The exchange of princesses

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Marie’s plan to bring peace to Europe is implemented in double royal weddings. The paintings say it brought a new age to France, but history says otherwise.

June 11, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Two Marriages of Great Convenience: 1 Marie de’ Medici’s grand plan

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An introduction to some of the history and panegyric behind Rubens’ Marie de’ Medici Cycle, in the Louvre.

June 10, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 24 – The rape of Proserpine

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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.

June 6, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

King Cyrus the Great: 2 Hell hath no fury

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Was Cyrus an evil conqueror with a lust for blood? How a legendary queen became a role model for European monarchs, with the visual support of Rubens.

June 4, 2017 General, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 21 – Perseus and Medusa

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Not just superb paintings, but one of the great visual tropes of Western art, and one of the best wedding speeches ever.

May 24, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 20 – Perseus and Andromeda

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An ingenious telling of the story of Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the jaws of a sea monster results in many superb paintings.

May 18, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Rubens’ Peace and War: 2 The cost of war

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With no diplomatic mission to accomplish, and an open commission, Rubens was free to express his experience of war.

May 14, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Rubens’ Peace and War: 1 Fighting the peace

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When you’re a great narrative painter and a diplomat, one painting might be all that is needed to secure a peace treaty.

May 13, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Cross-Dressing, Feminism, and the Greek Demi-God

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At the heart of Deianira’s letter to Hercules was the strange story of his enslavement to Omphale. Here are the paintings.

April 3, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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