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Symbols in painting before Symbolism 1800-1860

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Examples from William Blake, Caspar David Friedrich, Delacroix, and an enigmatic painting of Wales.

October 6, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Distant Past: Charlemagne 2

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Charles knelt at the altar in front of the Pope on Christmas Day 800. When he rose, he was wearing the crown of the Holy Roman Emperor. A surprise perhaps?

September 29, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Divine Comedy: Overview and list of articles

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Illustrated table of contents to all the articles here describing Dante’s Divine Comedy and the great paintings and prints that accompany it.

September 23, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Caves 1: Sacred to Mythical

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Before folk history changed with the concept of human evolution, caves were sacred places inhabited by hermits, or figures from myth.

July 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting the Intangible: The non-visual cast as a figure

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Greece, France, death, day, night and more painted by Delacroix, Waterhouse, Watts, Gérôme, Malczewski, ER Hughes, and more.

July 7, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Divine Comedy: Inferno 4 Lust

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The Second Circle of Hell, in which those whose sin was lust are blown by eternal storms. The story of Paolo and Francesca, and many wonderful paintings.

March 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Goethe’s Faust: 9 The story of Gretchen by Ary Scheffer & James Tissot

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Two superb series of paintings of scenes from Goethe’s Faust Part One, by Ary Scheffer and James Tissot.

March 4, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Introduction to Dante’s Divine Comedy

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This new series will travel with Dante and Virgil as they visit Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, looking at the many masterworks inspired by the poem.

February 27, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Goethe’s Faust: 5 Gretchen’s fall

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Gretchen and Faust become lovers, but her mother dies as a result of Faust’s sleeping potion, and he kills her brother in a sword-fight.

February 4, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Goethe’s Faust: 4 The seduction of Gretchen

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Faust lusts after the young Gretchen. Mephistopheles sets up a meeting, and the girl is soon in love with Faust, ready to do anything for him. And so she does.

January 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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