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Modern Christmas paintings: Nativity

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Modern interpretations of this highly popular theme in Christian religious painting, from William Blake to Joseph Stella in 1929-33.

December 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1922: Narrative

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A glimpse inside Botticelli’s studio, an artist who foresaw his own death, an unusual Birth of Venus, the Ship Fools, and more painted stories from 1922.

December 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting the surreal before Surrealism 2

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Examples from Gustave Moreau, Georges Clairin, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Paul Nash, Joseph Stella, and Nikolai Astrup.

September 5, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Fruit of the Sea: Paintings of seashells 1

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Huge clam shells were a common feature in paintings of the birth of Venus, and other classical myths. They also feature in many ‘vanitas’ paintings.

June 5, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: A guide and contents

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From Aphrodite to Vesta, a reference summary of all the major Classical goddesses, with links to individual accounts.

April 5, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1920: Landscapes 3

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More modern landscapes by Paul Nash, Anna Hills, Lesser Ury, Lovis Corinth, Pierre Bonnard, Emily Carr, and Joseph Stella’s Cubist masterpiece.

December 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Nativity: Innovation

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Nine very different nativities, from the apocalyptic warnings of a martyr, through the Emperor Augustus, to Maurice Denis’ nativity in a contemporary French town.

December 26, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Palm Saturday: Palm trees in paintings 1

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In search of warmth during winter, we go in search of palm trees. In these secular paintings, they appear in modern conservatories and on the Mediterranean coast.

December 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Rhythm in paintings: Poplars and people

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From Monet’s rhythmic arrays of poplar trees on the banks of the River Epte to Holder’s arrays of figures, more examples of this technique.

November 15, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Athena (Minerva)

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Wisdom, crafts including weaving, and warfare, she’s a popular figure in paintings from Mantegna to Klimt, and a contestant in the Judgement of Paris.

October 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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