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Reading visual art: 28 Peacock and dove

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Two birds associated with different beliefs: Hera or Juno’s peacocks, and the white dove as a physical manifestation of the Holy Spirit.

January 19, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 26 Dreams modern

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From Blake onwards, dreams often take over the whole view, with the dreamer the only link to reality. Examples from Blake, Rossetti, Hodler and others.

January 13, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 16 Circe and sorceresses

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Paintings of sorceresses, who combine dark arts and seduction. Circe with Odysseus and Scylla, Melissa, Armida, Morgan le Fay and others.

December 1, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of fans

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Paintings from Watteauto George Bellows showing this popular fashion accessory, sometimes used for surreptitious communication between lovers.

August 27, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 4: Measure for Measure

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Almost banned in the 19th century, only one scene has been painted extensively, but that could refer instead to either of two of Tennyson’s poems.

July 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Thatched Cottages 1

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Once the mark of rural poverty, thatched roofs were common throughout the countryside of Europe. Here are some up to the 1890s.

February 27, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 12 Telling a familiar story

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Until the 19th century, narrative paintings showed stories which the viewer already knew, ideally at the moment of change or transformation.

January 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 10 Oedipus

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One of the famous painted narratives, Oedipus and the Sphinx proves an exception to all rules, but is glossed over in discussion of the literary narrative.

December 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The 700th anniversary of Dante’s death: 2 His writing

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To celebrate the life and work of Dante, a small selection of paintings inspired by the Divine Comedy, and his ‘Vita Nuova’.

September 12, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The 700th anniversary of Dante’s death: 1 His life

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The great Florentine poet and writer Dante died of malaria on 14 September 1321, 700 years ago this Tuesday. A celebration of his life in paintings.

September 11, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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