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Celebrating the tercentenary of Johann Heinrich Tischbein, painter of Hermann the German

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A senior in three generations of German painters, who is notable for his paintings of the victorious Arminius, or ‘Hermann the German’.

October 3, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paradise Lost: Invitation to a new series

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When completely blind, likely to be arrested and sentenced to death, with the remains of the English state around him, John Milton wrote one of the greatest works in English.

May 7, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The collector who taught Poussin classics

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At his third attempt, the young Poussin made it to Rome, where he found an unusual patron who was an obsessive collector and friend of Galileo.

April 7, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Corydon: 1 Stories of shepherds

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Shepherds and shepherdesses painted in stories, from classical myth, through the Bible and Christ’s nativity, to epic poetry, including Milton’s Paradise Lost.

April 27, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The best of 2018’s paintings and articles 2

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Review of paintings and related articles published here in the second half of 2018, starring Tintoretto, Gérôme. Bonnard, Schiele, and Poussin.

December 31, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Jerusalem Delivered: 14 Heroes and Heroines

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Tasso’s narrative is as complex and interwoven as these six leading characters, from the pious Godfrey to the scheming sorceress Armida.

December 17, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Jerusalem Delivered: 13 Summary and highlights

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Twenty cantos summarised with the very best of their paintings by Delacroix, Teniers the Younger, Domenico Tintoretto, Poussin, Tiepolo, and others.

December 10, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Jerusalem Delivered: 12 Rinaldo saves Armida, and Jerusalem is delivered

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The last challenge to the delivery of Jerusalem is the attack of the massed army of the Egyptians. It brings Armida’s reconciliation with Rinaldo, and more fine paintings.

December 4, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Jerusalem Delivered: 11 Erminia saves Tancred

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With an army from Egypt on its way, the crusaders have no time to lose. Rinaldo removes the spells preventing them from cutting timber, and they are soon assaulting the city of Jerusalem.

November 27, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Jerusalem Delivered: 10 Rinaldo rescued

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Rinaldo recovers his senses, and feels ashamed. He rushes off to rejoin the crusaders, but Armida pleads with him to stay. When he refuses, she seeks vengeance.

November 20, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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