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Reading visual art: 15 Punch and Judy

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Pierrot and Harlequin went on to be clowns in the circus, and Pulcinella became Mr Punch in popular Punch and Judy shows. And they live on still.

November 25, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 4 Danse Macabre

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A king and a bishop dance arm in arm with skeletons, in the Dance of Death. How did that come about, and why did it reappear in the 19th century?

October 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight: 0 Contents

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Full contents for this series, with lists of artists considered in each of its articles, and links to the articles.

July 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Easter: Crucifixion

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A staple product of many pro painters in western Europe for over half a millennium, and required by every church and chapel.

April 16, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight: Introduction to fabrics in paintings

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In many paintings, depiction of fabrics, textiles and other clothing materials is more challenging and important than that of flesh.

April 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Deserts 2

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When the Salons were flooding with fleshly dreams of harems, landscape artists were depicting the desert with its camels and caravans.

December 19, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Gloves in paintings: 2 Fashion

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Gloves have long been objects of fashion: paintings from Fantin-Latour’s portrait of Manet to Khnopff’s mysterious symbolism.

March 21, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Prodigal’s Return in paintings 2

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Paintings from the late 19th century, including the best of John Collier’s ‘problem pictures’, and whole series from James Tissot. Was he seeking his own redemption?

October 18, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paradise Lost: Book 12 in paintings and illustrations

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In which Michael tells Adam of the prophets to come, and the life of Jesus Christ, before leading Adam and Eve out of Paradise.

July 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

In the limelight, paintings of the theatre 2: audience

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Paintings of people watching plays, by Daumier, Degas, Renoir, Mary Cassatt, and others.

July 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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