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Life is Short: 2 Painters killed in pandemics

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Titian died of the plague, and Austrian artists were badly affected by the influenza pandemic of 1918, losing both Klimt and Schiele.

January 10, 2021 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Dionysus (Bacchus)

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From bizarre origins as his mother was consumed by fire, and he completed gestation in Zeus’ thigh, to his marriage to Ariadne on the island of Naxos.

November 9, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Artemis (Diana)

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A virgin goddess who is sometimes the major goddess of childbirth, or the great mother of nature. A huntress and goddess of the Moon.

October 26, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Here be Orcs and Sea Monsters in paintings

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Scenes from Perseus and Andromeda, and Orlando Furioso, by Veronese, Moreau, Burne-Jones, Vallotton and others.

August 30, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Zeus (Jupiter)

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Many myths concern his endless adulterous rapes of mortals and subsequent pregnancies, but there’s also Philemon and Baucis.

August 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paradise Lost: Book 9 in paintings and illustrations

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The climax: Satan enters the serpent, and tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. Adam and Eve are undone.

July 7, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Eros (Cupid)

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Was a primordial deity, attendant at Aphrodite’s birth, or her son by Ares/Mars? When did he get his bow and arrows? Answered in fine paintings.

July 6, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: Aphrodite (Venus)

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Often an excuse for a classical nude, at least two paintings show her clothed, and many reveal her love affairs.

July 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Goddess of the Week: The Birth of Aphrodite (Venus Anadyomene)

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Some of the greatest figurative artists including Botticelli, Titian, Poussin, Boucher, Ingres, Moreau, and Joseph Stella.

June 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Habsburg King and his friend

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Much more than just a court painter, Velázquez rose from the ranks to become the King’s friend, and ultimately died as a result of his royal duties.

June 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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