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Painting sculpture: 1 Senses, rude Romans, and sculptors

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Although painting and sculpture are closely allied, it’s curious to depict sculpture in painting. Examples range from early grisailles to ribald depictions of the Roman god Priapus.

October 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Rural Midwest: paintings of Grant Wood

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Beyond his most famous painting ‘American Gothic’, Wood shows life in the rural Midwest, and tells stories of Paul Revere and George Washington.

March 20, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Not a Pre-Raphaelite History Painter: Ford Madox Brown 1842-55

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From Byron’s Faustian play ‘Manfred’ to the effects on family of the Crimean War, his paintings were often richly narrative, and only gently Pre-Raphaelite.

January 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Henry Clay Frick and his collection

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Controversial and an ardent anti-unionist, Frick was an eclectic collector of art. Three Vermeers, Rembrandt, Goya, Renoir, and Whistler are among its treasures.

December 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Symbols in painting before Symbolism 1400-1800

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The use of symbols in paintings from the Renaissance to the start of the nineteenth century, with van Eyck, Rubens, Girodet, and others.

October 5, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Crowded Cities: paintings of urban crowds 1

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Crowded streets in town and cities, from Jan van Eyck in 1435 to Pasini’s market in Constantinople in 1877.

September 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Crown Jewels: Precious stones in paintings 1

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If you thought glassware was tough, try painting gems and jewellery. Here are a few paintings where this has worked, including two of Rembrandt’s.

September 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Work in Progress: van Eycks’ Ghent Altarpiece

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One of the most important works of art in Europe, it was started by Hubert van Eyck, but completed by his younger brother Jan. Here’s its story.

August 6, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

The first Italian Master in oil: Antonello da Messina 2

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His time in Venice brought a succession of masterpieces, including the large San Cassiano altarpiece, a Salvator Mundi, and Virgin Annunciate which were highly influential.

August 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The first Italian Master in oil: Antonello da Messina 1

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Vasari claimed that he was trained by Jan van Eyck, but he probably learnt under an Italian artist in Milan before becoming the first Master in oils.

July 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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