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Velázquez

Reading visual art: 18 Spinning

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Spinning natural fibres like wool into yarn was “women’s work” and had several connotations, here explored in paintings, and the origin of the word ‘spinster’.

December 8, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 10 Gaze, looking away

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Ignored bodies, a complex chain from the head of John the Baptist, and Velazquez’s royal portrait which omits the King and Queen,

November 4, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Thread of Time in paintings 2: Threads

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Paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby, William Dyce, Walter Crane, JW Waterhouse, Velázquez and others with allusions to the thread of time.

January 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Landscape Composition: 17 A short history

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From Giorgione, Dürer and Altdorfer to Turner, Pissarro, Monet and Renoir: landmarks in the composition of landscape paintings.

December 22, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 6 Comedy, the tale of Demodocus

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Comedy is unusual in paintings, and where it occurs, it’s more usually a visual joke. But there are exceptions in a tale-within-a-tale from Homer.

November 26, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Landscape Composition: 5 Real landscapes

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From the Flemish artist Paul Bril, to Claude Lorrain, and then through the French ports of Claude-Joseph Vernet to the oil sketches of Valenciennes.

October 5, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Francisco Goya: 9 The dangerous Majas

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His last royal commission before the war with France, and his most important, a macabre scene of cannibalism, and two surprising majas.

August 18, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Blur in paintings: 2 depth and movement

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Blurring for dramatic effect, and to mimic photographic depth of field effects, were used in the 19th century, but motion blur came later.

August 8, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life History: A place at the table

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Four centuries of paintings of tables laid up ready for the consumption of food, with several variations. From Clara Peeters to the modern burger.

July 20, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Francisco Goya: 1 Zaragoza and Rome

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After a 4-year apprenticeship, Goya struggled to get further training. He spent two years in Rome, but on his return won his first major commission, for a huge fresco.

June 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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