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Ukrainian Cossacks in paintings 2: Mazeppa

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The heavily embroidered story of Cossack hetman Ivan Mazepa was turned into a narrative poem by Lord Byron, and inspired paintings by Géricault, Delacroix, Vernet, and others.

November 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 2 Wings of Angels

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A visual history tracing wings back to their origins in messengers of the gods and messenger-gods of the dawn of civilisation, 4 millennia ago.

October 7, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painting landscapes from Rome to Paris

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Paul Bail left Antwerp, taught Tassi in Rome, who in turn taught Claude Lorrain. Claude-Joseph Vernet learned in Rome, then advised Valenciennes, and so French landscape painting came home.

September 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Shipwrecks in paintings 1

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Travel by sea was hazardous. Here are paintings of shipwrecks from Tintoretto to the early 19th century, as an introduction to The Tempest.

July 2, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Complete Angler in paintings 1

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Fishing with rod and line plays a significant part in the myth of Daedalus, and adds calm and timelessness to many landscapes.

February 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Landscape Composition: 14 Nocturnes

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Technically very challenging, most are painted in the studio, but some are quite unreal, and others suffer from the moon illusion.

November 30, 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

River in Flight: paintings of waterfalls 1

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From Tivoli, near Rome, in 1757, through the Alps with Wolf and Turner, to remote Albania as seen by Edward Lear, artist and poet.

July 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Still Life ++ : paintings of the artist’s studio 1

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These became popular during the 18th century, revealing models and those painting them, assistants, and many others. They also became complex allegories.

June 12, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings in a Country Churchyard 1

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Churchyards and graveyards in the art of William Hogarth, Caspar David Friedrich, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Louis Welden Hawkins, and others.

January 30, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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