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Judith and Holofernes: 2 Target or trophy

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Paintings by Giorgione, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Elisabetta Sirani, Goya, Horace Vernet, Jules Lefebvre, Klimt, Kolo Moser, and Franz von Stuck.

October 15, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Bathsheba and King David: voyeurism rewarded 2

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Paintings from Rembrandt’s second version to Cézanne and Franz von Stuck show the triumph of privileged male power.

October 1, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Painting on the edge: introduction to a series on blur

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The human visual system seldom sees blur, and the great majority of paintings don’t show it either. This series explores the use of blur in paintings.

September 22, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Susanna and the Elders 3

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Paintings by Chassériau, Franz von Stuck, Lovis Corinth, and Félix Vallotton telling this story.

September 4, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 64 Damned to impossible tasks

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The punishments of Sisyphus, the Danaïds, Ixion, Tityus, Tantalus and Ocnus told in paintings by Titian, Claude, John Singer Sargent, and others.

July 12, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Legends of Orpheus in paint: 1 To the underworld

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The greatest bard, musician and poet in classical Greek myth. Paintings from Paulus Potter, Poussin, Jan Brueghel the Elder and others.

July 8, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 59 Aegis

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An attribute of the goddess Athena (Minerva), it consists of the image of the face of Medusa on a shield or breastplate.

June 7, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 57 Tridents and bidents

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Neptune’s trident has three tines, while Pluto’s is a bident with only two. Or it could be a pitchfork. How to read them in paintings.

May 25, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 49 Heaven

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Christian visions of Heaven or Paradise are usually less of a location than an array of figures. Examples from 1475-1916.

April 19, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 40 Minor Norse deities, the Wild Hunt

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Covering the Norns, Dagr, Nótt, Ægir, Gefjon, Bragi, Iðunn, Hervör, and the Wild Hunt or Åsgårdsreien.

March 3, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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