Paintings by Giorgione, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Elisabetta Sirani, Goya, Horace Vernet, Jules Lefebvre, Klimt, Kolo Moser, and Franz von Stuck.
von Stuck
Paintings from Rembrandt’s second version to Cézanne and Franz von Stuck show the triumph of privileged male power.
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.
Paintings by Chassériau, Franz von Stuck, Lovis Corinth, and Félix Vallotton telling this story.
The punishments of Sisyphus, the Danaïds, Ixion, Tityus, Tantalus and Ocnus told in paintings by Titian, Claude, John Singer Sargent, and others.
The greatest bard, musician and poet in classical Greek myth. Paintings from Paulus Potter, Poussin, Jan Brueghel the Elder and others.
An attribute of the goddess Athena (Minerva), it consists of the image of the face of Medusa on a shield or breastplate.
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.
Christian visions of Heaven or Paradise are usually less of a location than an array of figures. Examples from 1475-1916.
Covering the Norns, Dagr, Nótt, Ægir, Gefjon, Bragi, Iðunn, Hervör, and the Wild Hunt or Åsgårdsreien.
