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Good knights in paintings 2

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An early photo by Julia Margaret Cameron, and paintings by Vasnetsov, Rochegrosse, Walter Crane and a whole series by Lovis Corinth.

November 28, 2021 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: A guide and contents

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From Aesculapius to Zeus, key features of each of the major male deities in classical myths, and links to individual articles here.

March 29, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The best of 2020’s paintings and articles 1

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Modigliani’s tragically early death, the American Benjamin West, who painted almost entirely in England, Raphael, Ingres, and John Singer Sargent. What a year!

December 30, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Pan (Faunus)

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Whether gentle, young and pipe-playing or hoary and older, he had the body of a man and the legs of a goat. Is he tender, or ribald?

November 16, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Russian Folk Tales of Viktor Vasnetsov 2

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He continued to paint religious works and folk tales after his spell in Kiev painting frescoes in the cathedral there.

April 10, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Agaves and the Country Estate: paintings of Victor Borisov-Musatov

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He developed a fascination for the form of the agave plant, and painted a series of figurative works showing ladies in a fictional country estate.

April 3, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The demons and stories of Mikhail Vrubel 2

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As well as designing stage sets and costumes for opera, he painted bogatyrs from East Slavic legends, and Azrael, the Angel of Death.

February 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The demons and stories of Mikhail Vrubel 1

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Known now as one of the great Russian Symbolists, in life he was independent, and painted in very modern style from legends and literary sources.

February 27, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painting Goethe’s Faust: 4 The seduction of Gretchen

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Faust lusts after the young Gretchen. Mephistopheles sets up a meeting, and the girl is soon in love with Faust, ready to do anything for him. And so she does.

January 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Painting Goethe’s Faust: 2 A pact with the devil

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Faust signs his contract with the devil in his own blood. Paintings by Ary Scheffer and others, and an engraving by Delacroix tell this story vividly.

January 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting
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