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Painting the Fountain of Life 2

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From Ondines, who kill men by their curse, to a frozen fountain in Agubbio, and parks in New York, Paris and Rome.

May 22, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Start of the Year: Paintings of Spring 2

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Twentieth-century paintings of Spring, from Renoir to Grant Wood, with the help of Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Granville Redmond and others.

March 27, 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

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

In memoriam Fernand Khnopff

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A major Symbolist painter whose enigmatic paintings became popular in the salons of Les XX at the end of the 19th century.

November 16, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Characters in Painted Stories: 4 The Quest

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How paintings of the Aeneid, Jason and the Golden Fleece, and Homer’s Odyssey match up with the basic plot of The Quest.

November 12, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 3 Return to Ithaca

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Odysseus finally arrives home, but has to decide what to do with more than 100 suitors to his wife Penelope.

November 7, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 2 The Sirens, Calypso and Nausicaä

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Odysseus and his crew survive their encounter with the Sirens, but the hero has to endure 7 years with Calypso before he meets Nausicaä.

November 6, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 1 Polyphemus and Circe

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How Odysseus and his crew escaped the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, then became turned into pigs by the sorceress Circe.

November 5, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Jason and the Golden Fleece 1

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Jason promises to marry King Aeëtes’ daughter, the sorceress Medea, in return for her help accomplishing his three tasks to take possession of the Golden Fleece.

October 30, 2021 General, Life, Painting

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