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The Faerie Queene: Contents and summary of books 1-3

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Una and the Redcrosse Knight, Sir Guyon or of Temperance, and Britomartis or Chastity: plot summary, main characters, and selected paintings.

February 24, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of the Four Elements: 2 after 1600

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After 1600, series of four paintings fell from favour, and artists, particularly the Brueghel family, combined all into single images.

February 22, 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

Goddess of the Week: Psyche

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Absent from Classical art, she first appears in Apuleius’ ‘The Golden Ass’, which was written in the 2nd century. Wonderful paintings, particularly from women artists, of this novel.

November 23, 2020 General, Life, Painting

God of the Week: Hephaistos (Vulcan)

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Famous for discovering his wife Aphrodite making love with Ares, he is blacksmith to the gods, and selected mortals.

September 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 5: The Dragon

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After recuperating in the House of Holinesse, with Dame Celia, the Redcrosse Knight faces the dragon in combat, as Saint George.

September 16, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Hot off the press: reportage in painting 1

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Dutch Golden Age brandjes, West’s failure, fires in Venice and Copenhagen, and the rivals John Constable and JMW Turner painting London on fire.

September 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Faerie Queene 4: Release and the Cave of Despair

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Arthur battles the monster Orgoglio, eventually killing him. After the Redcrosse Knight is rescued, he ends up in the Cave of Despair, about to kill himself.

September 9, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’ – introduction to a new painting series

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Six books of poetry from 1590-96 telling allegories of virtues such as temperance and chastity, with many fine paintings and illustrations.

August 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paradise Lost: Summary and Contents

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Milton’s own book-by-book summary with a selection of the finest paintings and illustrations, and links to individual articles.

August 4, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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