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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

Paradise Lost: Book 12 in paintings and illustrations

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In which Michael tells Adam of the prophets to come, and the life of Jesus Christ, before leading Adam and Eve out of Paradise.

July 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

In the limelight, paintings of the theatre 1: players

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Paintings of scenes from plays by Degas, Seurat, Georges Clairin, and others.

July 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Maids a-milking: Milkmaids in painting 2

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How to buy fresh milk in central London, what the Scythians lived on, and more. Paintings by Millet, Delacroix, Winslow Homer, and others.

May 31, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Mother and baby in paintings 1

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Features Harriet Backer’s masterpiece, and paintings by Giorgione, Ford Madox Brown, Jules Breton and his daughter, and others.

May 2, 2020 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Benjamin West, History Painter

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When he died 200 years ago today, he was honoured with burial in Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London. Not bad for an American painter.

March 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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