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Paintings of Caves 1: Sacred to Mythical

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Before folk history changed with the concept of human evolution, caves were sacred places inhabited by hermits, or figures from myth.

July 20, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: 14 Copper and other sheets

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Popular with painters during the early 1600s, copper sheets were used by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Adam Elsheimer, David Teniers the younger, William Blake, and Joseph Stella, among others.

June 18, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Rolling Thunder: stories of storms

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Every lightning bolt tells a story, with paintings by Rubens, Richard Wilson, Poussin, John Martin, Adam Elsheimer, William Blake, and more.

June 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

The Decameron: Cimon and Iphigenia, a tale mostly untold in paint

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The most frequently-painted of Boccaccio’s hundred stories, shown here from Rubens to Frederic, Lord Leighton. But there’s much more to the story than that.

December 6, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Plutarch’s Lives in Paint: 20b Cicero

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The best orator of Rome, and a great poet and writer. He became caught up in the struggle between Caesar and Pompey, and eventually fell foul of Antony. Great paintings too.

October 29, 2018 General, Life, Painting

The Face that Launched a Thousand Artists: Helen (and Paris)

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Was she abducted, seduced, or seducer? Victim or whore? Ovid’s pair of letters between Helen and Paris raises questions which many artists have tried to tackle.

March 9, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Seeing History: Don’t believe your eyes – visual fidelity and belief

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In the past, people have accepted the reality of mythical creatures, such as winged angels, unicorns, and dragons. When did we start being more objective in our belief of what we see?

January 18, 2018 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Telling Modern Stories: the narrative painting of Benjamin West, 7, Conclusion

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He was remarkably successful, a truly self-made artist, who rose from nothing to international renown. But did he ‘occasion a revolution in the art’?

December 28, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Telling Modern Stories: the narrative painting of Benjamin West, 6, The Death of Nelson

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Admiral Lord Nelson died in similar circumstances to General Wolfe – leading his force to victory, although here at sea in the Battle of Trafalgar. Cue for a ‘modern history painting’.

December 21, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

Telling Modern Stories: the narrative painting of Benjamin West, 5, Back to classics

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West turns to a series of more classical mythological stories for his paintings between 1792 and 1802. These include Shakespeare, the Bible, and the first novel.

December 15, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

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