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Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 30: King Richard II

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The last two years of his reign, marred by bad decisions, led to his forced abdication in favour of King Henry IV.

January 9, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 18: Towards a history

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A summary history from 1700 to the 20th century, with examples of major paintings, and links to each of the detailed articles in this series.

January 4, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 19 Weaving

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Weaving turned yarn into fabric ready to make into garments. Associations include industry, passing time, fidelity, and the myth of Arachne.

December 9, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 27: All’s Well that Ends Well

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How a shunned bride consummates her marriage without her husband being aware, and tricks him out of the ring he insists he’d never give her.

November 28, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 8 Both arms raised

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Are the two arms fending others off, raised in shock, surrender, or falling to earth? From light comedy to accounts of executions and war crimes.

October 28, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 5: Joseph Wright, the enlightened artist

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In a remarkable series of chiaroscuro paintings, he tells stories from the Enlightenment of science, then of the ‘invention’ of painting.

September 29, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Painted Stories in Britain 1: Introduction

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Suppressed by the Reformation, narrative painting didn’t really get going in Britain until the early 18th century, but made up for lost time.

August 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 11: The Merry Wives of Windsor

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A traditional English farce, starring Sir John Falstaff, one of Shakespeare’s favourite characters, who sets out to seduce two married women.

August 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 6: King Lear 2

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As the tragedy moves relentlessly to the deaths of most of its characters, paintings by William Blake, Ford Madox Brown, and Benjamin West tells its story.

July 19, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 1: Romeo and Juliet

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If you remember one Shakespeare play well, it’s Romeo and Juliet, shown here in paintings of the balcony scene, and the couple’s tragic deaths.

June 20, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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