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Leanderās Tower on the Bosporus
Oil on canvas, 1876, by Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823 ā 1880) There is a sense of undeserved nostalgia which resonates from this dreamy...
Aug 6, 20205 min read
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Caravaggio's David and Goliath
David and Goliath Oil on canvas, 1599, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 ā 1610) David with the Head of Goliath Oil on wood,...
Aug 2, 20208 min read
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Joseph and Potipharās Wife
Oil on canvas, 1640, by Paolo Finoglia (1590 ā 1645) or 1623, by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 ā 1656) That there is some debate over the...
Jul 26, 20207 min read
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Cranes
Pair of two-panel folding screens; ink, colour, and gold on paper, 1825, by Suzuki Kiitsu (1796 - 1858) Left panel Right panel These two...
Jun 28, 20205 min read
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Saint Sebastian by RƩgnier
Saint Sebastian Oil on canvas, 1620, by Nicolas RĆ©gnier (1591ā1667) Saint Sebastian Oil on canvas, 1620, by Nicolas RĆ©gnier (1591ā1667)...
Jun 22, 20205 min read
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Requiescat
Oil on canvas, 1888, by Briton RiviĆØre (1840 ā 1920) This heart-wrenching painting by the British painter, Briton RiviĆØre could arguably...
Jun 14, 20206 min read
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Piazza San Marco, Venice
Oil on canvas, 1734, by Canaletto (1697 ā 1768) Global pandemics permitting, you happen to be in Italy, seeing the sights, indulging in...
Jun 7, 20206 min read
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Three Paintings by Degas
Singer with a Glove Pastel on canvas, 1878 by Edgar Degas (1834 ā 1917) The Rehearsal Oil on canvas, 1878 Edgar Degas (1834 ā 1917)...
May 29, 20206 min read
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Three Pairs of Shoes
Oil on canvas, 1887 by Vincent van Gogh (1853 ā 1890) Would the mighty Roman empire have risen if it were not for the fact that Roman...
May 25, 20205 min read
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A Sea-Spell
Oil on canvas, 1877, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882) We learn from Homerās The Odyssey how the mythical Sirens posed yet another...
May 17, 20205 min read
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Miss Alice Kurtz
Oil on canvas, 1903, by Thomas Eakins (1844 ā 1916) Yet another artist misunderstood, under-appreciated and falling foul of the...
May 10, 20204 min read
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When Others Speak
Outline, (2014), Transit (2017), Kudos (2019) by Rachel Cusk, Faber & Faber What is a novelist to do when they wish to speak in their own...
May 7, 20209 min read
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Images (V0l. 5) - Cecil Beaton Images
The whole point of Camp is to dethrone the serious. Camp is playful, anti-serious. More precisely, Camp involves a new, more complex...
May 6, 20205 min read
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The Abduction of Psyche
Oil on canvas, 1895, by William-Adoplhe Bouguereau (1825ā1905) Poor old Psyche has been put through the ringer by the time her depiction...
May 3, 20205 min read
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The Punishment of Cain
Oil on canvas, 1836, by ThĆ©odore ChassĆ©riau, (1819 ā 1856) There are some fundamental āproblemsā with the parable of Cain and Abel which...
Apr 26, 20204 min read
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Monsters from the Sea
Leviafan (ŠŠµŠ²ŠøŠ°Ńан), dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014 Zvyaginstev's earlier 2003 film, Vozvrashcheniye (The Return) impressed for the...
Apr 24, 20208 min read
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Images (Vol. 4) - Music Drawings
"Automatism" or the involuntary actions and processes not under the control of the conscious mind - for example, dreaming, breathing, or...
Apr 24, 20202 min read
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The Greatest of All?
The Jewel in the Crown, devised by Christopher Morahan, Jim O'Brien, Ken Taylor and Irene Shubik, 1984 This age of the pandemic may have...
Apr 22, 202016 min read
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Mardi Gras on the Boulevards
Oil on canvas, 1897, by Camille Pissarro (1830 ā 1903) Something always struck me as being distinctly familiar about La Mi-Careme sur les...
Apr 19, 20204 min read
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Trumpism Explained?
Tiger King - Murder, Mayhem & Madness, devised and directed by Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin, 2020 I imagine the reason Tiger King has...
Apr 18, 20208 min read
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