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The Story in Paintings: Horace Vernet
Horace Vernet (1789–1863) came from a long line of distinguished painters. His grandfather Claude Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) was a major landscape artist who developed the genre after the pioneering...
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Kirsty Whiten’s Wronger Rites
I am delighted to welcome Kirsty Whiten, a young, accomplished and highly innovative artist, who explains her forthcoming book Wronger Rites – The Quing of the Now People, which is currently a...
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The Story in Paintings: Böcklin’s classics and symbols
Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) is known today largely for a single series of paintings, his Island of the Dead. Trained at the Düsseldorf Academy, he was the Swiss member of a small group of largely German...
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The Story in Paintings: Belshazzar’s Feast
The story of Belshazzar, his feast, and ultimate downfall is tucked away in the relative obscurity of the Book of Daniel, in the Old Testament, and to the best of my knowledge has only inspired four...
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The Story in Paintings: John Martin, more than the apocalypse
John Martin (1789–1854) was a contemporary and friend of JMW Turner, William Etty, Thomas Cole, and Washington Allston, and was as popular and successful as the best of them. Working almost exclusively...
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The Story in Paintings: Walter Crane, between illustration and painting
Walter Crane (1845–1915) was one of the most popular, most prolific, and most influential illustrators of children’s books. An enthusiastic fan of the Pre-Raphaelite movement, he was a close friend of...
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The Story in Paintings: Évariste Luminais and the Franks
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 was a catastrophe for France. The Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck appeared to provoke the French to declare war, which they did on 16 July 1870. Despite Napoleon...
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The Story in Paintings: index of well-known narratives 1 text
This is an index of the 91 well-known stories and narratives which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog. These are arranged in alphabetical order, and for each gives the type...
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The Story in Paintings: index of well-known narratives 2 classics
This is an index of the 35 well-known stories and narratives from classical Greek and Roman sources which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog. These are arranged in...
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The Story in Paintings: index of well-known narratives 3 Biblical
This is an index of the 19 well-known stories and narratives from Biblical sources (including accounts of the lives of the Saints) which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog....
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The Story in Paintings: index of well-known narratives 4 literary
This is an index of the 32 well-known stories and narratives from post-classical literary and similar sources which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog. These are arranged in...
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The Story in Paintings: index of well-known narratives 5 history
This is an index of the 8 well-known stories and narratives from post-classical history which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog. These are arranged in alphabetical order,...
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The Story in Paintings: Rembrandt’s conspiracy and Batavians
If ever there was a life described in self-portraits, Rembrandt’s was. You can see the effects of age and his many troubles, his bankruptcy, difficulties with ‘the powers that be’, and the pressures...
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The Story Story
Stories – narratives, if you prefer a little more pretence – are so ubiquitous that we are seldom conscious of them. Even when we go to sleep, in our dreams our minds weave often vivid narrative...
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The Story in Paintings: Feuerbach’s falsies
Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880) was the son of a famous archaeologist, and trained at the Düsseldorf, Munich, and Antwerp academies before becoming a pupil of the now-infamous Thomas Couture in Paris, at...
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The Story in Paintings: a glimpse of India
Armed with Professor Goswamy’s wonderful new book, I thought it might be useful to take a brief look at a small selection of narrative paintings from the Indian sub-continent. In doing so, I...
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The Story in Paintings: index of well-known narratives 5 history
This is an index of the 9 well-known stories and narratives from post-classical history which are covered in articles about narrative painting on this blog. These are arranged in alphabetical order,...
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The Story in Paintings: Rembrandt’s conspiracy and Batavians
If ever there was a life described in self-portraits, Rembrandt’s was. You can see the effects of age and his many troubles, his bankruptcy, difficulties with ‘the powers that be’, and the pressures...
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The Story Story
Stories – narratives, if you prefer a little more pretence – are so ubiquitous that we are seldom conscious of them. Even when we go to sleep, in our dreams our minds weave often vivid narrative...
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The Story in Paintings: Feuerbach’s falsies
Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880) was the son of a famous archaeologist, and trained at the Düsseldorf, Munich, and Antwerp academies before becoming a pupil of the now-infamous Thomas Couture in Paris, at...
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