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Painting with impaired vision: Camille Pissarro
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How chronic problems with the teat duct of his right eye drove Pissarro from painting landscapes outdoors to painting cityscapes from hotel rooms.

22/10/26 | hace 1 días | eclecticlight.co
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Hero or hooligan: Death of Orpheus
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Orpheus’ attempt to take his bride Eurydice back to life from the underworld fails when he looks back at her. He is later torn limb from limb by Bacchantes, and rejoins her.

20/10/26 | hace 4 días | eclecticlight.co
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Painting a good story: Polymythic
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Examples from Velázquez, Waterhouse, Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Frith, and Ford Madox Brown of some of the most spectacular narrative paintings.

15/10/26 | hace 9 días | eclecticlight.co
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Anarchy in paint: the politics of Neo-Impressionism 2
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Neo-Impressionist and their anarchism from 1890, including Maximilien Luce, Paul Signac, Henri-Edmond Cross and Théo van Rysselberghe.

13/09/26 | hace 40 días | eclecticlight.co
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The Art of the Copyist
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Discover the pleasure of sustained looking alongside contemporary artist Jas Knight as he copies Diego Velázquez’s “Juan de Pareja” (1650) in our galleries. You can see Jas’s completed...

13/08/26 | hace 72 días | www.youtube.com
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A 3,000-Year-Old Painter’s Palette from Ancient Egypt, with Traces of the Original Colors Still In It
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It’s a good bet that your first box of crayons or watercolors was a simple affair of six or so colors... just like the palette belonging to Amenemopet, vizier to Pharaoh Amenhotep III (c.1391 -...

13/07/26 | hace 102 días | www.openculture.com
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In the shadow: Caravaggio
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He changed the emphasis of painting to use darkness, shade and shadows. Examples include Calling of St Matthew, Conversion of St Paul, and Supper at Emmaus.

12/06/26 | hace 134 días | eclecticlight.co
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Portraits of trees: Introduction
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Humans have lived with trees since our origins, and trees feature in many paintings. This explains the importance of sketching them from life, and shows examples of different species and contrastin…

28/05/26 | hace 148 días | eclecticlight.co
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On Reflection: Extending the image
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Little used for 400 years, in the 19th century painters extended their scenes by including reflections seen in a mirror. Here are some significant examples.

20/05/26 | hace 156 días | eclecticlight.co
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Medium and message: miniature
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Named after the red lead pigment used to outline them, these illustrate luxury manuscript books. Examples from around 400 CE through accounts of the Crusades, to Aesop’s fables in 1530.

06/05/26 | hace 170 días | eclecticlight.co
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Naturalists: Photography
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How optical effects familiar from photography became incorporated into Naturalist paintings, and major painters adopted photography as an art form.

01/05/26 | hace 175 días | eclecticlight.co
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Centaurs 1: Fights
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Well known for their fights and battles, Delacroix was fond of Chiron, Achilles tutor, but Pirithous and Hippodame regretted inviting them to their wedding feast.

11/04/26 | hace 195 días | eclecticlight.co