All posts tagged "Shakespeare"
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Painting of the Week: John William Waterhouse, Miranda
January 10, 2021Miranda, from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is the subject of a painting by John William Waterhouse....
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Painting of the Week: James Barry, King Lear Weeping over the Dead Body of Cordelia
November 29, 2020King Lear by William Shakespeare is a great tragedy that centers around ideas such as loyalty,...
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Wonderful Paintings Inspired by Famous Literary Couples
November 6, 2020Art & Literature have been ‘a thing‘ for centuries and they’re still at it. We have...
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The American Artist Who Loved Everything British: Edwin Austin Abbey’s Shakespeare Paintings
November 5, 2020Painter and illustrator Austin Abbey was born in America, but he loved all things British, particularly...
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Literature in the Pre-Raphaelite Paintings
November 3, 2020From its very inception, subjects taken from literature were a staple for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Shakespeare,...
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An Artistic Tour of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
June 24, 2020Regardless of the time of year, Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the first...
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10 Things You Should Know About the Pre-Raphaelites
June 16, 2020Just about all of us have a tiny inkling about Impressionism, the Renaissance, maybe even Expressionism...
