“This is a preliminary idea for an illustration to Keats’s Lamia (Royal Academy, 1909), the tale of a nymph trapped in the body of a serpent. Hermes sets her free, and revives her human form. The picture is a reprise of others by Waterhouse in which a beautiful nymph is seated at the edge of a pool…All…
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Robert Delaunay: Cathédrale de Laon
“Reflecting the peak of Synthetic Cubism at that time, the city appears deconstructed into geometric planes, shifting between two and three dimensions…The composition unfolds across multiple planes, which themselves subdivide further: the shape of the canvas—like a window onto the landscape—mirrors the shape of the building windows, which in turn repeat the city’s architectural forms…Here,…
Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe & Violin Concerto
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Frantisek Kupka: La cathédrale
“On his return from the war – where he fought for France at the Somme and then, after injury, organized the Czechoslovakian anti-German resistance in Paris – Kupka immersed himself back in his research. At the time La cathédrale was painted, Kupka had just finished the translation into Czech of his treaty, La creation dans…
Camille Pissarro: Chemin de l’Écluse, Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône
“Located some twenty-five miles northwest of Paris, Pontoise was built on a hilltop, with the river Oise passing through it, elements which made it a highly picturesque environment in which to paint en plein-air. The town’s economy included agriculture as well as industry, and offered Pissarro a wide range of subjects, from crowded semi-urban genre…
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