John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1830-31. Tate Britain, London. I’m so sorry, I don’t know what happened yesterday. I started editing this post, then went out to dinner… Later in the evening I found out that it had been published somehow, without my knowledge! Given that you have to click ‘publish’ twice, and IContinue reading “Take Two: The (Definitive) End of the Rainbow”
Tag Archives: British Art
262 – Stand well back
Joseph Wright of Derby, The Annual Girandola at the Castel Sant’Angelo, 1775-76. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Wright of Derby: From the Shadows – the exhibition at The National Gallery which I will be talking about this Monday, 24 November at 6pm – is one of those exhibitions which takes a small slice of an artist’sContinue reading “262 – Stand well back”
230 – Mannerly devotion shows in this
Unknown artists, The Palmers’ Window, mid-15th century. St Lawrence’s Church, Ludlow. In the three and a half years I’ve been writing this blog I have only talked about stained glass once (see Day 78 – St Petroc). However, given that this Monday, 16 September at 6pm I will be talking about some English saints, andContinue reading “230 – Mannerly devotion shows in this”
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