Take Two: The (Definitive) End of the Rainbow

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”

236 – Rubens, before Constable

Peter Paul Rubens, A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning, probably 1636. The National Gallery, London. After five weeks talking about the Italian Renaissance I’m going to take a break and head forward to the 19th Century. There is a direct line to be drawn, I think, from Constable, via Monet, to VanContinue reading “236 – Rubens, before Constable”