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Past Masters: Nicolas Poussin
We celebrate the artworks and the artist, but we rarely celebrate his choices. These can lead us to devote time and tranquillity to art making, or not. more
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Past Masters – Part Six
In a sense, ancient Japan died with Hokusai. The idealised image of ancient Japan we all have died with him. more
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Past masters – Part Four
What motivated a group of landscape painters to relocate to the tiny village of Barbizon in France and relentlessly paint there for most of their lives? Why did they fight to institute an “artistic reserve”, the first protected natural area in the world? more
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Past masters – Part One
The modern concepts in arts, which evolved from Realism, Impressionism, and post-Impressionism to the abstract art forms we have today, were far from being conceived, let alone being recognised as art. more