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Godward (1861-1922) was an English painter from the end of the Neo-Classicist era. He was a protégé of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, but his style of painting fell out of favour with the arrival of painters like Picasso. He committed suicide at the age of 61 and is said to have written in his suicide note that "the world is not big enough for myself and a Picasso." No photographs of Godward are known to exist.
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CAMPASPE (1896)
No.18
Campaspe or Pancaste was a mistress of Alexander the Great and a prominent citizen of Larissa. She was painted by Apelles. In Pliny's Natural History it is recorded that, when Alexander saw the beauty of the nude portrait, he realised that the artist loved Campaspe more than he did. So Alexander kept the portrait and presented Campaspe to Apelles.
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
PLAYTIME (1891)
No.9
The painting showing today on
ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
is
THE FEAST OF VENUS by PETER PAUL RUBENS
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ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
is
THE FEAST OF VENUS by PETER PAUL RUBENS
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016
IN THE DAYS OF SAPPHO (1904)
No.8
Sappho was a Greek lyric poet, born on the island of Lesbos sometime between 630 and 612 BC. The bulk of her poetry, which was well-known and greatly admired through much of antiquity, has been lost, but her immense reputation has endured.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016
ATHENAIS (1908)
No.7
The painting shown today on
ONE HUNDRED PAINTINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
is
STARRY NIGHT
by Van Gogh
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Monday, June 6, 2016
Sunday, June 5, 2016
ERATO AT HER LYRE
No.5
Erato, one of the Greek Muses, was the Muse of lyric poetry. Her name may be derived from
the same root as Eros, in which case it would mean "desired" or "lovely."
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