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How to Read Paintings: The Parthenon by Frederic Edwin Church
How to Read Paintings: The Parthenon by Frederic Edwin Church
How this wistful depiction of the ancient temple tells a deeper story
Christopher P Jones
Jan 7
How to Read Paintings: Woman Holding a Balance by Johannes Vermeer
How to Read Paintings: Woman Holding a Balance by Johannes Vermeer
A portrait of wealth containing an allegory of moral judgement
Christopher P Jones
Apr 2
How to Read Paintings: Self-Portrait by Rembrandt
How to Read Paintings: Self-Portrait by Rembrandt
A powerful image of ageing and personal loss that eludes any concrete reading
Christopher P Jones
Apr 7
How to Read Paintings: Et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin
How to Read Paintings: Et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin
A melancholy contemplation of the presence of death in utopia
Christopher P Jones
Jan 28
How to Read Paintings: Self-Portrait by Christian Schad
How to Read Paintings: Self-Portrait by Christian Schad
A vivid, troubling double-portrait that captures the dialogue between self-assertion and self-doubt
Christopher P Jones
Aug 25, 2020
Andy Warhol’s Rise to Success
Andy Warhol’s Rise to Success
The early years of Pop Art’s grandee
Christopher P Jones
Sep 9, 2020
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How to Read Paintings: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
How to Read Paintings: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
A painting of ambiguous beauty and unsettling dynamics
Christopher P Jones
Aug 3
Why This Monet Painting Means So Much To Me
Why This Monet Painting Means So Much To Me
A personal journey to the Paris of the Impressionist master
Christopher P Jones
Jul 27
Some Works of Art Take Time to Unfold
Some Works of Art Take Time to Unfold
Five of the best duration-based artworks
Christopher P Jones
Jul 23
Three Essential Symbols for Understanding Art
Three Essential Symbols for Understanding Art
Hints for reading symbolism in paintings, from mirrors to arrows
Christopher P Jones
Jul 20
How Negative Spaces Make Art
How Negative Spaces Make Art
An exploration of missing pieces and lost memories
Christopher P Jones
Jul 8
The Artist Who Locked Himself Inside a Cage For a Year
The Artist Who Locked Himself Inside a Cage For a Year
The remarkable endurance art of Tehching Hsieh
Christopher P Jones
Jun 29
How to Read Paintings: The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius
How to Read Paintings: The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius
A beautiful and mysterious depiction of a captive bird
Christopher P Jones
Jun 16
Looking At Art: The Basics
Looking At Art: The Basics
Useful tips for approaching a work of art
Christopher P Jones
Jun 7
How to Read Paintings: Danaë by Orazio Gentileschi
How to Read Paintings: Danaë by Orazio Gentileschi
How this painting treads a fine line between eroticism and chastity
Christopher P Jones
Jun 3
How to Read Paintings: At the Moulin Rouge by Toulouse-Lautrec
How to Read Paintings: At the Moulin Rouge by Toulouse-Lautrec
Parisian nightlife gloriously captured
Christopher P Jones
May 26
How to Read Paintings: Judith and Holofernes by Gustav Klimt
How to Read Paintings: Judith and Holofernes by Gustav Klimt
Seduction and death in this dangerous masterpiece
Christopher P Jones
May 20
What Happened When I Went To Life Drawing Classes
What Happened When I Went To Life Drawing Classes
Learning to draw (with Van Gogh)
Christopher P Jones
May 15
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