"Old Woman and Boy with Candles" by Peter Paul Rubens (1616)
An old woman gazes ahead, shielding her eyes from the candlelight, while the boy behind her holds his candle, ready to be lit. The panel is painted in the style of Caravaggio, whose work Rubens had seen in Italy. This style is characterized by its exciting effects of light and unpolished naturalism.'
The woman holds her hand uncomfortably close to the flame. Rubens initially painted the hand a little further away from the candle, at a more natural distance. But he rubbed that hand out and painted a new one a little lower. He probably did this because it creates a stronger and more compact composition. But the first version of the hand is still visible.
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An old woman gazes ahead, shielding her eyes from the candlelight, while the boy behind her holds his candle, ready to be lit. The panel is painted in the style of Caravaggio, whose work Rubens had seen in Italy. This style is characterized by its exciting effects of light and unpolished naturalism.'
The woman holds her hand uncomfortably close to the flame. Rubens initially painted the hand a little further away from the candle, at a more natural distance. But he rubbed that hand out and painted a new one a little lower. He probably did this because it creates a stronger and more compact composition. But the first version of the hand is still visible.
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Rotten Luck
John Lennon – Working Class Hero
There’s room at the top they are telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like the folks on the hill
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Orpheus and Eurydice by Lesley Keen (1984)
The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is a tragic Greek tale of love, a forbidden glance. loss, and a journey to the underworld.
When his wife Eurydice dies, Orpheus descends into Hell and by charming the gods of the Underworld with his singing wins Eurydice back, only to lose her again at the threshold of the Overworld due to a forbidden glance
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The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is a tragic Greek tale of love, a forbidden glance. loss, and a journey to the underworld.
When his wife Eurydice dies, Orpheus descends into Hell and by charming the gods of the Underworld with his singing wins Eurydice back, only to lose her again at the threshold of the Overworld due to a forbidden glance
#arthistory