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How to Read Paintings: Western Art Explored Through a Close-Reading of Painted Masterpieces
How to Read Paintings: Western Art Explored Through a Close-Reading of Painted Masterpieces

How to Read Paintings provides a fascinating analysis of a variety of paintings made in the Western tradition.

2022

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About Me — Christopher P Jones

I’m a writer on art and history… and I’m a painter too — From a young age, I knew I wanted a different sort of life. I grew up in a sleepy English town with a close family, but when it came to how I saw my own life in the future, I didn’t gravitate to the typical family and career path. I…

About Me

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About Me — Christopher P Jones
About Me — Christopher P Jones
About Me

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23 hours ago

Hopes and Fears of Migration in a Poignant Painting

The beginnings of a life-changing journey — Works of art sometimes have a way of capturing a truth that might otherwise seem hard to imagine. The first impression of this painting is rather forbidding, but give it a few moments and this image will take you into the life-changing moments of a couple relocating to a new…

Art

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Hopes and Fears of Migration in a Poignant Painting
Hopes and Fears of Migration in a Poignant Painting
Art

6 min read


5 days ago

Art That Teaches How To Look At The Sky With Wonder

Finding meaning in the world overhead — The sky above us takes up a vast portion of our visible world, yet how often do we look at it closely? Lift your eyes above the trees…

Art

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Art That Teaches How To Look At The Sky With Wonder
Art That Teaches How To Look At The Sky With Wonder
Art

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Sep 26

Harnessing the Power of Intuition in Art

Exploring the uniqueness of Kandinsky’s expressionist painting — This painting Improvisation 35, was made by the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky in 1914. It was part of a long series of paintings in which he used intuition as his guiding principle. He described his process as “a largely unconscious, spontaneous expression of inner character, non-material nature.” The composition is…

Art

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Harnessing the Power of Intuition in Art
Harnessing the Power of Intuition in Art
Art

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Sep 19

Hunting for An Artistic Voice

Where my evolving style has taken me — Writing about art has become one of my most rewarding endeavours, but long before I ever started to think seriously about the history of art, I was a painter. What kind of painter, I find it hard to say. Blessed with the proclivity for artistic indecision, my archive — to…

Art

6 min read

Hunting for An Artistic Voice
Hunting for An Artistic Voice
Art

6 min read


Sep 14

The Brilliant Utopian Artist Condemned by the Nazis

The art and life of Otto Freundlich — When the Nazi Party opened its infamous “Degenerate Art” exhibition (Entartete Kunst Ausstellung) in Munich in July 1937, its purpose was to lambast an entire generation of modern painters and sculptors.

Art

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The Brilliant Utopian Artist Condemned by the Nazis
The Brilliant Utopian Artist Condemned by the Nazis
Art

5 min read


Sep 12

The Secrets Behind Leonardo da Vinci’s First Female Portrait

Exploring the story behind “Ginevra de’ Benci” — Christopher P Jones is the author of Great Paintings That Tell Stories, exploring the narrative details in famous paintings. Let’s consider the evidence… The fingerprint, the ambiguous expression, the juniper bush, and the mysterious emblem on the back of the painting. At first glance, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting appears to…

Art

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The Secrets Behind Leonardo da Vinci’s First Female Portrait
The Secrets Behind Leonardo da Vinci’s First Female Portrait
Art

7 min read


Sep 7

The Art of Reacting Well to a Negative Review

Advice for creatives on moving on from a critical comment — How should creative people react to a bad review? Feeling hurt — hand on dagger — is all too easy, but is there a more useful way to respond? For most people, the thought of creating something and then sharing it with the world does not, in its inspiration, in…

Art

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The Art of Reacting Well to a Bad Review
The Art of Reacting Well to a Bad Review
Art

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Sep 5

The Distinctive Use of Light in Edward Hopper’s Paintings

Why luminescence means more than illumination — One of my favourite possessions is a stack of Edward Hopper postcards, each with a painting on the front. I look through them often. Some of the postcards I’ve pinned to the wall above my desk; others I use as bookmarks. They’re around me constantly. One aspect of Hopper’s art…

Art

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The Distinctive Use of Light in Edward Hopper’s Paintings
The Distinctive Use of Light in Edward Hopper’s Paintings
Art

6 min read


Aug 31

Why There’s More to this Extraordinary Painting Than Meets the Eye

A bizarre painting explained — It can take a few moments of looking to fully acclimatise to this striking image. Made by the French artist Jean Fouquet in about 1458, it shows an enthroned Madonna holding the baby Christ on her lap. The Virgin Mary’s appearance is particularly puzzling, being so pale, sleek and otherworldly…

Art

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Why There’s More to this Extraordinary Painting Than Meets the Eye
Why There’s More to this Extraordinary Painting Than Meets the Eye
Art

7 min read

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