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Ali Miller on Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Alexa Wilding fluctuates between a confident and seductive nymph, a stiff and unamused model, and a vulnerable damsel awaiting a rescue.
Altoon Sultan on Piero di Cosimo
There I was, standing in front of this beautiful, tender, poignant painting, unable to stop weeping.
Julie Heffernan on Andrea Mantegna
Quite a carousel of fun and divine hijinks, you might say if you happened to venture onto this scene from the surrounding caves or the tiny town nestled under Mount Helicon in the distance.
Sarah Slappey on James Ensor
It is the kind of laughter born of cruelty instead of fantasy. How can such an emotional difference between paintings depicting imagery that is remarkably similar be accounted for?