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Altdorfer's scene of incest is an early example of a long tradition with very similar and surprising meaning

Altdorfer’s Lot and His Daughters (1537)

Peale’s The Artist in His Museum (1822)

Goya’s Young St John the Baptist in the Desert (1810-12)

Artists are kings. Here's how...

Picasso’s The King (1905)

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If a poet uses a storm as a metaphor, who mistakes it for a real storm? Why do so in art?

Turner’s The Shipwreck (1805)

Here, in a novel turn, the American artist turns a paintbrush into the oars of a scull

Eakins’ The Champion Single Sculls (1871)

How painters can imagine themselves as violinists and other musical performers

Leyster’s Self-portrait at the Easel (c.1630)

Edouard Manet's MasterpiecesManet's the man who taught me everything

See how Manet's Olympia is not what you think

Manet’s Olympia (1863) Part 1

Everyone knows that Boating is a masterpiece. Why is it so difficult to explain?

Manet’s Boating (1874)

How a prostitute becomes an artist

Manet’s Nana (1877)

Pablo Picasso's MasterpiecesWho better to learn from than a modern master?

Picasso must have learnt early on that great artists often adopt the persona of earlier great artists....

Picasso’s Self-Portrait (late1901)

Learn about the mystery behind Picasso's name and the importance of artist's names in general

Picasso’s Parade (1917) and His Mysterious Name

Discover how a hand turned inwards has meaning

Picasso’s Two Nudes (1906)

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