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Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Art

Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry: The Month of May painting

Stop and Look – The Month of May by the Limbourg brothers

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Art

Paul, Jean and Herman de Limbourg’s Très Riches Heures portrayed the life of Duke Jean’s court.

Close up of old English dictionary page with word mum

Wordwatch: Mum’s the word

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Culture

There has been a universal narrowing of vocabulary meaning that the word “mum” has come to replace “mother” or “mummy”.

Mark Rothko Orange and Yellow

Stop and Look – Orange and Yellow by Mark Rothko (1956)

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Art

Mark Rothko favoured great size and enormous squares of colour hovering on top of each other, sometimes strongly contrasted.

Dictionary definition of convinced

Wordwatch: Convinced

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Culture

When did the word “convince” begin to replace “persuade”?

– Christ leaving the Praetorium

Stop and Look – Christ leaving the Praetorium (1872)

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Art

This colossal painting is one of an ambitious series of canvases by the French artist Gustave Doré.

three-toed sloth hanging onto tree branch in rainforest, Costa Rica, central America

Wordwatch: Hang in there

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Culture

The term “hang in” is a jumbled up Americanism of the British expression to “hang on.”

- Portrait of a Young Woman (1460-65)

Stop and Look – Portrait of a Young Woman (1460-65)

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Art

Despite being one of the most famous portraits of the Italian Renaissance, historians have been unable to pinpoint exactly who painted it.

word and symbol question mark in a dictionay with meaning

Wordwatch: Question Mark

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Culture

Since when has “question mark” come to replace the word “question”?

Sir Stanley Spencer

Stop and Look – Convoy Arriving with Wounded by Stanley Spencer (1927)

Andrew WiltonAndrew Wilton | Art

“Convoy Arriving with Wounded” was the first picture to be painted in the Sandham Memorial Chapel by Stanley Spencer.

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