Andrew Wilton, Author, Reaction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Andrew Wilton | Art