Wonnacott loves the light-filled beach outside his studio window, looking out over the broad Thames estuary at Southend, and he has made it a recurring subject in his painting.
Matthew’s expression, the most vividly presented of all the faces here, is one of shock, almost fright, as he registers the irresistible force of Christ’s summons
“To envision” is becoming a common alternative to the verb “to envisage.” The former is a new invention.
Goya intended this powerful image to be the title plate of a series of ‘Dreams’ satirizing the society he lived in during a fraught period of Spain’s history.
It seems “avoid” is a term that needs to be so firmly avoided that another word is sweeping in to take its place.
The most innovative thing about Monet’s picture is that, despite just being a spontaneous sketch, he signed and dated it, and submitted it to a public exhibition.
Is “Extrudate” a real word? Yes, according to the advertising company promoting Sainsbury’s new cereal brand.
Holbein’s tiny portrait projects us into a private moment in the life of an ordinary middle-class woman living in the reign of Henry VIII.
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