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There were a few especially cold winters in the 16th and 17th century. Some of the evidence comes from paintings. In 1565 Pieter Bruegel painted hungry hunters returning to their frozen village. Ponds and canals were frozen. Painting winter’s snow … Continued
Ships and Harbors promise the mystery of travel; the journey begins and ends with arrivals and departures. Harbors are transient world. Peril, business and adventure cohabit on board. We have pictured harbors and ships since antiquity. By the early Renaissance … Continued
Claude Lorrain introduced the glowing obscuring effects of atmospheric perspective in the 1600s. From the 1628 to 1668 we can trace Claude’s further development of atmospheric effects (see examples 1 and 2). J.M.W Turner was enchanted by Claude’s compositions and … Continued