As we continue our exploration of this Sunday's Gospel Reading Luke 24:13–35 through art, today's commentary is on Henry Fuseli's Christ Disappearing at Emmaus, 1792 https://t.co/ofjAFwbd6T
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Lady Macbeth, c.1780 ~ Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith after the painting by Henry Fuseli… https://t.co/r4CxQiI1Sc

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Henry Fuseli, Dante swooning before the soaring souls of Paolo and Francesca, 1815

Johann Heinrich Füssli - Dante and Virgil on the Ice of Kocythos

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Henry Fuseli
The Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women 1810
Pencil, wash and watercolor on paper

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John Peter Simon (after Henry Fuseli), A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Act IV, Scene I, 1796.

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Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis

Video about the painting: https://t.co/otPFACctke

Powerful Symbolist image from the Swiss master Fuseli taken from the Oddyssey: https://t.co/G2ll6pr68i

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After his parents died in 1797 he moved his studio to their home in London, together with his assistants (including William Etty). Woman (c1796-8), Sir Samuel Shepherd (c1796) & Satan Summoning his Legions (1796-7). The latter may have been inspired by Henry Fuseli.

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"Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis" (ca. 1794-1796) by Henry Fuseli (1741–1825). Oil on canvas; 126 cm x 101 cm (49.6 in x 39.7 in). Aargauer Kunsthaus.

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Thor frappant le serpent de Midgard, par Henry Fuseli.

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Image: Man with Two Dead Women. Henry Fuseli, 1772.

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Henry Fuseli- 'Ariel'- circa 1800-1810
Henry Singleton - 'Ariel on a Bat's Back' - 1819
Joseph Severn - 'Ariel Riding on a Bat'- 1830
H.C. Selous - 'Ariel: on the Bat's Back I Do Fly' - 1870

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Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis

Video about the painting: https://t.co/otPFACctke

Powerful Symbolist image from the Swiss master Fuseli taken from the Oddyssey: https://t.co/G2ll6pr68i

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La paura è l’emozione più difficile da gestire. Il dolore si piange, la rabbia si urla, ma la paura si aggrappa silenziosamente al cuore.

Gregory David Roberts






Henry Fuseli, Incubo, 1781

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Ancient History Quote of the Day: "But it was above all when the senate was assembled in the chamber that the task of steering a course between Scylla and Charybdis presented a continual hazard" (Tacitus, Histories 1.85).

Image: Henry Fuseli's 'Odysseus' (1794-6)

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Late 1700s & early 1800s Britain was in some ways an enchanted era, of great esoteric creativity.

Magic inspired awesome artworks, from the poems of Burns & Wordsworth, to the paintings of Henry Fuseli.

Below:

The Nightmare
The Night Hag
Fairy Mab
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow

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Henry Fuseli RA, 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825, Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer, Titania finds the magic Ring

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Henry Fuseli RA, 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825, Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer, The Awakening of the Fairy Queen Titania

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