1.   History paintings had to be grand and didactic, with subjects drawn from the Bible, classical mythology and history.

2.   This is not to say that all history paintings depict nudes.

3.   A marine or a history painting?

4.   After he settled in England, Copley continued to support himself as a portraitist while embarking on a series of large history paintings.

5.   He abandoned the drama of history painting and allegory to focus instead on small domestic gestures, such as pouring milk and writing a letter.

6.   He argues convincingly that even in the early history paintings, Vermeer departed from accepted convention.

7.   History painting has been another.

8.   History painting it is not, but heroic painting, yes.

9.   In fact, these might be called personal history paintings.

10.   That Bartlett might seriously seek to make history paintings seems, on the face of it, suspicious.