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Welcome to Hell! 🔥
This week, we chose to shiver with fear. With this special playlist for Halloween, Art Explora Academy offers you a ride in hell! Discover how artists have sought to represent death and let Bosch’s demons give a glimpse into the afterlife…
Birds and death in paintings
Decoding Symbols in Art
4:54 By: The National Gallery

What does the goldfinch symbolise? And what do birds have to do with death? Ed Dickenson from our Learning team explains some of the lost or forgotten meanings in our paintings.

Content produced by : The National Gallery

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Birds and death in paintings
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Five spooky paintings
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