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Category Archive: General

Trojan Epics: 5 Achilles recovered and a stinky snakebite

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Achilles had gone missing, hiding as a young woman in the royal court on Skyros, where Odysseus found him. And a master archer was bitten on the foot by a snake.

March 27, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 196

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 196. Here are my solutions to them. 1: One […]

March 27, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Laundry: paintings of drying clothes

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Washing drying and ironing in the paintings of Berthe Morisot, William Merritt Chase, Gustave Caillebotte, Edgar Degas and others.

March 26, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Laundry: paintings of washing clothes

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Washing and drying clothes have been important activities in many landmark paintings. Selection from Isabey, Boudin, Gauguin, Renoir and others.

March 25, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 196

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: One rasp between […]

March 25, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Not Like That: Broken up

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Masaccio’s 20-panel polyptych, Bosch’s triptych, and one of the most substantial paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. Even Monet’s Grainstacks series.

March 24, 2023 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Ernest Normand, Henrietta Rae’s husband

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A figurative painter who specialised in orientalist fantasy and Biblical stories, and was the husband of Henrietta Rae, the pioneering feminist and painter.

March 23, 2023 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Benjamin Williams Leader and his perfect landscapes

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A painter of fine landscapes in Pre-Raphaelite style, mainly around the countryside near Worcester and in North Wales.

March 22, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian Painters: Mykola Samokish

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He remained popular and successful in Ukraine and Russia from the 1880s into the Second World War, through revolution, war and starvation.

March 21, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 4 Troy and the Greek expedition

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The origins of Troy explained, Helen as a princess of Troy, and Menelaos raises an expeditionary force under the command of Agamemnon. Without wind, though, their ships can’t sail.

March 20, 2023 General, Life, Painting

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