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Category Archive: General

The Quest for Visual Truth: the bicentary of Jean-Léon Gérôme

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The long-running thread in many of his paintings, his quest for visual truth, seen in the blind Michelangelo, the arena, a courtesan on trial, and Truth coming out of her well.

May 11, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 255

Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Workshop exhibition […]

May 11, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

The Truthful Vision of Jean-Léon Gérôme 6

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Two unusual treatments of popular myths, an enigmatic series of the personification of Truth, two religious works, and a work that inspired Surrealists in the 20th century.

May 10, 2024 General, Life, Painting

A to Z of Landscapes: le Midi

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Paul Cézanne led the way in Aix-en-Provence, followed rapidly by Renoir, Signac, Cross, Luce, van Rysselberghe, and Pierre Bonnard.

May 9, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Sea of Mists: Rückenfigur

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From Friedrich’s ‘Wanderer above the Sea of Mists’ to Carl Friedrich Lessing’s ‘Silesian Landscape’, figures with their back to the viewer.

May 8, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 130 Wand

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Waved by Circe and Medea, later in Tasso’s ‘Jerusalem Delivered’, and by Morgan le Fay in Arthurian legend. Paintings by Poussin, Waterhouse and others.

May 7, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Changing Paintings: 18 Ino and the fall of the house of Cadmus

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Juno engages the Furies to drive Cadmus’ daughter Ino and her husband mad. With his dynasty ended, Cadmus and his wife end up as snakes.

May 6, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 254

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 254. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Held […]

May 6, 2024 General, Macs, Technology

Celebrating the 200th birthday of London’s National Gallery 2

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Some of the many major works from the 19th century, from Caspar David Friedrich, through Turner and Constable, to Paul Cézanne, and van Gogh’s sunflowers.

May 5, 2024 General, Life, Painting

Celebrating the 200th birthday of London’s National Gallery 1

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A small selection of favourites from its huge and eclectic collection, from Duccio in about 1310 to Joseph Wright of Derby and a gem from Thomas Jones.

May 4, 2024 General, Life, Painting

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