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Category Archive: General

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 216

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 216. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Pictograms […]

August 14, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

In Memoriam Gerard David who died 500 years ago 2

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An exquisite miniature, the Virgin among a group of virgin saints, the Madonna and Child with Milk Soup, the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine, and more.

August 13, 2023 General, Life, Painting

In Memoriam Gerard David who died 500 years ago 1

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Born in what’s now the Netherlands, he trained in Italy. Soon after his return to northern Europe he settled in Bruges.

August 12, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 216

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Pictograms from Japan […]

August 12, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

Reading visual art: 68 Eyes ≠ 2

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As a Cyclops, Polyphemus had only one eye, whereas Juno’s servant Argus had a hundred or more. Here they are in paintings.

August 11, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Centenary of the death of Joaquín Sorolla 3

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Virtuoso painter who used brushes with long handles to cover huge canvases at great speed. One of three grand masters of modern European art.

August 10, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Ukrainian Painters: 19th century Realism

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Overview of those most active during the 19th century, and generally Realist in style. Includes those who spent much of their career in Ukraine, and three famous expatriates.

August 9, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Bicentenary of Théodule Ribot: 19th century chiaroscuro

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Largely self-taught, he met with success at the Salon in 1861. His highly individual chiaroscuro style is the antithesis of Impressionism.

August 8, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Trojan Epics: 24 Latium and deification

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Aeneas founds the city of Lavinium in Italy, defeats King Turnus, and is then deified as Jupiter Indiges. From Lavinium comes Alba Longa, then Rome.

August 7, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 215

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 215. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Me […]

August 7, 2023 General, Macs, Technology

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