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Category Archive: General

Medium and Message: Tondo

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With ancient origins, and relatively unusual in wooden panels, round canvases became popular in the Renaissance. Examples by Raphael, Poussin, Tiepolo, Girodet, Richard Dadd and others.

January 20, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Painted stories of the Decameron: Overview and contents

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Six from the hundred stories told by the 7 women and 3 men who fled from the Black Death in Florence. With a bonus story, the most famous, at the end.

January 19, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 343

I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 343. Here are my solutions to them. 1: In between […]

January 19, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

A painted weekend in the Alhambra 1886-1914

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Spectacular landscapes and details painted by John Ferguson Weir, Laurits Tuxen, Joaquín Sorolla, John Singer Sargent, Théo van Rysselberghe, and others.

January 18, 2026 General, Life, Painting

A painted weekend in the Alhambra 1767-1883

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Exquisite Arabic Muslim art and architecture in Granada, painted in topographic views, and by Franz von Lenbach, Henri Regnault, Martín Rico, Childe Hassam, Tom Roberts and others.

January 17, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 343

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

January 17, 2026 General, Macs, Technology

In memoriam Carlos Schwabe: 1 1890-96

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Originally a designer of wallpaper and book illustrator, his strikingly original paintings accompany works by Zola and Charles Baudelaire.

January 16, 2026 General, Life, Painting

The Dutch Golden Age: Mills

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Watermills by Jacob van Ruisdael and Meindert Hobbema, and a selection of windmills by Rembrandt, Jan van Goyen, and a later copy by John Constable.

January 15, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Medium and Message: Oil on copper 1620-1926

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Later examples as it declined in popularity, from David Teniers the Younger, Gerard ter Borch, and most recently from Claude-Joseph Vernet and Joseph Stella.

January 14, 2026 General, Life, Painting

Medium and Message: Oil on copper 1575-1610

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These became popular in the late 16th century, with fine examples from Lavinia Fontana, Paul Bril, Jan Brueghel the Elder, and Adam Elsheimer.

January 13, 2026 General, Life, Painting

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