With great interest in optics, depicting shade and shadows advanced in the 17th century, in paintings by van Honthorst, Judith Leyster, and above all Rembrandt, whose promoter was the father of Christiaan Huygens.
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Paintings of Jacob van Ruisdael, probably the first in which species can be distinguished reliably, and leaf forms are depicted accurately, plus delights from Paulus Potter and Jan van der Heyden.
The son of Thetis, he was dipped in the water of the River Styx to make him invulnerable, apart from his left heel. He went missing from the thousand ships, when he went into hiding, but was recovered by Ulysses.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 365. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Half the […]
He was on board the Carpathia when it rescued survivors from the Titanic, and moved to the West Coast in 1915, where he painted its lush vegetation and rich light.
Trained in the US and Paris, he started painting New York skyscrapers around 1900, the right painter in the right place at the right time.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Half the […]
She started copying in the Louvre when she was 16, met Corot there, and exhibited regularly at the Salon from 1864-73, and at the First Impressionist Exhibition in 1874.
From Dosso Dossi in around 1530, through Titian and Veronese in 1580, brushstrokes became more visible in fabrics, hair, and other passages.
Chiaroscuro paintings by Lavinia Fontana, Adam Elsheimer, Jusepe de Ribera, Artemisia Gentileschi, Gerard can Honthorst, and Georges de La Tour.
The Eclectic Light Company 