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Category Archive: General

Glue tempera paintings 2: Nabis

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Paints using glue as their binder were revived by Pierre Bonnard, the Nabis and Odilon Redon in the late 19th century, with startling results.

July 17, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Glue tempera paintings 1: Renaissance and William Blake

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Paints using glue as their binder, instead of oil, were popular in the early Renaissance before being replaced by oils. William Blake revived them around 1800.

July 16, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Saturday Mac riddles 160

Here are this weekend’s riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: For 21 glorious […]

July 16, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Pastels among the Nabis: Roussel, Ranson, Vuillard

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Pastel paintings by these three Nabis, who underwent conventional training and explored different media. Later paintings by Roussel are really special.

July 15, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Paul Signac 13: Watercolours to 1918

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He originally used watercolours for preparatory sketches, but exhibited them in their own right later. They reveal a quite different art from his oil paintings.

July 14, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Sheer Delight 13: A short history of clothes and fabrics in paintings

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An overview starting with the sculptural folds of the late 13th century, peaking with Raphael and Rembrandt, and dissolving with Renoir and Sargent in the early 20th century.

July 13, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Colour Notes 13: What colour is the sky?

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Starting from Egyptian blue in ancient times, pigments preferred by painters for sky blue have changed repeatedly. Here’s a brief history.

July 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Paintings of William Shakespeare’s Plays 4: Measure for Measure

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Almost banned in the 19th century, only one scene has been painted extensively, but that could refer instead to either of two of Tennyson’s poems.

July 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 159

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 159. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Cool […]

July 11, 2022 General, Macs, Technology

Paintings of the Vienna Secession 2: Von Alt to Mucha

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Other members of the Vienna Secession, including Alois Delug, Maximilian Lenz, Hugo Baar, Kolo Moser, and Alphonse Mucha.

July 10, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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