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Category Archive: General

The first Italian Master in oil: Antonello da Messina 2

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His time in Venice brought a succession of masterpieces, including the large San Cassiano altarpiece, a Salvator Mundi, and Virgin Annunciate which were highly influential.

August 2, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Work in Progress: John Everett Millais ‘Ophelia’

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Four months being bitten to death by midges, then a winter of immersing the model in a bath of tepid water. This masterwork didn’t come easy for anyone.

August 1, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

The Divine Comedy: Purgatory 9 Final preparations for Paradise

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More superb paintings of the closing moments of the book, by Rossetti, Odilon Redon and others.

July 31, 2019 General, Life, Painting

A complete guide to free software available here: the Menu 3

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Updated chart of all the free apps and tools available from here.

July 31, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

The Divine Comedy: Purgatory 8 Matelda, Beatrice in her chariot

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Some of the finest paintings of all Dante’s work: Waterhouse, William Blake and others show the arrival of Beatrice in her chariot.

July 30, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Rich Text documents: RTF and RTFD

What are the differences, what can you do with each of the two formats, and when should you use them?

July 30, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

Words in Paintings 3: Signatures and dedications

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Tintoretto to a friend, Antonello’s cartellini, Alma-Tadema’s dedication of a wedding present in some graffiti, and some mysterious Venetians.

July 29, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 5

How many of these answers did you get?

July 29, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

Words in Paintings 2: References and explanations

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It’s sometimes hard to read a painting without understanding an inscription. Masaccio, Rossetti, Moreau, Corinth and Botticelli gives us some clues.

July 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Words in Paintings 1: Part of the story

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Rembrandt’s Belshazzar’s Feast, Tintoretto, William Blake, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s painting of Sappho each rely on words.

July 27, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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