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Category Archive: General

The Story in Paintings: Philemon and Baucis, virtue rewarded

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An unusually moral story of the classical gods; superb paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt, Elsheimer, and others.

April 27, 2016 General, Life, Painting

Need an external optical drive? If only life was more simple

It should be easy to choose an external optical drive for your Mac: this guide makes it clearer.

April 27, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel

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Looking at the stories shown in the main paintings of the Brancacci Chapel, Florence.

April 26, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Poussin’s Empire of Flora

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More myths in a single painting than you’ll see anywhere else. But do they come together to form another narrative?

April 25, 2016 General, Painting

Palmyra, paintings, and cultural vandalism

Vasari praised Masaccio’s fresco, then six years later painted over parts of it, and put his altarpiece in front, obscuring it for nearly 300 years.

April 24, 2016 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Brief Candles: Masaccio part 2

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His final frescoes were an inspiration to Michelangelo and others in the Renaissance, and include one of the greatest paintings in Europe.

April 24, 2016 General, Painting

Brief Candles: Masaccio part 1

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The first few years of his short career, in which he modelled faces and clothes to bring volume, and started perspective projection.

April 23, 2016 General, Painting

Achieving the right perspective

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The importance of perspective in Western painting is hotly debated, but there is no doubt that is has brought about very visible change.

April 22, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Endtime for QuickTime?

In 1996, QuickTime had no serious competition, was very cross-platform, elegant, and highly practical. Yet now it is dying.

April 22, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Perseus and Edward Burne-Jones 2

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The complete narrative shown in ten paintings. Or did he miss the whole purpose of the story after all?

April 21, 2016 General, Painting

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