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Category Archive: General

PDF without Adobe: 23 The nightmare of forms

Just fill in this form – then the problems start. They look fine in Preview or another app, but don’t work right. Here’s why.

June 18, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

The Divine Comedy: Purgatory 2 The murder of Pia de’ Tolomei

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The souls of those who delayed their repentance until shortly before death stay in Ante-purgatory for a whole lifetime. Among them is a virtuous wife who was murdered by her husband.

June 17, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Pushing it back: depth and repoussoir 2

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Friedrich, Turner, Palmer and Bonnard are among the artists shown, with surprises by courtesy of Cézanne.

June 16, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Pushing it back: depth and repoussoir 1

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Compositional techniques usually involving foreground trees which increase the depth of a picture. Explained and illustrated.

June 15, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Misfit: Henri Fantin-Latour 1 First flowers

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Not an Impressionist by any means, he was a close friend of Whistler and Manet, who painted some of the major group portraits of the late 1800s.

June 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

A complete guide to free software available here: the Menu 2

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From Rich Text editing to working with Finder aliases in shell scripts, there’s something available for everyone. Free.

June 14, 2019 General, Macs, Technology

The Nabis: 1 Beginnings

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Paul Gauguin inspired and launched the Nabis during the late 1880s at Pont-Aven. They first exhibited in 1889, and published their manifesto in 1890, by which time he had moved onto another project.

June 13, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Medium Well Done: 13 Paper and cardboard

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Good for watercolour and pastels alone? Paper and cardboard have also been used extensively for oil sketches, and more.

June 12, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

The Divine Comedy: Purgatory 1 Starting the ascent

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Dante and Virgil sail to the island-mountain of Purgatory, where they are met by Cato. They then start its ascent, illustrated by William Blake, Doré and others.

June 11, 2019 General, Life, Painting

PDF without Adobe: 22 The fractious PDF

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Searching this PDF using Preview is hopeless. Is it a bug in Preview or macOS? How can you get proper access to its contents?

June 11, 2019 General, Language, Macs, Technology

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