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Category Archive: General

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 6: glossary and index

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I almost forgot the end matter: it’s time to add a glossary, and an index. But would built-in Find suffice?

November 16, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

Dolce far niente: the apogee of Aestheticism

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A popular title in the 19th century, it is almost a hallmark of the Aesthetic movement: no narrative, no meaning, just art for art’s sake. Except…

November 15, 2016 General, Painting

Shazam: it keeps listening even when turned off

Do you have the app Shazam installed on any of your Macs? Patrick Wardle has just discovered that […]

November 14, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Into the Light: Hans Gude and the grandeur of Norway

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One of the founding fathers of Norwegian and Nordic landscape painting, his was a detailed realism which tried to be true to nature.

November 14, 2016 General, Painting

Sargent’s prim ladies reach for Priapus and Bacchanalia

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Two triple portraits of ladies of the nobility, which alluded to two quite racy paintings of drunken feasts, and a goddess with 8 breasts. What is going on?

November 13, 2016 General, Painting

Last Week on my Mac: Apple hasn’t really changed in 25 years

A curious experience when trying to buy AppleCare cover shows that Apple hasn’t changed that much after all.

November 13, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Into the Light: John Godward, Aestheticism in the extreme

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Beautiful paintings, devoid of narrative, symbols, or meaning. They represent the height of the Aesthetic movement: ‘pure’ art.

November 12, 2016 General, Painting

Brief Candles: Adriaen van de Velde

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Some of the finest landscapes from the Golden Age, and a mystery which was long assumed to be a self-portrait. An influence on Boudin, hence Monet.

November 11, 2016 General, Painting

Pre-Raphaelite Landscapes 7: Ruskin’s role

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Was John Ruskin a promoter or detractor? How great was his influence on the style, practice, and success?

November 10, 2016 General, Painting

Porting from WordPress to Storyspace, 5: galleries and timelines

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Now’s a good time to bring some order to the paintings in the gallery, and to get the timeline working properly.

November 10, 2016 General, Macs, Painting, Technology

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