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Category Archive: General

RIP Demon: the Tenner a Month is finally spent

Nearly 25 years ago, Demon Internet started to provide dial-up services to anyone prepared to pay £10 per month. In 30 days, it will finally be gone.

September 13, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Alchemy: 11 – intent overrides craft

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In America, geographic isolation and growing freedom led to the craft of oil painting being smothered by artistic intent. Here are some results.

September 12, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Should you drop Dropbox?

What do you make of an app which “takes control of your Mac” without asking you, and then refuses to let you disable that?

September 12, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

In William Merritt Chase’s Studio: insights and informal portraits

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His studio was a recurrent motif which tells us much about his promotional activity, and his extended persona.

September 11, 2016 General, Painting

Last week on my Mac: It all rests on October now

Mac users must wait until October to see if Apple is as committed to its computers as it is to its consumer products.

September 11, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: The spirits of nations

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Delacroix’s famous painting of Marianne, personification of the French nation, does not stand alone. Here is a small collection.

September 10, 2016 General, Painting

Into the Light: Rosa Bonheur, animalière extraordinaire

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A precocious painter who became more famous in Britain than in her native France, she liked painting powerful animals like oxen and lions.

September 9, 2016 General, Painting

Alchemy: 10 – the direct and the dangerous; Impressionists and Pre-Raphaelites

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Oil sketches and studies became accepted as works of art. But not all Impressionist paintings have survived as well as they should.

September 8, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

Into the Light: Frederick Frieseke’s flickering females

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For 15 years, his delicate nudes seen in dappled light were popular throughout Europe. They shocked the folk back in the US, though.

September 7, 2016 General, Painting

William Merritt Chase paints history, for a brief moment

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Known for his Impressionist landscapes and portraits, he also painted a couple of history paintings – under duress.

September 6, 2016 General, Painting

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