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Category Archive: General

Last Week on my Mac: Upgrade uptake

Shipping a major new release of an operating system is a shot in the dark. Is Sierra reaching its target?

October 16, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Dante Gabriel Rossetti: the Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic

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His later paintings, after 1858, are quite different from those he made when a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. How?

October 15, 2016 General, Painting

William Merritt Chase: a life in painting, 2 1884-1890

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A busy period of work mainly in his New York studio, Chase met and painted with Whistler in London, and Sargent in New York.

October 14, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Mariana – Shakespeare or Tennyson?

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Several Pre-Raphaelites painted this character from a Shakespeare comedy, but as a symbol of despondent isolation. Why?

October 13, 2016 General, Language, Painting

Into the Light: Val Prinsep, the oriental Aesthetic

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Taught by Watts, a friend of Rossetti and Frederic, Lord Leighton, his paintings were popular, successful, and well known. Until the early 20th century.

October 12, 2016 General, Painting

Getting Office 2011 and old apps to work fully in Sierra

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A couple of simple tricks to help you use Word 2011 and other old apps with Sierra’s new features and iCloud Drive.

October 12, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

William Merritt Chase: a life in painting, 1 to 1883

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First in a series detailing his life and work. This covers his training, and first establishing his studio in New York. Plenty of his paintings are included.

October 11, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Philip Hermogenes Calderon 2, Shakespeare and the naked saint

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Towards the end of his career, he campaigned for students at the Royal Academy Schools to have proper life classes with nude models. And a nude got him into trouble.

October 10, 2016 General, Painting

Apple burns your boats: the vanishing of OS X

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Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and Sierra have been free, until the release of the next major version, when they become priceless for some users.

October 10, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Philip Hermogenes Calderon 1, the Bible and morals

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You may know him for ‘Broken Vows’, a famous problem picture about unfaithfulness in marriage. Here are some more of his works.

October 9, 2016 General, Painting

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