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Category Archive: General

Brief Candles: Thomas Girtin part 2

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In the last couple of years of his brief life, his watercolours changed, and pushed the boundaries, for others to follow.

April 17, 2016 General, Painting

The trashed server hoax

Did Marco Marsala really wipe his complete company out with an error in a command?

April 17, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Brief Candles: Thomas Girtin part 1

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In a fraction of the lifespan enjoyed by JMW Turner, Tom Girtin took watercolour to new heights. The first of two parts showing his work.

April 16, 2016 General, Painting

Planning ahead: archiving for retrieval

If you cannot retrieve a document in an extinct format, there is no point in archiving it in the first place.

April 16, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Recommended art history reading

As with any subject, there is a lot of information available about art history, when you know where to look, and how.

April 15, 2016 General, Painting

Data protection: Europe might be getting it righter

European data protection law is at last changing, but not just yet, and we’re not sure how.

April 15, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Panama paintings: how the rich impoverish art

Sequestering art in freeports is little different in effect from the Nazis’ looting works of art across Europe.

April 14, 2016 General, Painting

Analysing narrative paintings of Icarus and Daedalus

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Turning a linear HTML article from WordPress into a full hypertext document, using Storyspace 3. Not hard, but does it work?

April 13, 2016 General, Language, Macs, Painting, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Icarus and his downfall

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Tackled by several Masters, this well-known story has also been well-shown. Which painting provides the best narrative?

April 13, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Elihu Vedder

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The first American symbolist, his beautiful paintings are rich in symbols and stories, and decorate the Library of Congress.

April 12, 2016 General, Painting

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