A spectrum of purposes and styles, inspired by Émile Zola’s experimental approach to novels, documenting ordinary people with objectivity, in a neutral realism.
Category Archive: General
Unusual self-portraits painted using mirrors by Courbet, Corinth, Bonnard, Gentileschi, Peeters, and Velázquez.
Although not unknown beforehand, these were patented in 1787, when the term was coined. Examples from before 1627 BCE to the end of the 19th century.
The crusaders start their march on the Holy City of Jerusalem, going from Tartus to reach Emmaus, just as all able-bodied Christians are banished from the city by its ruler Aladine.
I hope you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 347. Here are my solutions to them. 1: Stop operating […]
More fine views of this rugged island by Achenbach, Theodore Robinson, Susan Watkins, Konstantin Gorbatov, and others.
Views of its dramatic coastline, high cliffs, and natural rock arches, by Albert Bierstadt, Haseltine, John Singer Sargent, and others.
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Stop operating […]
In the weaving contest between Arachne and Minerva, used by the Fates, cropped to weaken Samson, in the Annunciation, or simply for cutting.
New series describing and illustrating how reflections have been painted in European and American art, from the early Renaissance to the 20th century.
The Eclectic Light Company 