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Brueghel

Not Like That: Fading into the past

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The colours you see in paintings today may have faded badly from their originals. Examples of madder lake, smalt and indigo.

February 20, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 34 Picture in a picture, stories

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From the tribute to a dead colleague, and a record of an important exhibition, to the downright enigmatic embedded paintings of Velázquez, Courbet and others.

February 9, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 33 Picture in a picture, landscapes

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Cameo views of landscapes were common practice during the Renaissance, and also had value in locating the primary view.

February 8, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Reading visual art: 24 Transformation 2

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Transformations of Lycian peasants into frogs, Pygmalion’s statute into Galatea, the pregnant Myrrha, silkworm moths, and autumn.

January 6, 2023 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of Children at Play 1

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Never paint children or animals, says the rule. This tribute to artists who ignored the rule shows work by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Goya, and others to Mary Cassatt.

September 10, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of the winds 1: Zephyrus

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The personification of the west wind, to the Greeks gentle and responsible for bringing the start of the growing season, and the abduction and rape of a nymph who became Flora.

July 23, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Colour Notes 13: What colour is the sky?

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Starting from Egyptian blue in ancient times, pigments preferred by painters for sky blue have changed repeatedly. Here’s a brief history.

July 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting, Technology

The Open Door 1: paintings 1400-1890

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From Jan van Eyck to Caillebotte and Claus, these paintings show the view beyond an open doorway, commonly as a means of incorporating a landscape.

April 30, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Start of the Year: Paintings of Spring 1

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This is when the year should really begin. A celebration of the real New Year from Botticelli to Pissarro, aided by Sisley, Van Gogh and others.

March 26, 2022 General, Life, Painting

The Complete Angler in paintings 1

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Fishing with rod and line plays a significant part in the myth of Daedalus, and adds calm and timelessness to many landscapes.

February 12, 2022 General, Life, Painting

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