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Trees in the landscape: 2. John Constable as the bridge from old to new

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Constable may seem an unlikely revolutionary, but his landscapes and their trees inspired the Barbizon School and Impressionists.

October 14, 2015 General, Painting

Trees in the landscape: 1. Introduction to the new series

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A brief glance through the history of painting trees in the landscape, from Rubens and Poussin to van Gogh and Pissarro.

October 11, 2015 General, Life, Painting

Pigments + technique → style: 3 up to 1850

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The period 1700 to 1850 saw the introduction of the first modern pigments, such as Prussian blue and emerald green, which started to transform paintings.

October 1, 2015 Painting

Differing Views: the Palace of Westminster, London, England

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A total of 17 paintings by 13 artists from 11 viewpoints, covering 261 years of art and parliamentary history.

September 4, 2015 General, Painting

Landscape Visions: 4 Breath-taking panoramas

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No matter how old and jaded you get, you can always appreciate the breath-taking view from the top of a hill, as the earth sweeps out in myriad details, as far as the distant horizon.

July 26, 2015 Painting

Book Review: Samuel Palmer, William Vaughan

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This is a monumental, meticulous, and insightful account of Palmer’s life and work. It merits a wide readership.

June 28, 2015 General, Painting

Obscured by clouds: how to lose your audiobooks

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There are subtle but very important differences between iTunes in the Cloud, and iCloud Backup.

June 12, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Truth in (landscape) painting 5 – conclusions

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This series of articles set out to consider how faithfully landscape painters have tried to depict the views and objects that they paint, as the ‘truth’ of their painting.

February 3, 2015 Painting

Truth in (landscape) painting 2

Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894) was a pioneer scientist and polymath who had great influence over nineteenth century research […]

January 24, 2015 Painting

Truth in (landscape) painting 1

There are many types of ‘truth’ in painting, but the truth that I am concerned with here is fidelity to motif: how faithfully does a painter attempt to depict the objects that they are painting?

January 17, 2015 Painting

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