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The Art in Painting: 2 Classical Methods

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Sketches and studies are the richest evidence for the artistic in craft-dominated processes required to turn those into a painting.

December 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Palm Sunday: Palm trees in paintings 2

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Claude Lorrain’s view of Delos, Leonardo’s Virgin of the Rocks, several versions of the Flight to Egypt, including one by William Blake, and more.

December 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Aerial Perspective in paintings: 1 Ground rules

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The way that distant hills fade in contrast, detail and colour, and how their hue shifts towards cooler colours. From Antonello (1475) to Thomas Girtin.

November 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 11 In memoriam Raphael

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A brief overview of his career, with some of his finest paintings, and links to more detailed accounts.

April 6, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painter by Proxy: The art of Isabella d’Este

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Claimed to have had a constellation of major artists paint for her, what is the truth?What impact did she have on the Renaissance?

March 5, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Calling the Tune: patrons, donors and dealers in paintings 1

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Paintings aren’t made in an artistic vacuum. Part of the purpose is to please a patron, donor or dealer. Examples from Leonardo, Raphael, Tintoretto.

February 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Where? Maps and charts in paintings 1

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From Botticelli’s map of Dante’s ‘Inferno’ to Vermeer’s fine-detailed depictions of decorative wall hangings.

February 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 4 First frescoes in Rome

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Three stunning frescoes in a whole room with painted walls and ceiling: the Disputa, School of Athens, and Parnassus. Perfection.

February 19, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 3 Becoming Raphael

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During this period spent mainly in Florence, he learned from the innovations of Leonardo da Vinci, who was there at the same time. Raphael’s own style emerges.

February 12, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Raphael and Painting: 1 The state of the art in 1500

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At the time, Raphael was recognised as one of the most important artists in the whole Renaissance. Here’s his starting point, set by Giorgione, Perugino and others.

January 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

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