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Masaccio

Rebirth: What changed in the Renaissance and when?

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Considers what exactly changed in painting in the Renaissance, and when we can establish as those dates, compared with literature, for example.

March 5, 2021 General, Life, Painting

The Art in Painting: 1 art and craft

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Latest in a succession of techniques, AR can guide someone to draw, just the camera obscura, photography and projectors did. Do these detract from the art in a painting?

December 18, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Telling stories in paintings and illustrations 1

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Telling a story in a standalone painting, and telling one in illustrations, are very different. Examples by Masaccio, Poussin, Crane, Rackham, and Hogarth.

September 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painting in 4 dimensions: the Brancacci Chapel frescoes

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Four masterly paintings telling stories. Painted by 3 different hands, each works in 4 dimensions thanks to narrative devices, as explained here.

February 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The story of painted narrative 1

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Easily told in words, stories are harder to paint. Here are five main methods used, explained and shown in examples from the masters.

February 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Words in Paintings 2: References and explanations

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It’s sometimes hard to read a painting without understanding an inscription. Masaccio, Rossetti, Moreau, Corinth and Botticelli gives us some clues.

July 28, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Work in Progress: Masaccio’s Holy Trinity

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A six metre (21 feet) high fresco is a major undertaking, particularly when it’s one of the first paintings to use accurate linear perspective. How was it done?

July 19, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: 4 Egg Tempera

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In the Renaissance, while oil painting was still catching on, many of the greatest masterpieces were painted in egg tempera. How, and to what effect?

April 10, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Medium Well Done: 1 Fresco and secco wall painting

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Many of the greatest and most important European works of art are painted on walls or ceilings. Explains secco, fresco, and how they influence the result.

March 21, 2019 General, Life, Painting, Technology

Two Scenes in One Painting: multiplex narrative from the Romans to 1500

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Showing two or more scenes from the same story in a single painting (multiplex narrative) is common, effective, and good art. Examples from Masaccio, Memling, Bosch, and more.

August 25, 2018 General, Life, Painting

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