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Is that a mandolin or a lute in that painting?

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What’s the difference between a lute and a mandolin? Was Napoleon responsible for the early loss of popularity of mandolins?

July 17, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Sight of Music: Concerts in paintings 2

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Children playing, amateurs rehearsing, music outdoors, and Schubert himself at the piano: paintings by Manet, Degas, Thomas Eakins, Édouard Vuillard and others.

May 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The Sight of Music: Concerts in paintings 1

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If composers and performers can evoke visual images in music, why can’t painters return the complement? Lavinia Fontana, Vermeer, Menzel, Corot and others try.

May 23, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Last Week on My Mac: The tragic case of audiobooks

A hitchhiker’s guide to the mess that is the audiobook section in Apple’s Books app. Time to launch a Vogon Constructor Fleet?

May 17, 2020 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Audiobooks in the Books app

Can you add your own audiobooks to the Books app? It seems a simple question, but the answer is elusive and guarded.

May 13, 2020 Macs, Technology

Symphonic visions – paintings of Mikalojus Čiurlionis 2

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Thirteen paintings tracing The Creation of the World, made in 1905-06 by this Lithuanian composer and painter.

April 24, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Symphonic visions – paintings of Mikalojus Čiurlionis 1

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A musical prodigy, he was synaesthetic, and studied painting after he had trained in music. A true Symbolist.

April 23, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Who sat Saint Cecilia at the keyboard? 2

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It’s ironic that the Pre-Raphaelites, who wanted to take painting back to the days before Raphael, then took up his themes.

March 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Who sat Saint Cecilia at the keyboard? 1

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Her legends are confusing, but make no significant mention of music. So how did she become patron saint of music and musicians?

March 21, 2020 General, Life, Painting

What has changed in Catalina 10.15.2?

New versions of Books, Music, News, Stocks and TV are among the most obvious changes in 10.15.2, but there’s a lot more besides, including some firmware updates.

December 11, 2019 Macs, Technology

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