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Coming home to a real fire in paintings 2

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Two paintings by van Gogh, and others show open fires and stoves heating homes and other places up to 1930.

December 11, 2022 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of 1921: 1 People

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Fine paintings from 1921, by John Collier, Christian Krohg, Félix Vallotton, Maurice Denis and others.

December 13, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Homer’s Odyssey in paintings: 2 The Sirens, Calypso and Nausicaä

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Odysseus and his crew survive their encounter with the Sirens, but the hero has to endure 7 years with Calypso before he meets Nausicaä.

November 6, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Blur in paintings: 1 perspective and edges

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There were few good reasons to blur what should be sharp edges in paintings. Aerial perspective and Vermeer’s unusual optical effects explored in paintings.

August 7, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of reading and books 3: Tranquil or dangerous

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More women reading, from Dante’s beloved Beatrice to Charlotte Corday, who was psyching herself up with Plutarch’s Lives before murdering Marat in his bath.

November 22, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Paintings of breakfast

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Paintings by Botticelli, William Merritt Chase, Pierre Bonnard, Paxton, and Vuillard showing the first meal of the day.

December 14, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Twentieth Century Vermeer: William McGregor Paxton

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He developed from the style and optics of Vermeer’s paintings, limiting depth of field to develop bokeh. And he painted ‘problem pictures’ too.

October 24, 2019 General, Life, Painting
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