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Rembrandt

Alchemy: a brief history of oil painting, 1 – Overview

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Introduction to a series explaining the history of oil paint, effects on techniques, hence on paintings themselves.

August 5, 2016 General, Painting, Technology

The Story in Paintings: Philemon and Baucis, virtue rewarded

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An unusually moral story of the classical gods; superb paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt, Elsheimer, and others.

April 27, 2016 General, Life, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Rembrandt’s conspiracy and Batavians

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How Rembrandt’s uses lighting to enhance and add to his narrative, and how one of his greatest paintings got cut up and went to Sweden.

March 28, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Belshazzar’s Feast

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Painting a literary narrative, by Rembrandt, John Martin, and Washington Allston.

March 22, 2016 General, Painting

The Story in Paintings: Lucretia, the hardest narrative of all

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The strongest and most moving narrative can be the simplest: one woman and one dagger.

January 27, 2016 General, Painting

Visible brushstrokes: 9. A tentative history at last

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We still associate brushmarks with sketchiness, speed of painting, spontaneity, bravura, and panache – and smooth paint surfaces, assembled from multiple layers and glazes, as being heartless mechanical essays in technique.

January 14, 2016 General, Painting

Visible brushstrokes: 1. 1400-1700

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A glance through some of the unofficial history of visible brushstrokes and other painter’s marks.

December 5, 2015 Painting

Pigments + technique → style: 6, results and conclusions

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The availability and use of modern pigments was a major factor in determining Impressionist painting style.

October 13, 2015 Painting

Pigments + technique → style: 5, a better method

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The methods used for a more robust analysis of palettes, which is unique and innovative.

October 12, 2015 Painting

Beyond the French Impressionists: 27 What makes an Impressionist painting?

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In the absence of any clearly articulated theoretical statements from the core French Impressionists, there are no obvious rules or clear criteria handed down.

July 10, 2015 Painting

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