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From world view to panorama: 2 Popular panoramas

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A World View with a high aspect ratio, they came to dominate in the latter half of the 19th century, some being major commercial attractions. Now ubiquitous.

February 7, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Aerial Perspective in paintings: 2 Development and rejection

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Its peak with Bonington, Friedrich, Corot and others. Decline in Impressionism to deliberate omission in ‘primitives’ such as Cézanne and Astrup.

November 29, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Rhythm in paintings: Depth and patterns

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Using repeated forms, usually regularly spaced, is a well-known technique for increasing depth, adding optical effects, and more.

November 14, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Hot off the press: reportage in painting 2

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More newsworthy paintings from Sisley, war artists including Henry Tonks, Edvard Munch, and court artists.

September 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 9: A brief history

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The story of landscape paintings which are dominated by the sky, from the Dutch Golden Age to Surrealism.

September 8, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Skying 7: Impressionism

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Impressionists seem not to have taken to skying, and most of their paintings have high horizons. But there are exceptions.

August 25, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Dealers and painters: Durand-Ruel the architect of Impressionism

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During his lifetime, Durand-Ruel bought a total of 1,500 paintings by Renoir, over 1,000 Monets, 800 Pissarros, over 400 by Degas, and almost 400 from each of Sisley and Mary Cassatt.

April 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

A Blossom Festival in paintings 1

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Reduced to viewing the blossom online? Here are wonderful paintings of tree blossom from Millais, Sisley, van Gogh and others.

March 28, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Martyrs’ Mountain: Paintings of Montmartre 1

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The hill that rises from the densely-packed streets of Paris, painted by Jongkind, Alfred Sisley, Ilya Repin, Renoir, and others.

January 11, 2020 General, Life, Painting

The best of 2019’s paintings and articles 2

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More favourite articles from 2019, from ‘Dante’s Divine Comedy’ as painted by William Blake, through Vincent van Gogh, to Renoir’s landscapes.

December 31, 2019 General, Life, Painting

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