Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs, painting, and more
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • M1 Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Art
  • Macs
  • Painting

Zurbarán

Next year in paintings: Raphael, Anders Zorn, Modigliani and more

T T Read More

Look for series covering the life and paintings of Raphael, the Swedish Anders Zorn, Amedeo Modigliani, and articles on others with anniversaries this year.

January 1, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Painting in Spain at the time of Velázquez 1

T T Read More

Some works by artists of the Spanish Golden Age, including El Greco, Jusepe de Ribera, Zurbarán, and a guest appearance from Rubens and polychrome wood carving.

January 26, 2019 General, Life, Painting

Out of darkness, light: The development of chiaroscuro 1

T T Read More

A whirlwind trip through the history of compositional chiaroscuro, from the Renaissance, through Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi, to Rembrandt.

December 15, 2018 General, Life, Painting

Pigment: Azurite Blue, the mainstay

T T Read More

The standard blue pigment for the Renaissance and on, until about 1710, it was used in many Old Masters before disappearing by 1800.

June 22, 2018 General, Life, Painting, Technology

In the Angels’ Kitchen: Murillo’s 400th anniversary, 2

T T Read More

As his style became more distinctive, he painted fine religious set-pieces, and some superb and enigmatic secular works.

December 19, 2017 General, Life, Painting

In the Angels’ Kitchen: Murillo’s 400th anniversary, 1

T T Read More

Before the 19th century, his paintings were more popular than those of Velázquez. Why are they far less well known now? Take a look and see for yourself.

December 12, 2017 General, Life, Painting

Changing Stories: Ovid’s Metamorphoses on canvas, 46 – Nessus, Deianira, and Hercules

T T Read More

How a centaur tried to abduct Hercules’ new bride, and the delayed revenge which led to the death of Hercules.

October 6, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting

A Troubled Woman, Centaur’s Blood, and Hercules as Martyr

T T Read More

A puzzling painting of a lone woman, wrestling with inner turmoil; a trap laid by a dying Centaur; a king with a thing for Hercules, and his promotion to being a saint.

April 2, 2017 General, Language, Life, Painting
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Language
  • Tech
  • Life
  • General
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • Hieronymus Bosch
  • English language
  • LockRattler: 10.12 Sierra
  • LockRattler: 10.13 High Sierra
  • LockRattler: 10.11 El Capitan
  • Updates: El Capitan
  • Updates: Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur
  • LockRattler: 10.14 Mojave
  • SilentKnight, silnite, LockRattler, SystHist & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, Metamer, Sandstrip & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • T2M2, Ulbow, Consolation and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Taccy, Signet, Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, alisma
  • Revisionist & DeepTools
  • Text Utilities: Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • LockRattler: 10.15 Catalina
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • LockRattler: 11.0 Big Sur
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • M1 Macs
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.