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Reflections in art: 1 – Turner’s wobbly water, Crossing the Brook (1815)
Two centuries ago, in 1815, Napoleon had made a meteoric return to power, only to be defeated in battle at Waterloo in June. He abdicated later that month. In the same month as the Battle of Waterloo,...
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Reflections in art: 3 – Cézanne’s conundrums
I mentioned in the first article in this series that it was not only Turner but Cézanne who appeared to show discrepancies in the reflections they depicted in paintings. Having established what...
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Visible brushstrokes: 3. after 1865, and some puzzles
I here conclude my quest for an unofficial history of visible brushstrokes in paintings, in reaching Monet, other Impressionists, and Post-Impressionism. Last time I was surprised to find quite a...
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Visible brushstrokes: 5. Book review: Brushstroke and Emergence, James D...
“Brushstroke and Emergence: Courbet, Impressionism, Picasso” James D Herbert University of Chicago Press, November 2015 Hardback, 23.7 x 19.0 cm (9.3 x 7.5 in), 11+149 pp., £24.50/$35.00 ISBN 978 0 226...
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Reflections in art: 4 – Cézanne has more problems
In my previous article in this series, I drew attention to three paintings by Cézanne in which he depicted reflections on water which were markedly out of kilter with those that would have been...
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Reflections in art: 5 – Explaining Cézanne’s discrepancies
Over the last two articles in this series, I have shown how Cézanne’s depictions of reflections on water have numerous discrepancies from those expected from optical principles, something which – at...
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Reflections in art: 6 – How we paint from the brain
So, if Cézanne (and other painters) have unintentional discrepancies in their depiction of reflections on water, how might these occur? To understand the nature of the problem, we need a functional...
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Vanished French Impressionists, 3: Astruc, Attendu, and Béliard
Several of those whose work was shown at the First Impressionist Exhibition in April 1874 have almost vanished into the past. Here are three, whose dates of birth and death are not even certain....
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Vanished French Impressionists, 6: Armand Guillaumin
The most famous of the ‘vanished’ Impressionists, his richly chromatic paintings are in museums and galleries around the world, but seldom get much attention now. However, his influence on the work of...
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The Story in Paintings: Impressionist issues
Even without a manifesto or coherent philosophy, one of the few consistent features of the Impressionists was their total abstinence from narrative genres such as history, mythological, and religious...
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The online catalogue raisonné: a fundamental tool in art
The catalogue raisonné (CR), a comprehensive and detailed listing of all the known artworks made by an artist, is to the study of art what a dictionary and grammar are to the study of a language....
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Reflections in art: 3 – Cézanne’s conundrums
I mentioned in the first article in this series that it was not only Turner but Cézanne who appeared to show discrepancies in the reflections they depicted in paintings. Having established what...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visible brushstrokes: 3. after 1865, and some puzzles
I here conclude my quest for an unofficial history of visible brushstrokes in paintings, in reaching Monet, other Impressionists, and Post-Impressionism. Last time I was surprised to find quite a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visible brushstrokes: 5. Book review: Brushstroke and Emergence, James D Herbert
“Brushstroke and Emergence: Courbet, Impressionism, Picasso” James D Herbert University of Chicago Press, November 2015 Hardback, 23.7 x 19.0 cm (9.3 x 7.5 in), 11+149 pp., £24.50/$35.00 ISBN 978 0 226...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reflections in art: 4 – Cézanne has more problems
In my previous article in this series, I drew attention to three paintings by Cézanne in which he depicted reflections on water which were markedly out of kilter with those that would have been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reflections in art: 5 – Explaining Cézanne’s discrepancies
Over the last two articles in this series, I have shown how Cézanne’s depictions of reflections on water have numerous discrepancies from those expected from optical principles, something which – at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reflections in art: 6 – How we paint from the brain
So, if Cézanne (and other painters) have unintentional discrepancies in their depiction of reflections on water, how might these occur? To understand the nature of the problem, we need a functional...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vanished French Impressionists, 3: Astruc, Attendu, and Béliard
Several of those whose work was shown at the First Impressionist Exhibition in April 1874 have almost vanished into the past. Here are three, whose dates of birth and death are not even certain....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vanished French Impressionists, 6: Armand Guillaumin
The most famous of the ‘vanished’ Impressionists, his richly chromatic paintings are in museums and galleries around the world, but seldom get much attention now. However, his influence on the work of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Story in Paintings: Impressionist issues
Even without a manifesto or coherent philosophy, one of the few consistent features of the Impressionists was their total abstinence from narrative genres such as history, mythological, and religious...
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