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Rubens: How to Price a Painting
For one evaluates pictures differently from tapestries. The latter…
May 20, 2014/by tjaSeeing is Believing: Caravaggio’s Conversion of Saul, Formal Analysis and Critical Thinking
I teach a 100 level on-site Art History class for The American…
April 17, 2014/by tjaIs Burnt Umber Evil?
Some time back in 2012 I read Virgil Elliot's Traditional Oil…
October 8, 2013/by tjapLog Pith XIV
Dogma is the illusion of power.
Craft is the power to create…
May 9, 2013/by tjaCraft is the power to create…
Illustration vs. Painting
Decades ago this would often come up in discussion with Maestro:…
April 2, 2013/by tjaExhibit A in the Decline and Fall of the “Art Elite”
When Craft and Quality are smothered by Dogma: Kate Middleton's…
January 12, 2013/by tjapLog Pith XIII
Religion requires the suspension of Reason.
Little Good is …
December 31, 2012/by tjaLittle Good is …
Further Notes on “Netherland”
While speaking with the Maestro earlier tonight on Skype we spent…
December 30, 2012/by tjaNotes on Copying Velázquez in the National Gallery
Notes on the notes: this post is long overdue! My glorious…
December 26, 2012/by tjaEnthrone Reason
The title says it all.
December 23, 2012/by tjaModes of Vision and Hybrid Images
Fascinating insights into "human visual recognition systems"…
October 31, 2012/by tjapLog Pith XII
Where there is Dogma, there is a Devil.
—TJA
August 19, 2012/by tja—TJA
The Anthropologically Possible
500 pages in 3 days is possible (when on vacation). To me,…
August 19, 2012/by tjaNotes on The Practice of Oil Painting by Solomon J. Solomon
Annotation Summary for: Practice of Oil painting by Solomon…
August 2, 2012/by tjaSatire: A Charlatan-Killing Silver Bullet
The best look at Modern Art I've seen since Tom Wolfe's The Painted…
August 2, 2012/by tjapLog Pith XI
Dogma empowers the Charlatans.
Craft empowers the Sincere.
…
July 21, 2012/by tjaCraft empowers the Sincere.
…
The Obfuscation of Lazarus… and Subsequent Illuminations
This past Sunday, July 8th, I went to see the newly restored…
July 14, 2012/by tjaPortrait of a Master Forger
July 14, 2012/by tjaOne of My Top Ten Greatest Paintings of All Time
Worth the journey ten times over.
The Beheading of John the…
July 4, 2012/by tjaThe Beheading of John the…
Notes on R.A.M. Stevenson’s Velázquez
Annotation Summary for: velasquez-RAM-stevenson
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pLog Pith X
Where Velázquez is Grace, Caravaggio is Guts.
Where Velázquez…
June 26, 2012/by tjaWhere Velázquez…
“Du sollst werden, der du bist”
—Nietzsche
Many thanks to Charles for his gracious hospitality…
May 28, 2012/by tjaMany thanks to Charles for his gracious hospitality…
The Nerdrum Museum
A comprehensive collection and an exquisite presentation, showing…
April 9, 2012/by tjaCleopatra
The first modestly large, layered-with-subtext, multi-figure…
April 1, 2012/by tjapLog Pith IX
First, find the structure, then find the skin.
And never underestimate…
March 5, 2012/by tjaAnd never underestimate…
La Sfida della Semplicita’
Tonight Giulia and I were admiring and discussing what I think…
February 17, 2012/by tjaHelpful Video on Photographing Artwork
A video that a friend passed on to me about a year ago. Still…
February 8, 2012/by tjaMy Notes on “Notes on the Science of Picture Making”
Annotation Summary for: Notes on the Science of Picture Making by C. J. Holmes published in 1920.
January 25, 2012/by tja“A Figurative Painter, Literally Speaking”
A time-elapsed evolution of a recent painting, "Knight in an…
January 8, 2012/by tjaWhere is Odd Nerdrum?
A presentation that is rightly partisan and begs the question: what is the real motive behind the Norwegian government's prosecution?
January 1, 2012/by tjaNotes on Neo-Megilp
The Sunken Color of Discontent... and how to remedy the problem.…
December 4, 2011/by tja“Oiling Out”
It looks like some learned practical instruction is finally making…
November 28, 2011/by tjaGlazing ≠ Luminosity
The truth is: keying up a flesh tone with a near-white color…
October 31, 2011/by tjaThe Holy Grail of Flesh Tones, Part II: Velazquez
A funny thing happened the other day as I was googling through…
October 9, 2011/by tjaOdd Nerdrum’s Ground
I just had a conversation with my Maestro about this tonight...…
September 12, 2011/by tjaScumbles on Shadows and Theories of Relativity
Knowledge or skill is much more easily acquired if one has a…
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