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All<\/span> 36 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Art = Math<\/span> 0 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Book Notes<\/span> 9 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Color Mixes<\/span> 1 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Essays and Enquiries<\/span> 3 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Flesh Tones<\/span> 2 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>From the Studio<\/span> 0 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>History<\/span> 0 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Interviews<\/span> 0 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Masters<\/span> 9 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Materials<\/span> 2 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Palettes<\/span> 2 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>pLog Pith<\/span> 4 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Quotes<\/span> 6 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Resources<\/span> 5 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Responses<\/span> 1 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Reviews<\/span> 2 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Technical Bulletins<\/span> 3 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Techniques<\/span> 5 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>The "Science" Series<\/span> 0 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Travels and Museums<\/span> 1 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Videos<\/span> 2 <\/small><\/span><\/a>\/<\/span>Writers<\/span> 1 <\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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“To Excel the Past…”<\/h3>
\"... we must not allow ourselves to lose contact with it; on\u2026<\/div>May 15, 2024<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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“Last Words” on Painting<\/h3>
There is one thing about painting\u2013\u2013you can be a student\u2026<\/div>March 27, 2024<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Trans Oxides vs. Siennas<\/h3>January 29, 2024<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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The Flat Tint<\/h3>
If anyone doubts what a flat tint will do, let him see the\u2026<\/div>January 29, 2024<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Yarn Weaving<\/h3>
A Kentucky Limner in a King Arthur-less Court
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pLog Pith XVIII<\/h3>
\u00a0There is magic to the mystery, but there is no mystery to\u2026<\/div>November 6, 2022<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Book Note of the Day: Preservation of Breadth<\/h3>
John Burnet's Practical Hints on Light and Shade in Painting,\u2026<\/div>September 18, 2022<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Video: Lessons from Van Dyck<\/h3>
https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/uBDJIgM0ylk<\/div>September 5, 2022<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Book Note of the Day: Alberti on Beauty<\/h3>
\u2018Beauty\u2019, he says, \u2018is that reasoned harmony of the parts\u2026<\/div>September 4, 2022<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Book Note of the Day: The Royal Road in Art<\/h3>
There is no royal road in art. In this department of life, as\u2026<\/div>January 27, 2022<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Book Note of the Day: the Importance of Instinct<\/h3>
Velazquez, like every great artist, tempered his method with\u2026<\/div>August 4, 2021<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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“Sinking In” – When Oil Paint Dries Dull and Matte on the Canvas and Why<\/h3>
\"Sinking in\" is the term used to describe what happens when a layer of paint loses its saturation. If you, like me, often use an earth palette, then this effect can easily be seen when a layer of Raw Umber or Burnt Umber has dried.<\/div>December 29, 2018<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Anthonis Mor: Technical Info on the National Portrait Gallery Website<\/h3>
Alway a delight to find this kind of information.<\/div>December 10, 2018<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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From the Graveyard: Formulas for Flesh – Part I: Caravaggio, Guercino, Reni and Caracci<\/h3>
Today I am less convinced that there is a formula for the color of flesh... but I do think there are strategies to be considered in terms of managing luminosity and temperature. What do you think?<\/div>August 19, 2018<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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pLog Pith XVII<\/h3>
If the big things aren't right, the small things won't matter.Make\u2026<\/div>August 19, 2018<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Pigment Analysis in Paintings: Titian, Velazquez, Rembrandt<\/h3>
I always enjoy have some idea of the kinds of pigments used to create a certain color, especially if multiple layers are involved. \u00a0Here is a website I stumbled upon that has some nice presentations on this very topic...<\/div>April 20, 2018<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Great Interactive Website for a Rubens Show<\/h3>
I hope they will keep this up even after the show ends:
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Track the Lives of the Old Masters<\/h3>
There is a very clever new website called eVasari: you can trace\u2026<\/div>January 30, 2018<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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pLog Pith XVI<\/h3>
You follow rules to go somewhere.
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\r\nYou ignore rules to go nowhere.<\/div>November 25, 2017<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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pLog Pith XV<\/h3>
We need to be reminded: there is no beauty without rules\u2026<\/div>September 10, 2017<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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The National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Titian after 1540<\/h3>
This special edition is dedicated to the study of Titian\u2019s technique and style after 1540.<\/div>September 1, 2017<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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The Palette of Gilbert Stuart<\/h3>
From the Natural Pigments website...<\/div>June 7, 2017<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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The Providence of Fundamentals \u2013 Learning to Draw Before You Paint Pays Dividends<\/h3>June 3, 2017<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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The Continuity of Light and the Criteria to Capture It: A Review of the Workshop with Charles Weed<\/h3>June 3, 2017<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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“J. M. W. Turner and other English artists of his generation relied on the development of innovative gels. “<\/h3>
\"To paint quickly while creating exceptional texture and volume effects, J. M. W. Turner and other English artists of his generation relied on the development of innovative gels.\"<\/div>January 26, 2017<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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The Pigment Compendium on Google Books<\/h3>
If you are doing research on unfamiliar names of pigments, then\u2026<\/div>October 24, 2016<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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“Flesh Spheres”<\/h3>
In January of 2014 I made my second trip to visit Odd in Norway.\u2026<\/div>October 16, 2016<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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The National Gallery Technical Bulletin: Sir Joshua Reynolds<\/h3>
This special edition is dedicated to the paintings of Joshua Reynolds in the National Gallery and the Wallace Collection.<\/div>October 10, 2016<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Titian’s Secret Revealed<\/h3>
\"He was simply better than anyone else.\"<\/div>October 10, 2016<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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“Painter’s Palettes from Historical Writings”<\/h3>
A just-discovered great new resource\u00a0by Patricia Railing.<\/div>September 20, 2016<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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A Poem from 1762<\/h3>
\u2014The di\ufb05inguish'd part of Men
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A Corpus of Rembrandt Paintings Online<\/h3>
For those familiar with Ernst van de Wetering's Rembrandt - The\u2026<\/div>May 12, 2015<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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Caravaggio’s Contarrelli Chapel in High-Res and Head-On<\/h3>
If you visit the Contarelli Chapel in Rome's San Luigi dei Francesi,\u2026<\/div>January 17, 2015<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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\u201cAesthetics Have Nothing to Do with It.\u201d<\/h3>
Nowadays the charlatans say it straight to your face.<\/div>November 30, 2014<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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From Odd Nerdrum to Igor Stravinsky and a Favorite Quote on the Creative Process<\/h3>
I have a recent habit of saving\u00a0a variety of essays, forums\u2026<\/div>November 29, 2014<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a>
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“The Four Techniques for Illusion and Volume”<\/h3>
For those out there like myself interested in technical art history,\u2026<\/div>October 11, 2014<\/span>\/<\/span>by tja<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/a><\/div>Load more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2970","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanartistinrome.com\/plog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanartistinrome.com\/plog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanartistinrome.com\/plog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanartistinrome.com\/plog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanartistinrome.com\/plog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2970"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanartistinrome.com\/plog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2995,"href":"https:\/\/www.americanartistinrome.com\/plog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2970\/revisions\/2995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.americanartistinrome.com\/plog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}