How Hogarth developed his painting and print narrative series from rough drawings. Examples of prints made after paintings by Mary Cassatt and Nikolai Astrup for different reasons.
Medium and Message: Paint to print
Author: penwithlit
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Quick Cafe Sketches
Quick cafe sketches done between the rocket alerts.
Quick Cafe Sketches
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Poems by Hermann Hesse
I am re-reading Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse. And in doing a little Wiki research on the German novelist, I discovered he also wrote poetry. I bought a collection of his verses entitled Poems by Hermann Hesse: Selected and Translated By James Wright (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970). Most of the poems are short (which I […]
Poems by Hermann Hesse
The waitress in the Paris café was tolerant. My painting things were all over the table. I’d finished my meal some time ago. But she did not hurry me away. I was travelling by train, arriving many hours later in Geneva. Trains from Geneva to Lausanne were disrupted because Swiss football supporters had, I learned […]
Postcards from Paris and Switzerland, February 2026
Photo Julie le temps lui-même reste surpris devant cette fresque de l’accompli cet écart sacré là le détail qui approuve l’excès et célèbre la lumière en nue-propriété arbres dont on envie partout les bras déliés d’offrandes et de chansons -la musicale révolution Barbara Auzou
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s discovery of X-rays transformed science and language alike. The term “X-ray,” born from the unknown, rapidly entered global English, bridging technical and everyday use. It expanded medical vocabulary and showed how scientific breakthroughs create lasting words, making invisible phenomena understandable and widely discussed across cultures and disciplines.
Birth of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923) — The Scientist Who Gave English the Language of X-Rays
Robert Frost transformed everyday American speech into powerful poetry, proving that simple language could express profound ideas. Drawing on rural life and natural rhythms, he shaped a distinctly American voice in literature. His work bridged clarity and depth, showing that ordinary words, carefully arranged, can carry universal meaning and emotional resonance across generations.
Birth of Robert Frost (1874–1963) — The Poet Who Made Everyday American Speech Literary
It moved from depicting the rural poor in the countryside, to scientists teaching, a major research meeting, technology in the workplace, and the rise of the clinic in hospital medicine.
Naturalists: Science and medicine
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A French view of Oxford Colleges
This time took my road warrior skills to go again to jolly England with the Le Shuttle train service (see post), and my Ford ; towing along my good boys and wonderful Rex! It was a very nice trip going into the countryside and seeing several towns of wonderul architecture and history, This one is a […]
The Museums of Oxford !!!
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