Category: Art and Photographic History
Born in 1452, Leonardo da Vinci influenced English through translated ideas that united art and science. His detailed observations expanded descriptive and technical vocabulary, refining how language captures form, motion, and structure, and helping English evolve into a medium capable of expressing complex, interdisciplinary thought with clarity.
Birth of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) — Expanding the Descriptive and Scientific Range of English
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
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Quick Cafe Sketches
Quick cafe sketches done between the rocket alerts.
Quick Cafe Sketches
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
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