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166 posts

February 2019

• PAINTED HOUSES IN A POLISH VILLAGE. 2019-02-22
• “CECI N’EST PAS UNE RUE”. 2019-02-05

November 2018

• TWO MOSAICS FROM A CLASSICAL LATRINE. 2018-11-07

October 2018

• REPAIRING BUILDINGS WITH LEGOS, REVISITED. 2018-10-02

August 2018

• DOES AN ARTIST HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO THE ARTISTIC USE OF A COLOR? 2018-08-26
• STEPPING IN A BLACK HOLE. 2018-08-25
• VANTABLACK—THE NEW “BLACKEST BLACK”. 2018-08-24
• SHADES OF BLACK—MARS BLACK AND IVORY BLACK. 2018-08-23
• THE GOLDEN BRIDGE. 2018-08-05
• MONET AND ARCHITECTURE. 2018-08-02
• TOLKIEN—A TRILOGY BASED ON MAPS. 2018-08-01

July 2018

• CONSTABLE AND CLOUDS. 2018-07-31
• CONSTABLE PAINTED WHAT HE SAW—THE WEATHER. 2018-07-30
• HIDDEN MESSAGES ON ANCIENT GREEK VASES. 2018-07-20

April 2017

• AND JOSEPH LANGLAND. 2017-04-11
• AND WALTER DE LA MARE. 2017-04-10
• HUNTERS IN THE SNOW—WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS. 2017-04-09
• HUNTERS IN THE SNOW—THE POEM. 2017-04-08
• HUNTERS IN THE SNOW (WINTER)—THE PAINTING. 2017-04-07 · 1 comment
• 17 SECONDS PER WORK OF ART. 2017-04-06

March 2017

• RECONSTRUCTING THE ROOF OF A PALACE IN HERCULANEUM. 2017-03-27
• MATISSE AND PATTERNS. 2017-03-06
• THE KILLER FOG OF 1952. 2017-03-05
• TURNER’S LIGHT. 2017-03-04
• THE EFFECT OF GEOGRAPHY ON THE IMPRESSIONISTS. 2017-03-03

February 2017

• THE HISTORICAL RESEARCH BEHIND MONTY PYTHON’S ATTACK BUNNY. 2017-02-13
• GIANT MEDIEVAL ATTACK RABBITS. 2017-02-12

December 2016

• KNIGHTS FIGHTING SNAILS REVISITED. 2016-12-31
• RESTORING ROTHKO PAINTINGS WITH LIGHT. 2016-12-30
• PAINTING WITH UNSTABLE PAINT. 2016-12-29

October 2016

• SUGGESTIONS FOR ARTISTS WHO WANT TO DESTROY SOME OF THEIR ART. 2016-10-19
• WHEN ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG DESTROYED HIS OWN ART. 2016-10-18 · 1 comment
• CONCEPTUAL ART—DESTROYING THE GIANT HEAD. 2016-10-14 · 2 comments
• CONCEPTUAL ART—THE GIANT HEAD. 2016-10-13 · 1 comment
• ARE FACES SYMMETRICAL? 2016-10-12
• THE AMBIGUITY OF THE BUDDHA’S FACES. 2016-10-11

March 2016

• UNFINISHED ART. 2016-03-29
• HOW SHAKESPEARE WROTE FOR MOVIES. 2016-03-05
• CONSTABLE KNEW THE SKY. 2016-03-03
• THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW BLUE PIGMENT. 2016-03-02

December 2015

• DECIDING ABOUT A PAINTING AS QUICK AS A FLASH. 2015-12-18
• WHAT IS LANDSCAPE? 2015-12-13
• ANNALISA’S ART—TWO RECENT PAINTINGS.. 2015-12-12
• THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE PAINTING SURFACE. 2015-12-07
• THE DISCOVERY OF PRUSSIAN BLUE. 2015-12-06

October 2015

• RECOVERING THE KINGS MISSING FROM THE FACADE OF NOTRE DAME. 2015-10-11
• HOW HEAVY IS A LARGE TREE? 2015-10-05
• HOW NERO’S GOLDEN HOUSE INFLUENCED THE RENAISSANCE. 2015-10-04
• HOW THE GOLDEN HOUSE SURVIVED UNDERGROUND. 2015-10-03
• NERO’S GOLDEN HOUSE WAS UNDERFOOT. 2015-10-02

September 2015

• WHAT ARE THE CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS OF SERIFS? 2015-09-19

June 2015

• MY EYE LOOKS AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE PICTURE. 2015-06-14
• DOES THE ARTIST GUIDE YOUR EYE? 2015-06-13
• TAKING LONGER THAN 11 SECONDS. 2015-06-04
• HOW LONG DOES THE AVERAGE PERSON LOOK AT THE MONA LISA? 2015-06-03

March 2015

• ALBERS AND COLOR. 2015-03-10
• THE SCIENCE OF WHY THE DRESS CHANGES COLOR. 2015-03-05
• IS THIS DRESS BLUE WITH A BLACK FRINGE OR WHITE WITH A GOLD FRINGE? 2015-03-04

February 2015

• THE BEAUTY OF SNOW. 2015-02-25

January 2015

• WHEN TIMES NEW ROMAN WAS NEW. 2015-01-21

December 2014

• PHOTOGRAPHS OF BUBBLES FREEZING IN MIDAIR. 2014-12-16

July 2014

• TATTOO NIGHT—A “BRYCE HARPER BOBBLEHEADESQUE” SUCCESS. 2014-07-19 · 1 comment
• THE PHILOSOPHY OF IMPRESSIONISM. 2014-07-18
• MONDRIAN’S REJECTION OF NATURE. 2014-07-17
• LIVING INSIDE A MONDRIAN PAINTING. 2014-07-16
• MANHATTANHENGE. 2014-07-15

May 2014

• IN DEFENSE OF UGLY PROOFS. 2014-05-25
• WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC BEAUTY, ANYWAY? 2014-05-24
• CONCEPTUAL ART AND SYMMETRY. 2014-05-22

March 2014

• “ORNAMENT AND CRIME”. 2014-03-21
• REQUIRING BUILDINGS TO BE WHITE. 2014-03-21
• WHY ARE THE COLORS OF ROMAN BUILDINGS SO OFTEN OCHRE? 2014-03-20
• PROUST’S LAST THOUGHTS. 2014-03-13
• THE NOVEL THAT WAS NOT FINISHED. 2014-03-12
• WHICH PATCH OF YELLOW WALL? 2014-03-11
• THE LITTLE PATCH OF YELLOW WALL. 2014-03-10
• ANOTHER ARTIST WITH DAMAGED EYESIGHT—CHUCK CLOSE. 2014-03-09

January 2014

• HOW IMPORTANT IS THE DATE OF A PAINTING? 2014-01-21

November 2013

• PAINTING—“LOSING CURRENCY AS A WAY OF RESPONDING TO THE WORLD”. 2013-11-19
• IS PRETTINESS IN ART BAD? 2013-11-18

October 2013

• WHAT’S THE BEST COLOR FOR A PAINTING? 2013-10-16
• WHY ARE THERE SO FEW SMILES IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS? THE BAD TEETH THEORY. 2013-10-09

September 2013

• PENN AND TELLER LOOK AT VERMEER. 2013-09-10
• TIM JENISON PAINTS A VERMEER. 2013-09-09
• THE HOCKNEY-FALCO THESIS—HOW THE OLD MASTERS DID IT. 2013-09-08

August 2013

• LIGHT VERSE—CLERIHEWS. 2013-08-11

July 2013

• HOW “THE BEDROOM AT ARLES” HAS CHANGED. 2013-07-09
• WHAT HAPPENED TO VAN GOGH’S COLORS. 2013-07-08
• THE LOSS OF VAN GOGH’S COLORS. 2013-07-06

April 2013

• MARSHALL MCLUHAN AND THE INTERNET. 2013-04-28 · 2 comments

February 2013

• COMPETITVE SNOW CARVING TECHNIQUES. 2013-02-22
• THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM LETS THE PEOPLE CHOOSE FOR AN EXHBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART 2013-02-09

January 2013

• ANNALISA AT SONO MARKETPLACE. 2013-01-29 · 2 comments
• A THEORY OF CONCEPTUAL ART. 2013-01-22
• CONCEPTUAL ART— RUBBER DUCK. 2013-01-22

December 2012

• THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART RECOGNIZES @. 2012-12-16

November 2012

• LEGOS INTO SANDSTONE WITH 3D PRINTING. 2012-11-29
• THE THEFT OF A WHEEL OF CHEESE. 2012-11-28
• MORE ACCURATE COLORS FOR GREEK STATUES. 2012-11-15
• THE COLORS OF GREEK STATUES—LITERARY EVIDENCE. 2012-11-14

October 2012

• DAVID HOCKNEY: WHY ARE THERE NO SHADOWS IN NON-EUROPEAN ART? 2012-10-31

August 2012

• PAINTING WHAT YOU SEE WITH DAMAGED EYES. 2012-08-09
• HOW MUCH DOES DRAWING MATTER?—EDVARD MUNCH. 2012-08-08
• SPOOKY INVISIBLE ART. 2012-08-04
• THE CLOUD OF THE MONTH FOR JULY. 2012-08-02
• MARTIN AMIS ON PRETTY NEW YORK CITY SKIES. 2012-08-02

July 2012

• AN ALL-PURPOSE SENTENCE. 2012-07-14
• SOME THINGS BIRDS PERCEIVE. 2012-07-04

June 2012

• MANYPEEPLIA UPSIDOWNIA. 2012-06-30

May 2012

• DAMIEN HIRST—AN ART MARKET BUBBLE?. 2012-05-11 · 1 comment

April 2012

• THE GOOGLE ART PROJECT EXPANDS TO CHICAGO. 2012-04-08
• FAVORITES FROM THE ART INSTITUTE: MONET AND CAILLEBOTTE. 2012-04-07

March 2012

• THE PONYTAIL SHAPE EQUATION. 2012-03-30

February 2012

• MORRIS COHEN ON ART AND ARCHITECTURE. 2012-02-21
• CAVE PAINTERS PAINTING WHAT THEY SAW. 2012-02-11
• LEARNING FROM COMIC STRIPS—CALVIN AND HOBBES. 2012-02-09 · 1 comment

January 2012

• “WE SEE SPACE.” 2012-01-24
• DRAFTMANSHIP WITH THE iPAD. 2012-01-23
• RANKING 115 SIMILAR PAINTINGS. 2012-01-19
• A PHYSICIST HAS EXPLAINED AN OBSERVATION BY LEONARDO. 2012-01-10

December 2011

• “I MAKE IMAGES.” 2011-12-09
• UGLY RENAISSANCE BABIES. 2011-12-04

November 2011

• PAINTING AN AVERAGE UNIVERSE. 2011-11-21
• THE AVERAGE COLOR OF THE UNIVERSE. 2011-11-20

October 2011

• DAVID HOCKNEY: “THERE’S A LOT MORE TO BE SEEN.” 2011-10-06
• FLATNESS AND THE SINGLE-LENS VIEW. 2011-10-05
• DRAWING WITH 9 CAMERAS AND 18 SCREENS. 2011-10-04

September 2011

• “AVANT-GARDE AND KITSCH”. 2011-09-15

August 2011

• CORK. 2011-08-22
• GREAT ARTISTS WITH BAD EYESIGHT. 2011-08-03

June 2011

• WILL 3D MOVIES CHANGE HOW WE LOOK AT THE WORLD? 2011-06-30
• CHASING THE LIGHT—JOHN SINGER SARGENT. 2011-06-29
• BALANCING JAPANESE LANTERNS AND THE LIGHT OF THE SETTING SUN. 2011-06-28

May 2011

• THE UNCANNY VALLEY. 2011-05-10

April 2011

• COMPARING WORKS BY ARTISTS AND BY CHIMPANZEES. 2011-04-25
• A POSITIVE VOTE FOR REPRODUCTIONS—HENRY FORD. 2011-04-15
• LOOKING AT ART THROUGH REPRODUCTIONS. 2011-04-13

March 2011

• THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY. 2011-03-22

February 2011

• WAGERING WITH MASTERPIECES. 2011-02-03

November 2010

• WHY IS COMMERCIAL ART NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE ART MARKET? 2010-11-14

October 2010

• KITSCH—THE EVILS OF BAD ART. 2010-10-13

September 2010

• “I PLACED A JAR IN TENNESSEE.” 2010-09-23

August 2010

• WHITE SCULPTURES AND DARK INTERIORS. 2010-08-29 · 1 comment
• WERE THE HOMERIC GREEKS COLOR-BLIND? 2010-08-01 · 1 comment

July 2010

• THE AESTHETICS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION—LANDSCAPES. 2010-07-24
• RACKSHAW DOWNES. 2010-07-23
• THE BEAUTY OF PYLONS. 2010-07-05

April 2010

• ORWELL AND SCREEVERS. 2010-04-01

March 2010

• EPHEMERAL ART—CHALK. 2010-03-31
• LEGOS AND CONCEPTUAL ART. 2010-03-19 · 1 comment
• VAN GOGH, GARDENS AND COLOR. 2010-03-07 · 1 comment

January 2010

• ARE THERE ELEVEN BASIC COLOR CATEGORIES? 2010-01-11
• DOES LANGUAGE SHAPE HOW WE SEE COLOR? 2010-01-10

December 2009

• APPRECIATING SEEDHEADS IN AUTUMN GARDENS. 2009-12-03

August 2009

• PLEIN-AIR. 2009-08-31 · 1 comment

May 2009

• WHAT BABIES SEE THAT WE DON’T. 2009-05-17

April 2009

• VERONESE’S BIG IDEA. 2009-04-26
• IDEAS IN MEDIEVAL ART. 2009-04-25
• “THE SAME LICENSE AS POETS AND MADMEN.” 2009-04-24
• VERONESE AND THE INQUISITION. 2009-04-23

March 2009

• “SIGNIFICANT ART IS ABOUT IDEAS.” 2009-03-07 · 1 comment

January 2009

• KING KONG, THE BAGGIE. 2009-01-25
• ART WITH BAGGIES. 2009-01-25
• TWO SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHY LANDSCAPE IS DEAD. 2009-01-19

November 2007

• STANDUP, PUSH-PIN AND ART–THE MORE THE MERRIER. 2007-11-26

January 2007

• COLORS. 2007-01-28 · 3 comments