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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