Tag: paintings

• This amazing digital age: sampling paintings

  

  It was not that long ago that it was prohibited to take photographs in art galleries like the National Gallery. The reason given was that flash light was harmful to the paintings. Even though flash could be turned off! Fortunately, that policy changed in 2014 for the National Gallery (earlier for some other galleries), although…

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  August 18, 2025

  Travel

  Art, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Fra Filippo Lippi, Leonardo de Vicnci, London, National Gallery, painting, paintings, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, Raphael, Renaissance art

• Another visit to the National Gallery!

  

  The National Gallery was less crowded than when I visited a few weeks ago. We do not charge entrance fees for access to museums in the UK, which is all well and good, but it does mean that they can get get rather well attended, on occasions. Teachers are very fond of bringing their classes…

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  March 3, 2024

  Art, UK

  Art, Claude-Joseph Vernet, history, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, London, National Gallery, Nicolas Poussin, painting, paintings