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  1. simply B

    O Cebreiro Eucharistic Miracle

    Looks exactly as when I passed through in late February 2016. I have to assume you had as much company on the Camino as I experienced back then. (Spoiler alert: Pretty close to zero) B
  2. simply B

    Organic Boxed Wine from Jumilla Wine District

    I bought box wine once. The label said it would last three weeks after opening. That was very misleading as I only got three days out of the darn thing. :confused: In all seriousness, I will look for this in our locale (Central Washington State). I have been very pleased to find rather a lot...
  3. simply B

    Large meal at midday like Iberian Culture? Is it for you?

    In answer to the original question. "No!" I simply eat when I am genuinely hungry no matter where I am. ("Genuinely" I have to think about...sometimes thirst will mimic hunger. Maybe that is just me.) B
  4. simply B

    Entertainment... How to look at a painting of ... Velazquez again.

    I only know three things: a) I like it. b) The amount of "seeing" ability on display in this thread is impressive. c) I see a date "1619" as a weak inscription on the step just under Mary's foot. B
  5. simply B

    Entertainment... "How to look at a painting of Velazquez"

    Oh, @gmag... You were not "wrong"! Your title for your post is "NEW PAINTING TO MAKE SOME MEMBERS OF THE IVAR FORUM SUFFER..." Soooo, you succeeded! ;) My apologies if you took my reaction too much to heart as it relates to the painting itself and NOT your earnest efforts to educate and...
  6. simply B

    Entertainment... "How to look at a painting of Velazquez"

    Oh, @gmag... you "went there". :( Okay, here is my minor opinion: 1) It is a "patronage work" - obviously. The faces on the right hand side, donned of Spanish armor, are so meticulously drawn as to be meant to be clearly representative of real persons and not some abstract theme drawn from the...
  7. simply B

    Entertainment ... "How to look at a painting."

    Careful if you go with anything from Velazquez, @gmag ! His works are generally exquisite but the observer , even if amateur (like me), will find the common trait of foreshortening perspectives to be problematic. Maybe a Caravaggio? The same level of almost pathological detail but without the...
  8. simply B

    Entertainment ... "How to look at a painting."

    Much appreciated @Bristle boy! @gmag and @Rick of Rick and Peg have provided readily believable reasons for the preponderance of technique but hearing from a practitioner of the art will be illuminating for all those interested. Our H.S. photo lab's camera obscura projected onto a...
  9. simply B

    Entertainment ... "How to look at a painting."

    Makes sense to me. Thanks, @gmag! Another, equally interesting take on the matter @Rick of Rick and Peg! Much appreciated! B
  10. simply B

    Entertainment ... "How to look at a painting."

    @Bristle boy - About the light coming from a window on the left? I have noticed this a lot but have not retained categorical memory about it. You see the same orientation of light to subject in most of Rembrandt's portraits as well as I can remember. And, as I mused further, most historical...
  11. simply B

    Entertainment ... "How to look at a painting."

    YES! That's it, "The Milkmaid"! Thanks, @chinacat ! I believe that many of the late Middle Age artists, and then on, used a "camera obscura" which is basically a lens sealed into a frame to project into a darkened room. The artist, sitting in the darkened room, would use it to frame composition...
  12. simply B

    Entertainment ... "How to look at a painting."

    Oh, yes, I see the "duck" @chinacat ! A photo can only do so much. As I remember, the "duck" resolved itself into a piece of parchment when one inspected the painting as close as was permitted in the Louvre. I never did make out the text from the book before the young man nor clearly see detail...
  13. simply B

    Entertainment ... "How to look at a painting."

    From our perspective, it is not possible to tell whether it is a drawing compass or a dividing compass. The presence of his astrolabe (the bright and shiny object just below the globe) is not suggestive one way or another. By that I mean, when one builds an astrolabe, a drawing compass is...
  14. simply B

    Entertainment ... "How to look at a painting."

    @gmag - I have seen this at the Louvre a number of times and, while I found (and still find) it beautiful, it had me twisting my brain over somethings not quite "fitting in". Now, you have set the problem before me again. (Before I go any further, allow me to note that I am not an art expert!)...
  15. simply B

    Long distance pilgrims trade gifts

    A heartwarming story and a most BEAUTIFUL piece of artistry in wood! Your mosaic is beautiful as well but am I the only one who thinks that perhaps you have "dressed it up a bit"?;) As my late Camigo noted after our stop there: "High prices, 'okay' food, surly service. But what a charming...
  16. simply B

    Another botched "restoration" in Spain

    @FamPed ! I doubt that I am the only Forum member who finds any/all "politics" at least mildly disgusting. It has been of much surprise to me over the years when someone has enquired as to "my politics". My standard response has always been: "Look, we are on a pilgrimage to a common goal are...
  17. simply B

    Uproar over the renovations of San Marcos (the parador in León)

    That may be true @peregrina2000 but, for me, finding the classic architecture alongside the the "neo-Brutalist" style will prove jarring....at the least. Of course, that is only my opinion and mindful of the maxim "De gustibus non disputandum est." B

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