Ronan McDonnell Personal RSS Feed http://www.behance.net/aworthycause Linguistic investigations http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Linguistic-Explorations/232550 Linguistic investigations http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Linguistic-Explorations/232550 Mon, 25 May 2009 09:00:22 -0500 Geometric paintings of desolation over oil crayon drawings http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Geometric-Disections/232547 Geometric paintings of desolation over oil crayon drawings http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Geometric-Disections/232547 Mon, 25 May 2009 08:48:31 -0500 According to Pliny(XXXV.88, 81): It was Apelles who established the reputation of Protogenes when he made it known that he, himself, was buying his work with the intention of selling it as his own. Only then was the artist appreciated by his countrymen. Once, he visited Protogenes, only to find that he was not at home. On a large panel in the man’s studio, he painted a single fine colored line. When the artist returned and saw what had been done, he knew his visitor to have been Apelles. He then drew an even finer line in another color exactly over the first one. When Apelles came again, he drew a third line, this time so exquisitely fine that no other could be drawn. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Painting-According-to-Pliny-Pt-II/232543 According to Pliny(XXXV.88, 81): It was Apelles who established the reputation of Protogenes when he made it known that he, himself, was buying his work with the intention of selling it as his own. Only then was the artist appreciated by his countrymen. Once, he visited Protogenes, only to find that he was not at home. On a large panel in the man’s studio, he painted a single fine colored line. When the artist returned and saw what had been done, he knew his visitor to have been Apelles. He then drew an even finer line in another color exactly over the first one. When Apelles came again, he drew a third line, this time so exquisitely fine that no other could be drawn. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Painting-According-to-Pliny-Pt-II/232543 Mon, 25 May 2009 08:39:33 -0500 A series of found wood pieces. The wood having been retrieved from the sea at Dollymount in Dublin then had a series of marks cut into it and then plugged with plaster. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Found-Wood-Carvings/232534 A series of found wood pieces. The wood having been retrieved from the sea at Dollymount in Dublin then had a series of marks cut into it and then plugged with plaster. http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Found-Wood-Carvings/232534 Mon, 25 May 2009 08:31:33 -0500 A plaster block in the middle of a wooden square, with the square face of the block divided by a semicircle and into six rectangular segments http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Squaring-the-Circle/232527 A plaster block in the middle of a wooden square, with the square face of the block divided by a semicircle and into six rectangular segments http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Squaring-the-Circle/232527 Mon, 25 May 2009 08:16:39 -0500 http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Painting-According-to-Pliny/196294 http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Painting-According-to-Pliny/196294 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:38:39 -0500