tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post3644137136706568250..comments2024-03-26T16:11:44.515-04:00Comments on All Things Ruffnerian, a Design Blog and More: Pompeii No.33: Painting Emperor TrajanMark D. Ruffnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-43055539183725212402014-10-30T15:02:02.844-04:002014-10-30T15:02:02.844-04:00Hello, Barbara,
I'm having fun rediscovering ...Hello, Barbara,<br /><br />I'm having fun rediscovering Roman history — and art history, too — as all this unfolds!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-87003165919274326892014-10-30T07:26:17.232-04:002014-10-30T07:26:17.232-04:00Hello Mark. It's your attention to detail that...Hello Mark. It's your attention to detail that is making this project such a splendid success and so much fun to follow. Right down to the choice of font! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-35792022892463704542014-10-27T16:05:21.175-04:002014-10-27T16:05:21.175-04:00Living in Florida, I enjoy fall vicariously as wel...Living in Florida, I enjoy fall vicariously as well. The strnagest thing about a Florida autumn is that sometimes it more closely resembles a Northern spring!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-56682863671677617432014-10-27T15:14:22.132-04:002014-10-27T15:14:22.132-04:00Hi again, I'm not sure what comment that coul...Hi again, I'm not sure what comment that could have been; I am as before living in Taiwan. Perhaps I said something about enjoying the Fall. I still do, I just can't experience it personally over here, so I am doubly-pleased to experience autumn vicariously via people's blogs and beautiful photographs. --JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-29612209253601955752014-10-27T14:25:55.684-04:002014-10-27T14:25:55.684-04:00Dear Gina,
Thanks for keeping that image in your ...Dear Gina,<br /><br />Thanks for keeping that image in your mind, so much better than a tee shirt and old swimming trunks!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-35788475467398584492014-10-27T08:25:22.286-04:002014-10-27T08:25:22.286-04:00Dear Mark, From now on I see you painting your Pom...Dear Mark, From now on I see you painting your Pompeian Room wearing a tuxedo and patent leather slippers and sipping champagne. Friends all around giving you encouragement and helping you finish another bottle or two. <br />It's all looking too wonderful. What a project and what fantastic results. Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429484235583035595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-38487118307952392302014-10-26T13:40:45.322-04:002014-10-26T13:40:45.322-04:00Hello, Jim.
Years ago, when I was still wearing ...Hello, Jim. <br /><br />Years ago, when I was still wearing knickers, Horizon Magazine did a very clever photographic article that played with the very observation that you've made. As I recall, there were two columns of images, one column being photos of Roman busts, and a parallel column matching the busts to then-current celebrities. It was laughably accurate, and brought home the realization that, yes, these stoic faces had been real personalities.<br /><br />Am I correct to surmise from a comment at another blog that you are living back in the States now?Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-25495779807511762602014-10-26T13:30:07.576-04:002014-10-26T13:30:07.576-04:00Dear Rosemary,
As I said in a much earlier postin...Dear Rosemary,<br /><br />As I said in a much earlier posting, I discovered that the masonry was more believeable with all the straight lines in tact and just a few nicks here and there, though I also played around with the idea of much more texture and aging on the surface areas. In the end, I decided that extra texture would not be in keeping with the rest of the mural, and perhaps would even be distracting. Thanks for enjoying the transformation!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-59156812748422674142014-10-26T09:36:16.403-04:002014-10-26T09:36:16.403-04:00Hello Mark, Some of those Roman portraits are st...Hello Mark, Some of those Roman portraits are startling in the way they seem to show living, actual people, who could be walking around now, even with the same hairstyle, jewelry, etc. (Although probably not the same clothes!) Most earlier portraits (and the majority of later ones, for that matter) are too idealized, and don't seem like someone that I might know or could possibly meet.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-33504339267417194842014-10-26T04:47:05.029-04:002014-10-26T04:47:05.029-04:00Dear Mark - I have just referred back to your post...Dear Mark - I have just referred back to your post 'Pompeii No.30: The Transom Solutions' in order to compare the 'before' and 'after' - you have done a brilliant transformation, even down to that small notch in the stone above Emperor Trajan's head.<br />It must be 20 years since I was in Pompeii or Rome but your posts are making me wish to return. If I saw Trajan's Column today I would have a far greater appreciation of it having learnt so much more from your post. Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814070177137076757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-72654416714837801722014-10-25T16:46:00.739-04:002014-10-25T16:46:00.739-04:00Hi, Loi, and thanks for the compliment! I won'...Hi, Loi, and thanks for the compliment! I won't be sharing a video of me at work, but I'd like you to picture me wearing a tuxedo and patent leather slippers as I paint, with a bottle of champagne close at hand.<br /><br />If that sounds like a fabrication, I'll tell you this truth — I like to paint listening alternately to CDs of Chant (Gregorian chants by the monks of Santo Domingo de Silos), Deuter, Ottmar Liebert and Nicholas Gunn. The last three artists produce highly evocative work and if you're not familiar with them, I recommend them highly. They seem to help the flow of my own work . . .Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-86665081295111160132014-10-25T16:24:56.977-04:002014-10-25T16:24:56.977-04:00You are such a talented artist! I'd love to s...You are such a talented artist! I'd love to see you in action.....share a short video of you at work! Woodside Parkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981644571968878448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-62966487343182567842014-10-25T11:50:38.794-04:002014-10-25T11:50:38.794-04:00Hi, Karena!
I grew up with a marvelous book entit...Hi, Karena!<br /><br />I grew up with a marvelous book entitled "Great Houses of Italy," and fell in love with the historic interiors. Maybe my subconscious is reaching back to that book to deliver instant historic decor!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148647148793397155.post-49314589839248333682014-10-25T10:18:39.883-04:002014-10-25T10:18:39.883-04:00Mark all of your historical studies and the backgr...Mark all of your historical studies and the background work (down to the fonts) are so fascinating. I love the way this room is becoming an incredible work or art!<br /><br />xoxo,<br />Karena<br />The Arts by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.com