An annotated version of Raphael's 'The school of athens' also known as 'The School of Philosophy' - 1509
Click to enlarge the image

The Figures in this monumental fresco are as follows:

1. Zeno of Citium

2. Federico II of Mantua

3. Epicurus

1. Changing the code for in-post and Labels widget.

1. First, login to your Blogger account.
2. Go to Dashboard --> Design --> Edit HTML.
3. Remember to always back up your template, as a precaution.
4. Tick the check box for  Expand Widget Templates on top left of the HTML window.
5. Look for following line within your HTML code:

expr:href='data:label.url'

You may find more than one instance. Replace each one of them following:

expr:href='data:label.url + "?max-results=5"'

2. Further information, for if you want to change the code for labels menu tabs, in your pages bar at the top of your page

If you use the menu tabs to link to your label pages, you will need to append the links that you use to look like this:

http://EXAMPLEYOURBLOG.blogspot.com/search/label/YOURLABELNAME

in order to limit the number of posts shown when you click a labels link you will need to attach ?max-results=5 to the URL, like so:

http://EXAMPLEYOURBLOGNAME.blogspot.com/search/label/YOURLABELNAME?max-results=5

The HTML code shown above will load up five results if your wish to show more or less simply change the number shown in yellow.

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A pentimento is an alteration made to a painting, often indicated by an under drawing visible through the layers of paint by Xray. The evidence of traces of previous work shows that the artist changed their mind about their composition during the process of painting. Evidence of a pentimento, or pentimenti if plural, often shows that the artist was creating an original composition and was not imitating an established convention for the arrangement of specific subject matter.

An Oculus or circular window, has been an ever present feature of classical architecture, since the early sixteenth century. Oculus is the latin word for 'eye'. The oculus was a significant source of light in classical buildings.

The most famous example of the use of an oculus in architecture is at the Pantheon in Rome.

The Pantheon Rome. An example of an oculus at the center of a dome.

The term trompe l'oeil when applied to art refers to the artistic technique whereby the artist uses highly realistic imagery to create an optical illusion. In order to convey objects that are depicted within a painting, or drawing, as three-dimensional. This helps the overall drama and movement of the composition.

An example of the use of the artistic technique of trompe l'oeil.
By the artist Andrea Mantegna, this image is of the oculus on the
ceiling of the central chamber, at the castle San Giorgio in Mantua.

Fantastic exhibition starts today, check it out:  www.nationalgallery.org.uk

Was the Gothic era a minor Renaissance?

This post will look at how you center a picture in your blogger sidebar.

Firstly you need to go to Design > Edit Html and tick expand widgets. Secondly search for the text: widgetid='image1' remember to look for a different number as indicated in green depending upon which image widget you are intending to change.

Now add --> align='center' <-- to <div id='sidebar-wrap'>  which should be located near the widgetid='image1' text, it is usually below it.


Your line should now look like:

<div align='center' id='sidebar-wrap'>


Now click preview check it works, if it does not click clear edits and consider changing the number in green if you have more than one image widget. Or if it works in the preview click save and your done.

This post will look at how to center the adsense widget in the blogger sidebar of your blog. 
Firstly you need to go Design > Edit Html and tick expand widgets. Then search for the following lines of text:


[<b:widget id='AdSense1' locked='false' title='' type='AdSense'> 
<b:includable id='main'> 
  <div class='widget-content'> 
    <data:adCode/> 
  </div> 
</b:includable> 
</b:widget>] 


Now in order to achieve your desired effect you must add the following in red the following:


[<b:widget id='AdSense1' locked='false' title='' type='AdSense'> 
<b:includable id='main'> 
  <div class='widget-content' align='center'> 
    <data:adCode/> 
  </div> 
</b:includable> 
</b:widget>] 


In order for this method to be successful you will need to take into account the location of your sidebar adsense widget in relation to the other places on your page where you have adsense. For example if you have an adsense header on you page you may need to search instead, note the blue text, for your second adsense widget (AdSense2) or possibly your third adsense widget (AdSense3) located in your Html. So if the first option does not work for you, clear your edits, and try again for your other adsense widgets until you achieve your desired result.