Eight paintings in a grid: the painter, his wife and a friend talking over lunch (Krøyer), a village wedding dance (Bruegel), Rebecca at the well (Murillo), a family at an iron forge (Wright of Derby), a monastery across a still river (Levitan), a sailor on watch under a ship’s bell (Homer), a lone oak in a wide valley (Friedrich) and Paul preaching in Athens (Raphael)

The eight types

St Gregory the Great sorted people twice. Once by temper: cheerful, serious, careful or confident. Once by mind: quiet or restless. The eight types are the two together.

  • 4Tempers
  • 2Minds
  • 8Types