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April 1, 2016
Spring sale at Phoenicia
Now through April 15, with a special gift for the first five who order.
Phoenicia Publishing (Montreal)
"Mystery is in the morning, and mystery in the night,
and the beauty of mystery is everywhere."
–Melville's The Confidence-Man, published today in 1857
Phoenicia Publishing (Montreal)
"Mystery is in the morning, and mystery in the night,
and the beauty of mystery is everywhere."
–Melville's The Confidence-Man, published today in 1857
March 31, 2016
Dreaming the revolt of the Muses--
Gustave Moreau, Hesiod and the Muse, 1891.
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Wikipedia gallery / public domain
The world is a Silk Road--we have been adopting and adapting bits of other people's culture from the start. Culture is no more a static thing than is language. It's a living, growing thing, and we should hope that it is in good health for all our sakes. What many froth over--cultural influence-
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Wikipedia gallery / public domain
The world is a Silk Road--we have been adopting and adapting bits of other people's culture from the start. Culture is no more a static thing than is language. It's a living, growing thing, and we should hope that it is in good health for all our sakes. What many froth over--cultural influence-
March 28, 2016
The Fool in his fish-skin cloak
Today is a rainy ferrywoman day, so I leave you with a snip from The Book of the Red King, as I will be working on it when I return, and also a bit of the pleasantly obsessed fairy painter, John Anster Fitzgerald (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons), in honor of the brave snowdrops and crocuses in the yard. Perhaps it would be sweet to be so obsessed with fairies as John Anster Fitzgerald was, to
March 26, 2016
Fra Angelico at Easter
I'm too tired to think in words, so here's a little more Fra Angelico to admire--a detail from a fresco, "Resurrection of Christ and the Women at the Tomb" at the Convento di San Marco, Florence, 1440-1441. Public domain image. Here are some more beautiful San Marco images from Fra Angelico.
Here is how Giorgio Vasari describes Fra Angelico in his Lives of the Most Excellent Artists,
Here is how Giorgio Vasari describes Fra Angelico in his Lives of the Most Excellent Artists,
March 25, 2016
500-year art for Good Friday
A few years back, I was startled by a face looking out of the marvelous Fra Angelico show at the Met. It is a common enough compliment to say that images are arresting, even when they are not. I can say from experience that this one is. It's right for the day, right for a week that reminds us of murdered innocence and grief for the world.
The image also reminds me of painter Makoto
The image also reminds me of painter Makoto
March 23, 2016
Playing with the Red King and the Fool
The Ranworth Antiphonal, circa 1460-1480.
An interesting initial letter decoration
illustrating Psalm 51.
I promised to read and scour The Book of the Red King three times by the end of Lent, and I just might make that finish line. But I have also decided to read it another time afterward, as I've made more changes than foreseen. Well, that's not so surprising, nothing ever being perfect.
An interesting initial letter decoration
illustrating Psalm 51.
I promised to read and scour The Book of the Red King three times by the end of Lent, and I just might make that finish line. But I have also decided to read it another time afterward, as I've made more changes than foreseen. Well, that's not so surprising, nothing ever being perfect.
March 22, 2016
"Love one another."
Brussels.
Tintin and Milou / Snowyby Georges Remi / Hergé.
Tintin and Milou / Snowyby Georges Remi / Hergé.
March 19, 2016
I ask, I ask, I ask--
Found on Pinterest.
Could it be Lucas Cranach the Elder?
Or is that insane? Thought of "Princess of Saxony" hands.
Enough of the You Asked series for the nonce. It's time for I Ask.
What was the last thing you read (and the last thing you read and liked), and what are you reading now (or what is in the line-up for next)?
New acquisitions this week: the late Christopher Logue's full version
Could it be Lucas Cranach the Elder?
Or is that insane? Thought of "Princess of Saxony" hands.
Enough of the You Asked series for the nonce. It's time for I Ask.
What was the last thing you read (and the last thing you read and liked), and what are you reading now (or what is in the line-up for next)?
New acquisitions this week: the late Christopher Logue's full version
March 16, 2016
Maze-mapping, etc.
Maze
The Maze of Blood page has been revised and updated with clips from new reviews. Forthcoming is a new interview about the book from Suzanne Brazil--up soon!
Writing child
And if you haven't seen this (I've posted it everywhere, it seems), go look: lovely BBC video of the late 18th-century writing boy automaton by Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire of Neuchâtel.)
The Maze of Blood page has been revised and updated with clips from new reviews. Forthcoming is a new interview about the book from Suzanne Brazil--up soon!
Writing child
And if you haven't seen this (I've posted it everywhere, it seems), go look: lovely BBC video of the late 18th-century writing boy automaton by Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire of Neuchâtel.)
Maze-mapping
The Maze of Blood page has been revised and updated with clips from new reviews. Forthcoming is a new interview about the book from Suzanne Brazil--up soon!
And if you haven't seen this (I've posted it everywhere, it seems), go look: lovely BBC video of the late 18th-century writing boy automaton by Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire of Neuchâtel.)
And if you haven't seen this (I've posted it everywhere, it seems), go look: lovely BBC video of the late 18th-century writing boy automaton by Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz (Musée d'Art et d'Histoire of Neuchâtel.)
