Cooking … The red Bing cherries I remember from my childhood don’t seem to be around anymore. The yellow and red Rainier cherries taste much better than most red cherries I’ve had recently, but I keep being suckered, thinking that I’m just buying cherries at the wrong moment, too early or too late. Well… I [...]
Category: Dante
The cry is all for Giotto now…
Diane Tucker wrote the loveliest blog post on the frescoes done by Giotto, in a chapel called the Scrovegni. The pictures are glorious. I would only add that, when I read the story I didn’t pay enough attention to the picture showing the entire chapel interior. Look closely and realize that all the frescoes are [...]
Dante and the Feast of Corpus Christi
In his Divine Comedy, Dante describes an awesome procession that occurs after he and Virgil reach the earthly paradise at the top of the mountain of Purgatory. Here are some excerpts from Canto 28 ** When round toward me the Lady wholly turned, And said: “My brother, look and listen now!” And lo, so [...]
What is the point of reading Dante?
Continuing with the Dante seminar commentary… The turning point for Dante in Hell, the moment when he begins to be less sympathetic to sin, is when he reaches the circle of those who practiced simony. (According to Dr. Cook…) Simon Magus, in the Bible, wanted the powers that the Apostles had from Jesus, and he [...]
Professor William Cook on Dante
I went to a seminar on Dante. I could just post — If you get a chance to listen to Dr. William Cook on Dante you probably should. - Or I could share a bit of what he said. Dr. Cook started by explaining that for Dante Comedy and Tragedy had very specific meanings. In [...]
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