It is fundamental to certain societies to believe that there could be rescue in a dire situation. We all know that it doesn’t always happen in this life. But we want to believe that sometimes rescue does come at an unlikely moment. It is, in fact, more likely to be true in a society that [...]
I had the happy experience recently of meeting a old friend named Helen. In her honor... https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/18/st---helena--empress.html Today’s saint is Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine ... Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor 307-337 [obverse]Parisian 15th Century National Gallery of Art, DC public domain ... and the rediscoverer of the True Cross around 327 A.D. Her pilgrimages [...]
Maybe it's because I am going to be traveling on and off for a month but I am enchanted by the depictions of the Holy Family traveling. I stumbled across them serendipitiously. The Art Institute of Chicago had loads of stamps with the image. This is Monaco's version. Then, Hungary. Then this lovely brown ink [...]
I have an old post that says, February! How did that happen? So I didn’t call this post, August! How did that happen? But it’s how I feel. The Shy Museum Goer has a new post about a Mexican artist, a woman who is not Frida Kahlo. Maria Izquierdo has a fascinating story of struggle, [...]
When I was maybe five years old my family used to go to the National Gallery of Art on Sundays. ~Occasional Sundays.~ I probably don't really remember how often... When I look back I realize that the museum was very new at the time. The building was opened in 1941. I wonder how much traffic [...]
