I spent yesterday either playing with my grandchildren or listening to the static on AM radio waiting for the new pope to be announced after white smoke issued from the Sistine Chapel chimney. Not much to say! Instead how about two pictures of Saint Peter from the National Gallery of Art. Both are from the [...]
Category: national gallery of art
Children and other living things in Art
When I was four or five years old I lived near the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, at a time when you could still park on the mall on a Sunday afternoon, and walk to the museum in hot summer sunshine. My black patent leather Mary Janes slid on the cool floors of [...]
O Happy Fault
Pictures from the National Gallery of Art...
Catholic scientists and the Easter calendar
“Theory can be very useful as a way of piecing together what is unusual … It can help us interpret what we are finding. It can also lead to dead ends and wasted time and resources.” https://almatcboykin.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/making-bog-bodies-dull/ Two Catholic scientists from the 1400’s spent their lives working on a celestial problem using theories based upon [...]
Feast of the Annunciation
Paintings from O Sek Bang from an exhibit at the University of Dayton, Marian Library in 2006. I can't find any more about the artist than is listed in the original article. She's just amazing. The Annunciation by O Sek Bang ~1978 The Visitation by O Sek Bang eCommons Citation University of Dayton. Marian Library, [...]