Some links today. Header from Benvenuto di Giovanni 1400's. A story about three pictures by Peter Paul Rubens that were exhibited together at the National Gallery of Art. https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2015/rubens-the-three-magi.html Here's a whole presentation about the paintings in the exhibit. https://www.nga.gov/features/rubens-magi.html#parmain_text Mary as a shepherdess? Mary divine??? A fascinating and very balanced discussion of a statue [...]
I've been thinking about parts of the Divine Comedy recently. My brain circles past various topics over time, checking in and moving on. Without going back to read it, I started thinking about Dante's picture of Paradise. He begins with a scientific discussion about the composition of the moon. (This was a hot topic in [...]
Header: The Adoration of the Magi Sandro Botticelli 1478-1482 National Gallery of Art: Public domain Here below is Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi's interpretation. (1440-1460) I've always loved the circular format and the peacock. Discussion of symbolism in the painting... https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/angelico-lippi-the-adoration-of-the-magi.html Update! https://www.nga.gov/stories/adoration-of-the-magi-fra-angelico-fra-filippo-lippi.html#top Another link! December 27: Feast of Saint John the Apostle. December [...]
The Presentation O-Sek Bang, 1974 from an exhibit at the Marian Library at University of Dayton, in 2006. Madonnas of the Morning Calm: Sacred Images from Korea was an exhibit at the University of Dayton's Marian Center in 2006. It featured a Korean artist, O-Sek Bang. The promotional material says that "Ms. Bang, whose grandparents [...]
The Navy has, or used to have, a program called Sea Perch. It teaches Middle Schoolers quite a bit about using tools. Students make a ‘vehicle’ that can be maneuvered underwater using PVC cutters, drills, and soldering irons, among other things. I never quite liked the word ‘vehicle’ in connection with the device because it [...]
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