Some time ago I was wandering through the website Ravelry. It’s a place where knitters and others can show off their work or make patterns available to others, either for free or for money. The patterns are incredibly varied and Ravelry is a nice place to go if you like to knit. On this occasion [...]
Snow, snow, beautiful snow.
The Shy Museum Goer dropped a lovely blog post about snow over the weekend. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2025/01/05/the-fine-art-of-depicting-snow/ She says that snow was first found in Western European art in the 1500's. Go check out Pieter Bruegel's painting of the Epiphany in the snow. Diane Tucker is always fun. The Jericho Society has images from the Vermont enthusiast, [...]
Happy Feast of the Epiphany!
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 [...]
A very manly Heaven? End of year thoughts
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 [...]
Christmas! Lost track of the days
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 [...]
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