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philistines: the idolatry of mortal combat
Ashdod was the first large Philistine city to be uncovered by archaeologists. The excavation of the early 1960′s yielded a wealth of evidence about early Canaan and about the ancient Philistines, that bellicose people who smite and are smitten on … Continue reading
steven a. cohen: touch of grey
At what point does the grey zone enter into the shadow lands on further into the black areas of the infinite? Is an hunting of the hedge fund manager also an indictment of the entire financial market and all it … Continue reading
roland: blow your horn
One of the great works of medieval literature is the Chanson de Roland, a twelfth century epic that recounts the destruction of Charlemagne’s rear guard at the narrow pass of Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees. The King and his army are … Continue reading
audubon: legacy
The fame of his paintings has tended to distract us from the volumes of text Audubon compiled to accompany Robert Havell Jr.’s engraved plates. Much of its ornithological data has been superceded by subsequent studies, but the accounts of his … Continue reading
jerusalem day: if I forget thee
The power of identity. But is it about bolting it down to the weight of tradition or about creating a whole new world? We could begin by asking, using the theoretical base of Jean Baudrillard, to question whether Jerusalem even … Continue reading
audubon: birds, birds and more birds
A nuber of the paintings carried detailed instructions for Robert Havell Jr.,the English engraver, to guide him and his colorists in the preparation of the copies, notations which were naturally suppressed in the making of the engraved plates. Occasionally the … Continue reading
monumental stairs
The monumental. Rome, the grandest of Italian hill towns, has an abundance of stairs unequaled anywhere in the world. A complicated topography, and a populace with an insatiable appetite for pomp, spurred architects to devise panoramic staircases for social and … Continue reading
audubon: illusions of spontaneity
Returning to the original paintings of John James Audubon and not the proliferation of cheap prints, brings us directly back to his highly personal method and approach- and to the most intimate aspects of his artistic labors. On several occasions … Continue reading
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