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pythagoras to byzantium
It’s difficult to put the notion of Greece and the traditional assumption we have of it as birthplace of Western civilization, into context, particularly cultural, when confronted with images of mass civil unrest. The images do lend themselves to a … Continue reading
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trilogy of a divine comedy: purgatory, passion and produce
Measured against the accelerating transformation of our own society, the Renaissance seems like a relatively minor cultural revolution in the history of humanity.Futurologists like Alvin Toffler suggest that the changing conditions of life we are now experiencing are so profound … Continue reading
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The inferno on a cold January night: air conditioned pure essence
“The Divine Comedy” is one of the great imaginative creations that have been put onto paper. It is sometimes considered the greatest Catholic poem as “Paradise Lost” by Milton is the great Protestant poem. It forms the basis of Italian … Continue reading
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DUSTUP IN ROME: THEY AGREE TO DISAGREE
“The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty is imposed on the historian. He must discover the inevitable mixture of error and corruption which she … Continue reading
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GIOTTO & INEVITABLE ENIGMA
”But then my mind was struck by light that flashed and, with this light, received what it had asked. Here force failed my high fantasy; but my desire and will were moved already – like a wheel revolving uniformly – … Continue reading
GIOTTO & WANING CELESTIAL DREAMS
In the work of Giotto and Duccio, Western painting reached the climax of an ancient tradition and the radical beginnings of another that has continued to endure. Giotto became probably the most highest paid artist in Italy. He died rich … Continue reading
DANTE & DIVINE COMEDY of EXILE
”in every man … a demon lies hidden — the demon of rage, the demon of lustful heat at the screams of the tortured victim, the demon of lawlessness let off the chain. (The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky)” Dante lived in … Continue reading
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