Tag Archives: Giotto di Bordone

a river of time

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Dave

Ancient Egyptians rejoiced in the thought that their country was without history. Their view of the world was static: the best life was one in which everything was always the same. The Nile rose, flooded and receded; the sun crossed … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Arab conquest of Egypt Saladin, Crusades in Egypt, Francis of Assisi in Egypt, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, Gustave Dore, ibn-Khaldun medieval Arab scholar, Louis IX in Egypt, Louis King of France in Egypt, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Maimonides in Egypt, Napoleon in Egypt, sultan al-Kamil Egypt, The Arab Spring, Turan-Shah killed in Egpt | Leave a comment

no redemption left behind

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Dave

It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. And if I can add to Dickens, it was the end of times. The end of all times. The Peace Train is coming. Even Dickens was not immune … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Albrecht Durer, Amy Goodman Democracy Now, Gershom Scholem, Giotto di Bordone, Harold Bloom, Jerry B. Jenkins, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mike Huckabee, Noam Chomsky, Schmuley Boteach, Slavoj Zizek, The Left Behind Novels, The Moral Majority, Tim LaHaye | Leave a comment

we need the pillows : sleeping on “waning skepticism”

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Dave

From the mouth of Harold Bloom. From his quill to god’s scribe. He represents the archetype of the Gnostic personality. If there is a gnostic personality disorder Bloom is a carrier, transmitter and is chronically infected. Or as he puts … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged artemisia Gentileschi, Caravaggio, Charles Lamb, cima da conegliano, dan geddes, david rosenberg, Dirck Bouts, Giotto di Bordone, Harold Bloom, Jacques Derrida, john collier, jonathan rosen, lawrence Alma-Tadema, pauline pistis, Sam Harris, Wallace Stevens, William Blake | Leave a comment

drinking with the man

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Dave

from Paul Hamilton of the Bisonics: DRINKING WITH JESUS I’ve been drinking with Jesus In a bar full of New Cross geezers He won the jackpot on the one-armed bandit Scooping the loot he smiled, ‘That’s the way Dad planned … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Music/Composition/Performance, Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Graham Dixon, Caravaggio, Duccio, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Gentile Bellini, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, paul hamilton, smoking ant records, the bisonics | Leave a comment

trilogy of a divine comedy: purgatory, passion and produce

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Dave

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 →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous | Tagged Andre Breton, Arcimboldo, Dante, Dante Alighieri, Dante Divine Comedy, Edmund Dulac, George Grosz, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Hieronymous Bosch, Jack Rusher, Jape, Jape floating, Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, Robert Fulford, RObert Stevenhagen, Roberto Bolano, Saint Francis of Assisi, Salvador dali, Sam Fell, Sylvio Leidi, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, William Blake | Leave a comment

LOOKING AT THE PICTURES IN THE PEWS

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Dave

“In its dissected form, the Belles Heures is an immersive look at life, death and devotion in 15th-century France. Its seven picture-book insertions distinguish it from other books of hours and amount to a remarkable cache of well-preserved medieval painting. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Duc de Berry, Eustache Deschamps, George Braziller, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Giotto Frescoes, Great Schism, Jean Flamel, Karen Rosenberg, Limbourg Brothers, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Millard Meiss, Pieter Roelofs, Rob Duckers, The Belles Heures, The Book of Hours, Thomas P. Campbell, Timothy B. Husband, Victoria Romeo | Leave a comment

LEFT WAITING AT THE ALTAR IN ROME

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Dave

The road to Rome. All literary roads appear to lead to Rome as well. The city has always attracted writers . They have mourned its fall and complained about its decadence; but it has not stopped them from coming. ”In … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Alexander the Great, Alexandre Menjaud, Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, Benjamin West, Countess de Beaumont, Destutt de Tracy, Destutt psychology, Duke of Modena, Ford Madox Ford, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Ingres, Jacques-Louis David, John Keats, Louis Dupre, Martial Daru, Michelangelo, Napoleon Invasion of Italy, Pope Pius VII, Princess Borghese, Rene Chateaubriand, Stendhal, Stendhal Roman Journal, Stendhal Syndrome | Leave a comment

LEFT WAITING AT THE ALTAR IN ROME

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Dave

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Alexandre Menjaud, Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, Countess de Beaumont, Destutt psychology, Duke of Modena, Ford Madox Ford, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Henri Beyle, Jacques-Louis David, Louis Dupre, Martial Daru, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon Italian Campaign, Pope Pius VII, Poussin, Princess Borghese, Rene Chateaubriand, Standhal Roman Journal, Stendhal, Stendhal Syndrome | Leave a comment

MAN, THE MARKET and THE MESSIAH

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Dave

Pious consumption. As Easter is upon us, so is a recurring drama of what the holiday means. Believer based critiques as opposed to the deeply secular and atheistic. It is often a case of the message overwhelming the medium and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Adam Smith, Alfred North Whitehead, Ben Bernanke, Caiaphas Sanhedrin, Caravaggio, Christian Ethics Today, Chrsit Before Caiaphus, Easter, Father Raymond J. de Souza, George Jonas, Giotto, Giotto di Bordone, Hans Memling, Harvey Cox, Henry Lincoln, Holy Blood Holy Grail, Jesus Christ, Jesus Easter, Johannes Vermeer, John Moore, Martin Scrosese, Mehmet Ali Agca, Michael Baigent, nathan greene, Nikos Kazantzakis, Pontius Pilate, Rembrandt, Richard Leigh, Steven D. Greydanus, Tertullian, The last Temptation of Christ Scrosese, Vermeer, William Blake, William Dafoe | Leave a comment

SOULS WITH MALEDICTIONS

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Dave

”‘Moloch’ certainly, despite the horror it holds for Ginsberg, is after all only the comfortably unreal reality of bourgeois America. It is as much ‘invisible suburbs’ as it is ‘monstrous bombs’, and even the poet admits that it ‘entered my … Continue reading →