Tag Archives: Gustavus Adolphus Sweden

grisly fruit

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Dave

…During the first ten years of actual fighting the Catholics won all the victories, especially after the Emperor acquired the services of Albrecht von Wallenstein- one of the two greatest generals of the war, the other being Gustavus Adolphus of … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Albrecht Wallenstein, Gustavus Adolphus Sweden, Jacques Callot, Jacques Callot Miseries of War, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Sebastian Vrancx | Leave a comment

pillage in the village

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Dave

It is customary to say that incidents lead to war.They generate a fear leading to the conclusion that war is inevitable, only a question of time. The question is an open one however; the outbreak of the greatest, most destructive … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barry Chamish, Bohemian Revolt 1618, Gustavus Adolphus Sweden, Jacques Callot, Jacques Callot Miseries of War, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Operation Pillar of Defense, Pieter Snayers, sebastien vrancx, The General Crisis Europe Thirty Years' War, The Thirty Years War | Leave a comment

PERIPETY & PERSEPHONE

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Dave

”My favourite myth is that of Persephone, who, because she picked a forbidden flower or because she was out in the fields picking unforbidden flowers, depending on whom you believe, was abducted by Hades, the God of the Underworld. Once with … Continue reading →

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GYPSY QUEENS & ALCHEMY KINGS

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Dave

One was quite homely and unfeminine, and the other a beauty.Queen Christina of Sweden and Greta Garbo. Yet their destinies crossed into a fusion of karmic proportions that continues to invite question and pique curiosity. For both, the determination to … Continue reading →

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THE ANDROGYNOUS STRAIN

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Dave

“…if we conceive the world in that vast extension you give it, it is impossible that man conserve himself therein in this honorable rank, on the contrary, he shall consider himself along with the entire earth he inhabits as in … Continue reading →