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Holy Week – Jesus in Art
In recent years, I’ve come across some striking portrayals of Jesus and amassed a small collection. My favorite visual rendition of Christ is the faceless one in the movie Ben-Hur (1959), but these paintings achieve a similar effect of reverent mystery, at least to my mind. First, one I have shared before by Ivan Kramskoi.… Continue reading
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Ruined Cities by François de Nomé – Reacting to Surrealist Art
Better title would be “ignorant person attempts to interpret Art and fails miserably”… Well, this is just a random video to test out screen capturing. Side note: I will try to write some real blog posts soon! I am nearly done with Chinese Poems (happy Lunar New Year, by the way :)). I also will… Continue reading
About Me
Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.
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Recent Posts
- Emo Classics – Bronte, Woolf, and Kierkegaard
- What I’m Reading – It’s Almost March Edition
- What I’m Reading – Morning Coffee Edition
- Oddly Specific Things I Love in Books (and a Few Movies)
- The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – A Long Overdue Review
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