Classics Considered

by Marian H

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  • Holy Week – Jesus in Art

    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

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Hi, I’m Marian—I talk about classics, history, and other books on this blog, as well as on YouTube.

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