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The Substance of Halos
I recently revisited the Trecento painting show at the Art Gallery of Ontario – Trecento being art historian talk for Italian paintings of the early fourteenth century, the age of Giotto di Bondone, who was kind of the Michelangelo of … Continue reading
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Tagged Botticelli, Buddhism, Giotto, gold, halo, Homer, Michelangelo, nimbus, saints, salver
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Cangiante: Iridescence, Opalescence and Changeability
In Act II of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the Fool says to Orsino: “Now, the melancholy god protect thee, and the tailor make thy doublet of changeable taffeta, for thy mind is a very opal” ‘Changeable taffeta’ evokes the quality … Continue reading
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On the Origins of ‘Vatican’
In these days of non habemus papam, I began to reflect on the origin of the word ‘vatican’ – the name given to the hill (the mons vaticanus) upon which the papal complex is built. It takes its name from … Continue reading
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Tagged Michelangelo, pope, prophet, sibyl, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, vaticinia
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Near Depth Experience 