Author Archives: corvusfugit

1897: Jersey Shore

Posted on April 4, 2018 by corvusfugit

William Trost Richards: On the New Jersey Shore (1897)

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2006: A Little White Shadow

Posted on April 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

Pages from Mary Ruefle’s book A Little White Shadow, which was composed by whiting out text from Emily Malbone Morgan‘s 1890 book of the same name. …seven centuries of…sobbing…gathered…in the…twilight…and…had their…pages…wandered…through the…dead…borrow so little from…the past…as if they were alive

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1974: Iconography

Posted on April 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

Annibale Carracci: Christ Crowned with Thorns (16th Century) Phil Roman, director: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974)  

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1975: Huelga and Boycott

Posted on March 31, 2018 by corvusfugit

Happy Cesar Chavez Day! Chavez with his dogs Huelga (“strike”) and Boycott. He originally got them simply as guard dogs, but over time the relationship deepened. Boycott went everywhere with him—and he gave credit to both of them for leading … Continue reading →

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1968: Title Unknown

Posted on March 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

Anne Gill: [Title Unknown] (1968)

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2017: The Creation of God

Posted on March 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

Harmonia Rosales: The Creation of God (2017); artist’s website here.

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1895: A Park at Night

Posted on March 27, 2018 by corvusfugit

József Rippl-Rónai: Un parc la nuit (1895)

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2018: The Sky

Posted on March 26, 2018 by corvusfugit

From a day or two ago. More skies here.

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600 BC: How Can Someone Not Be Hurt and Hurt Again

Posted on March 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

πῶϲ κε δή τιϲ οὐ θαμέω̣ϲ̣ἄϲαιτ̣ο, Κύπρι, δέϲπ̣ ̣ο̣ιν̣ ̣’, ὄττινα [δ]η̣ ̀ φιλ̣́ ̣[ηϲι,] [κωὐ] θέλοι μάλιϲτα πάθα̣ν̣χ̣άλ̣[αϲϲαι;] [ποῖ]ον ἔχηϲθα [νῶν] ϲά̣ λοιϲί μ’ ἀλεμά̣τω̣ ̣ϲ̣ δ̣αιϲ̣̈́ δ̣ ̣[ην [ἰμέ]ρω⟨ι⟩ λύ{ι}̣ ϲαντι γ̣όν’ ωμε-̣ [x [ ̣ ̣ ̣] … Continue reading →

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1617: Atalanta Fugiens

Posted on March 25, 2018 by corvusfugit

Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens is an alchemical “emblem book” consisting of 50 illustrations by Matthias Merian, each of which is accompanied by a epigrammatic verse, a philosophical discourse, and a musical fugue. This first emblem shows Boreas, the North Wind, … Continue reading →

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