Tag Archives: France

1865: The Master Is Dead, the Master Is Dead

Posted on October 1, 2017 by corvusfugit

A North German custom and superstition is, that if the master of the house dies, a person must go to the Beehive, knock, and repeat these words: “The master is dead, the master is dead,” else the Bees will fly … Continue reading →

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1913: As One Universe Differs from Another

Posted on September 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Proust’s corrections to a proof of Swann’s Way (1913) When, after that first evening at the Verdurins’, he had had the little phrase played over to him again, and had sought to disentangle from his confused impressions how it was … Continue reading →

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1799: Girl with Portfolio

Posted on September 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Guillaume Guillon-Lethiere: Girl with Portfolio (1799)

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1910: Flood

Posted on September 19, 2017 by corvusfugit

1910 Paris flood

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1970: Bookstore

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Garofalo: Bookstore, Harlem, 1970

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1910: Nijinsky

Posted on September 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vaslav Nijinsky performing the “Siamese Dance” from the ballet Les Orientales, Paris, 1910

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1905: The River Seine

Posted on September 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Theodore Scott Dabo: The River Seine (ca. 1905)

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1737: An Allegory of Justice Combating Injustice

Posted on September 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jean-Marc Nattier: An Allegory of Justice Combating Injustice (c. 1737); I’m not sure why she’s using a backscratcher.

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1867: Ambo le Man per lo Dolor mi Morsi

Posted on September 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

In the lowest depths of Hell, Dante and Virgil come upon the souls of Count Ugolino della Gherardesca and his political enemy Archbishop Ruggieri. Both are frozen in ice up to their necks; Ugolino is behind Ruggieri, gnawing on the … Continue reading →

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1972: Saigon

Posted on September 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

Raymond Depardon: Saigon, 1972

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