Tag Archives: Painting

1893: Marine

Posted on September 9, 2019 by corvusfugit

Nils Hansteen: Marine (1893)

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1907: Kampen, Sylt

Posted on September 6, 2019 by corvusfugit

Wenzel Hablik: Kampen, Sylt: Dark Clouds, Mudflats (1907)

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1897: Orpheus

Posted on September 3, 2019 by corvusfugit

Pierre Amédée Marcel-Béronneau: Orpheus in Hades (1897)

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1956: The Hound of Heaven

Posted on August 10, 2019 by corvusfugit

In 1893, English poet Francis Thompson published a poem called “The Hound of Heaven.” The work is an extended metaphor: as a hound pursues a hare in a hunt, so does God pursue the human soul to restore it to … Continue reading →

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1963: Red and Yellow

Posted on July 31, 2019 by corvusfugit

Sadamasa Motonaga: Red and Yellow (1963)

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1936: Expectation

Posted on July 21, 2019 by corvusfugit

Richard Oelze: Expectation (1935-36)

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1784: Whimsical Associations

Posted on July 12, 2019 by corvusfugit

From Paul Fussell’s Poetic Meter and Poetic Form (1965): “In ‘The Poplar Field’ …William Cowper…unwittingly allows the whimsical associations of triple meter to work against him.” The poplars are felled, farewell to the shade And the whispering sound of the … Continue reading →