Andrei Rublev (1360c. – 1430c.), The Annunciation, 1408, Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir. Continue reading »
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Travels in Search of the Soul of America
Travelling in a battered camping van, Malise Ruthven set out across America in search of the manifestations of its religious spirit. Continue reading »
Painting of the Week: 26
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) (1908–2001), La Rue (1933), oil on canvas, 195 x 240cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Continue reading »
János Kádár’s Uneasy Anniversary
Roger Gough. Continue reading »
Torturing the Dead: The Prevention of Premature Burial and Dissection
Lindsey Fitzharris. Continue reading »
Newspapers in History: The Price of Modern Luxury
Peter L. Twohig. Continue reading »
Posing for Posterity
Royal Indian Portraits, 1840-1932. Continue reading »
Painting of the Week: 25
Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868-1907), Il Quarto Stato, 1901, oil on canvas, 293 x 545cm, Museo del Novecento. Continue reading »
Texture, Tactility, Tattoos
Gemma Angel. Continue reading »
This is Uncanny: Number-play in Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’
Lee Unkrich and Roger Erik Tinch. Continue reading »
