"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

Nighthawks

Che questo quadro fosse oggetto di una vera e propria mania, lo sapevo. Ma non pensavo fino a questo punto.

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Spooktober

Spooktober 27 – The Black Monk (2)

Chapter 3 After supper, when the visitors had gone, he went to his room and lay down on the sofa: he wanted to think about the monk. But a minute later Tanya came in. “Here, Andryusha; read father’s articles,” she said, giving him a bundle

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Spooktober

Spooktober 26 – The Black Monk (1)

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) was a Russian physician, short-story writer and playwright, and I’m not particularly fond of him, though he’s widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of modern short fiction and who am I to argue? His work is celebrated for its psychological

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Beauty and Ugliness: an exhibition

A few pictures from the recently closed exhibition on Beauty and Ugliness as an aesthetic paradigma in which what’s ideal and what’s grotesque melt together as sides of the same coin. The exhibition featured works by Brueghel (lent from the other exhibition at Palazzo Reale),

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5 Comments
  • Damiani
    Posted at 14:10h, 30 May Reply

    la Gioconda è molto risentita di tutto ciò…

  • utente anonimo
    Posted at 15:37h, 30 May Reply

    E Paride Rotulese non c’è, in questo quadro?

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 16:13h, 30 May Reply

    @ Damiani: eh, mi dispiace… ma portale i miei saluti la prossima volta che la vedi. Dille che io le ho sempre preferito la Vergine delle Rocce. No, magari non dirglielo…

    @ misterioso anonimo: certo che c’è. E’ dietro il bancone. Insieme al gatto.

  • contenebbia
    Posted at 12:53h, 31 May Reply

    C’è la versione alla Bosch?

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 10:03h, 03 June Reply

    Credo di sì, cher Comte. Manca invece una scena che apparve su un Marvel tempo fa (X-Factor #5, su sa il cielo quale X-men Deluxe, mi pare che ne parlai…)

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