"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."
Who says the Bible isn’t spooky? In the Book of Revelations we meet a Woman who’s running from a Dragon. Yes. The Bible has dragons.
Today on my Patreon we take a look at one of the most stunning illustrations from the so-called Douce Apocalypse, a special favourite of both William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones when they were students at Oxford. It was made in England during the XIII Century and, according to Morris, it was “Gothic design at its best”.
Silence Speaks: Gender, Nature, and Identity in a 13th-Century Romance In the Roman de Silence, written in Old French by Heldris of Cornwall, we meet Silence—a child born female but raised as a boy to circumvent a royal decree forbidding women from inheriting. As the
From January 30 to September 8, 2025, the Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan hosts “A Kind of Language: Storyboards and Other Renderings for Cinema,” an exhibition curated by Melissa Harris. This showcase delves into the intricate pre-production processes of filmmaking, highlighting the pivotal role of
Silence Speaks: Gender, Nature, and Identity in a 13th-Century Romance In the Roman de Silence, written in Old French by Heldris of Cornwall, we meet Silence—a child born female but raised as a boy to circumvent a royal decree forbidding women from inheriting. As the
From January 30 to September 8, 2025, the Osservatorio Fondazione Prada in Milan hosts “A Kind of Language: Storyboards and Other Renderings for Cinema,” an exhibition curated by Melissa Harris. This showcase delves into the intricate pre-production processes of filmmaking, highlighting the pivotal role of
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