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92Fashions of The Aesthetic Movement - A Cult of Beauty and Victorian Counterculture
The Aesthetic Movement was a counterculture of artists, writers, and designers in Victorian England who opposed the dehumanization of the Industrial Age. Aesthetic fashion stood against the stiffness of corsets and Victorian materialism, favoring a natural look based on medieval styles
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84Immaculate Moments in Mary's Life: The Annunciation in Eight Paintings from the 15th Century to the 20th Century
Mary by Henry Ossawa Tanner The Annunciation, which is also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary or as the Annunciation of the Lord, concerns the surprising announcement by the angel Gabriel to Mary of the miraculous, pure...
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74Dante Alighieri and The Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri Have you ever had an AHA! moment when everything becomes suddenly clear to you and everything falls into place? Well, my AHA! moment came recently when I was taking a catechism class at my church, St. Williams, here in Naples,...
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78Humor in Dante's INFERNO: The Gargoyle Cantos
Written in the early fourteenth century, Dante's allegory was called "Comedy" until the mid sixteenth century when it began being called the "Divine Comedy." Dante was not writing a funny book. He called it "Comedy" because the story began...
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88Death Valley National Park ~ Photos and Impressions of Extremes
Trying to cross the Devil's Golf Course in a pioneer's covered wagon would have been a nightmare! Numerous photos plus videos of this largest of U.S. national parks are here to be seen and enjoyed including a palm fringed oasis surrounded by desert.
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88The Paintings of Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, legends and stunners
In the summer of 1849 a picture went on exhibition in London bearing the mysterious initials PRB. It was the first public offering by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, one of a small group of young artists who were to completely change the face of British Art in the 19th century....
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83A Divine Purpose - Reflections on Dante Alighieri's Purgatorio
Though Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is universally thought to be about the repercussions of sin and virtue, there are many additional lessons and statements laced into its verses. According to Barbara Reynolds, “It was not [Dante’s]...
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78Summary of The Book: The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, the author chronicles the journey of three places: the Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. In each of these scenarios, it is mythical characters, famous people for their...
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80Pre-Raphaelite Models - The Artists Muse
They were the WAGS of their day, the supermodels and catwalk queens of the nineteenth century. These demure, elegant women with their tumbling hair, elegant necks and doe eyes defined the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style. Rossetti, Burne-Jones, William Hunt, Waterhouse and Millais all immortalised them on canvass in their tragic tales.
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