Thursday, August 22, 2019

Little Gidding ... known to me for many years as the title of one of TS Eliot's Four Quartets ( the last and maybe the loveliest ) ... but I've only just come across the The Little Gidding Harmonies ... and the Little Gidding Concordances ... so now I know why he was there

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http://blog.whitneyannetrettien.com/2013/03/faqs-on-little-gidding-harmonies.html http://littl...

frances quarles extrapolates saint john's words on to the subject of bowling ... in puritanical england, some clergymen took a dim view ..

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https://manifold.umn.edu/read/untitled-a5533014-27c2-48fd-a0fb-498976cbe4da/...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019

graham sutherland illustrating frances quarles ... an original 1943 lithograph sold in tenby museum this week ... turns out to be a late manifestation of a long-lived publishing format

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So have I seen a well-built castle, stand  Upon the tip-toes of a lofty hill,  Whose active power commands both sea & land, ...

david inshaw ... larger images of his paintings find their way on to the internet now and then ... these are from all periods and they are in no particular order

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Monday, August 19, 2019

crows and ravens and jackdaws and magpies in art

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andrea kowch peter de seve bruegel the elder ...
Sunday, August 18, 2019

alexander calder

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder ...
Friday, August 16, 2019

titian ... the offerings to venus, c.1518 ... compare and contrast ... rubens, 1636 etc

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https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-worship-to-venus/42b30ed4-0e79-4f2b-aa62-09...