Tag Archives: Aert de Gelder

fashionable bodies

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Dave

No shoe was too bone breaking, nor corset too breathtaking, nor bodily alteration too excruciating fro man not to have tried it out in his continuing pursuit of the fashionable body. The urge to alter his body is felt by … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Aert de Gelder, Charles Darwin, Coren Apicella Harvard, Dr. Anthony Little, Frank Marlowe Florida State, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Avedon, Venus de Milo | Leave a comment

cool down the warm up act

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Dave

At the core is a concern for life and security. The Oslo and Hebron agreements, the Gush Katif expulsion were heralded as signs of Israel’s willingness to bypass its concern for land and focus on making peace.However the very reason … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Aert de Gelder, Barack Obama Israel Visit, Dierick Bouts painter, Dirck Bouts Dutch-Flemish master, gush katif, Hebron Agreement, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog | Leave a comment

unicef: we are the world…

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Dave

Looking beneath appearances to hidden truths. The jewish festival of Purim approaches commorating the exploits of Esther and Mordechai in saving the Jewish people from the evil decree of Haman. as Persia then, so Iran now? It began with Haman’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Aert de Gelder, Ami Horowitz, Antoine Coypel, Claude-Antoine Coypel, Hillel Neuer, Khazayee Iran UNICEF, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, U.N. Me documentary | Leave a comment

haman: and so they strung him up

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Dave

It was not her beauty that saved the day.She had a few drawbacks as a beauty queen. But eventually, as we know the villainous Haman was promoted in rank, plotted against the jews calling for their annihilation on a global … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Aert de Gelder, Claude Lorraine artist, Claude painting Queen Esther, Francesco Caucig, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Purim festival, Queen Esther, Rembrandt painting Queen Esther | Leave a comment

A GOOD SIN TO SOFTEN YOU

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Dave

In the Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare,the Christians of the play universally assume that they’re a nobler species than Jews, but Shylock insists that they’re no more pure than Jews and Jews no less human than Christians.Purity and humanity being … Continue reading →