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one joan fits all
Trials and Tribulation of Joan of Arc. Her judgment and execution were just the beginning in a long series of fluctuations for the canonized combattant of God… In general, we find that Joan of Arc all over the world is … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Albert Bigelow Paine, Alphonse de Lamartine, Daniel Hobbins Joan of Arc, Fentonville writer, Francis Lowell, Gauguin Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc The Maid, Jules Quicherat, Mark twain Joan of Arc, Michelet Histoire de France, mirella freni, Perceval de Cagny, Pierre Cauchon Bishop of Beauvais, Sarah Moore Grimke, Tchaikovsky Adieu Forets
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romancing the joan
The trial and execution of Joan of Arc was just the beginning for the poor soul. In the centuries since the Maid has continued to provoke anger and awe, becoming a symbol for monarchists, romantics, Left and Right… Another movement … Continue reading
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Tagged Alphonse de Lamartine, Andre Dahl, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Bertolt Brecht, Brecht Saint Joan of the Stockyards, Fremiet sculptor, Friedrich Schiller, George W. Joy, Hermann Anton Stilke, Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc The Maid, Jules Quicherat, Landor, Michelet Histoire de France, Perceval de Cagny, Southey, Tchaikovsky, Thomas De Quincey
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1848 again? …the madcap laughs
An Arab Spring. Riots over a stupid internet film, the Innocence of Muslims, The Occupy Movement, technological unemployment. Continents are trembling and a world is awakening. In some ways, our past several years, and the so called American “fiscal cliff” … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged 1848 Tuileries, Alphonse de Lamartine, Arnold Toynbee, Chateau d'Eau fire 1848, Emile de Girardin, Eugene Hagnauer, eugene sue, Guizot 1848, Honore Daumier, Jules Gaildrau, Louis Philippe 1848, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Palais Royale 1848, Philippoteaux painter, Victor Hugo
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shaggy dog stories: the dog peeling the banana…
Sometimes the bark is worse than the bite. Sometimes its not…In the tradition of Greek mythology, Cerebrus, a triple headed canine, guarded the entrance of the gate of the dead, and served as a protector for those crossing over.Generally, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alphonse de Lamartine, B.F. Skinner, Carpaccio, Conrad Lorenz, Decaisne, Edgar Peters Bowron, Eric Knight, Gustave de Smet, Honoré Fragonard, Jack London, Jan van Eyck, Joshua Reynolds, Konrad Lorenz, Pierre gobert, Sigmund Freud, Thorstein Veblen, Vittoro Carpaccio, white fang jack london
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shades of 1848: gulps of reality in a pure state
For many, what is transpiring in the Arab world, bears resemblance to another year of revolution: 1848. When the inevitable reaction to these toppling of regimes takes place, will it recall the sad end of 1848 when the springtime hopes … Continue reading
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Tagged 1848 Rebellion, A.J.P. Taylor, Alphonse de Lamartine, Andrew McKillop, Arnold Toynbee, Danny Boon, De Tocqueville, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, Honore Daumier, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Julie Coudry, Karl Marx, Raed El Rafei, Sartre
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