Tag Archives: Dan Brown

the “salai” copy: hold your hand original

Its the Mona Lisa industry. Eventually it will get traced all the way to Neil Armstrong on the moon and the 9-11 attacks. Maybe its the collective occult obsession and the “inside job” is to be found within the sacred … Continue reading

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heresies of dilution:why the fuss?

Kind of a cute piece by Elizabeth Renzetti anything that questions the absolute divinity of J.C. is always an attention getter. And it is amusing to see how he has been appropriated within the context of presidential elections and various … Continue reading

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the unexplained: Bacon’s believe it or rot

The Shakespeare hoax. The bard’s identity game is an old one. With Freud and Mark Twain even taking a kick at the can. James Hudson had a theory, plausible, in which Shakespeare was actually a woman, Amelia Bassano, a converso … Continue reading

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the poussin code

Giza pyramid pentagrams and sacred geometry, golden means and a whole shebang of inscrutability. Nicolas Poussin has always been linked with the mystery of Rennes de Chateau and his work is crucial to the theory found in Holy Blood Holy … Continue reading

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Ghent altarpiece : a trio of mystery and suspense

It is known for many things; not the least being that it is the most stolen piece of art of all time.It represents the first really ambitious and consummate use of oil paint and it marks the birth of realism … Continue reading

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mona lisa: still crazy for the old flame

Its persistence to in capturing the public’s imagination is in itself one of the painting’s imagined mysteries. Perhaps mysteries that have been more created and fermented by the legions of art critics and scholars than was actually imagined and figured … Continue reading

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MR. TAMBOURINE MEN & THE WAR DANCE

The idea of American Manifest Destiny is not exclusive to the mid-eighteenth century, though the period of imperial “Westward Ho!” is one of the more conspicuous symptoms of that deeper, existential malady—the messianic mission to make the world over in … Continue reading

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