Tag Archives: Jason Goodwin

rocks of ages and sages

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dave

Christian monks burrowed like worms into porous stone from, giant cones which wind and weather carved. These are the rock monasteries of Cappadocia and in the days of Byzantium the monks tuned these giant cones into a city of cells, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged byzantium history, Cappadocia churches, Church of the Serpent Cappadocia, Frank Aksoy, frank aksoy conquest 1453, Jason Goodwin, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Ottoman Turks, Saint George and the Dragon, Suleiman the Magnificent, The Dark Church Cappadocia, turkish monasteries | Leave a comment

THE HAREM, THE SULTAN, THE PAINTER, THE EUNICH & HIS LOVER

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Dave

”The pressures of being prince aren’t easy in any royal family, and history is full of eccentric rulers, warped by a childhood spent under a golden thumb. But the stakes in the house of Osman were higher then in any … Continue reading →