Tag Archives: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

joan: rhythm of the saint

Joan of Arc. Her trial and execution were just the beginning of what would become the Saint Joan cult and industry… The great loss of life in the First World War gave transcendental, spiritualist views an increased currency in the … Continue reading

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Joan’s spiritual journey: sensualized canonized kabbalah

France, with her allies, was victorious in World War I, and she emerged for the time as the dominant power on the Continent, linked to the Church in new compromises by the fear of Bolshevism and by the problem of … Continue reading

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judging joan

Those judgements of Joan.Her trial and execution were only the beginning. In the centuries since,the Maid has continued to provoke both anger and adoration, skepticism and awe. There have been many fluctuations in Joan’s fame… In 1429, when Joan so … Continue reading

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watson

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Dr. Watson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) The pipe design is somewhat incorrect (more associated with the character as portrayed in the movies) and the deerstalker cap was only relevant … Continue reading

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you know my method, watson

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design , Maplewood, N.J.) The Return of Sherlock Holmes Penguin Books, 1986 Illustration and Design: Paul Davis (b. 1938)/Paul Davis Studio This is what’s called a TV tie-in (or movie tie-in) design. … Continue reading

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book of hours of the times

He can be seen both as climactic figure of the Middle Ages and as a herald of the Renaissance. The first great realist in French art, he painted with magical perfection in a time of change and disarray. In his … Continue reading

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spirits in the camera’s eye

trick photography……..flash paper or flash string “The Medium Eva C. With a Materialization on Her Head and a Luminous Apparition Between Her Hands,” 1912, by Albert von Schrenck-Notzing (German, 1862-1929).

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sherlock hovers: on the edge of the unknown

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) THIS is a 1922 photograph of sir arthur conan doyle with a ghost hovering over him. i wonder what conan doyle’s main literary creation – sherlock holmes – would have made of such an image? … Continue reading

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alien seeding: explaining the singular life

Art Chantry on H.P. Lovecraft…. Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com): Wilum H. Pugmire, noted Lovecraft scholar and writer, sent me this photo a number of years ago. H. P. Lovecraft lived as a pauper from a Victorian era (though he lived … Continue reading

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those a-ha! moments: fetish for the pathologically creative

There is an element of intentional controversy. He just happened to have a infant’s skull tucked away in the corner of the workshop and bingo! he found the right context to use it. It was one of those a-ha moments, … Continue reading

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