Tag Archives: The Merchant of Venice

the wall street scuffle

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Dave

The man approached the teller and proceeded to undertake his deposit, transfer money to his line of credit and ended his sequence by a request to order cheques, a package of fifty would suffice, but a greater quantity if less … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Alfred Stieglitz, dodd-frank, Donald Kuspit, douglas gorsline, elliott barowitz, francis p. nauman, Frans Hals, hendrik gerritsz pot, Hieronymous Bosch, Jean Doucet, Jean Genet, John Heartfield, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, philippe bruno, quentin metsys, rudolf herz, The Merchant of Venice, Walter Arensberg | 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 →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Aert de Gelder, Al Pacino, David Leverenz, David S. Ramsey, Emile Vernet, Frank Stearns, George parsons lathrop, Giorgione, Giorgione Artist, Jan Lievens, Lucas Cranach, Moses, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Peter Himmelman, Roy harvey pearce, Shakespeare, The Marble Faun, The Merchant of Venice, Titian | Leave a comment

SELL-OFFS & SELL-OUTS

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Dave

”In an interesting side note to the much more publicized businesses involving John Paulson, Greece, and whatever else Goldman is currently getting tarred and feathered for, the bank was quietly slapped on the wrist by the SEC for violations related … Continue reading →