Baltimore circa 1903. “Confederate Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Mount Royal Avenue.” Sculptor Frederic Ruckstull’s allegorical bronze “Spirit of the Confederacy,” whose Latin inscription means “Glory to the Vanquished.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
From shorpy.com
To celebrate the darkest night of the year Swedes in London will gather in Westminster Cathedral for a magical St Lucia concert. And you have a chance to join in on the festivities too. Read on!
The Lucia concert is one of the most popular Church services among Scandinavians in London and it has become an important part of their Christmas traditions, meaning tickets sell out fast! Below is an overview of the program for the St Lucia concerts in London, 2018.
“The less we understand of what our fathers and forefathers sought, the less we understand ourselves, and thus we help with all our might to rob the individual of his roots and his guiding instincts, so that he becomes a particle in the mass, ruled only by what Nietzsche called the spirit of gravity.”
― C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Guido Reni; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642 was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and style, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicholas Poussin and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects. Active in Rome, Naples, and his native Bologna, he became the dominant figure in the Bolognese School that emerged under the influence of the Carracci. Via Wikipedia.
Jeanne d’Arc is a gilded bronze equestrian sculpture of Joan of Arc by Emmanuel Frémiet inaugurated in 1874.
The original statue was commissioned by the French government after the defeat of the country in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. It is the only public commission of the state from 1870 to 1914, called the Golden Age of statuary in Paris, the other statues were funded by private subscriptions.
The sculptor took as his model Aimée Girod (1856–1937), a young woman from Domrémy, Joan of Arc’s village in Lorraine.
The statue was inaugurated in 1874. The pedestal was designed by the architect Paul Abadie.
The artist, who made another version of the monument for the city of Nancy in 1889, replaced the horse of the Parisian monument 10 years later by a copy of the smaller Nancy one, which earned him criticism.
The monument was classified as a historic monument on March 31, 1992.
via Wikipedia
Thor Ragnarok comes out this weekend. My recommendation is to skip the Hollywood flotsam, instead pick up D’Aulaires’ ‘Book of Norse Myths and read it with your children.
The book costs the same as a movie ticket. Your children will have fonder memories of the hours of time spent reading the book with you over the 90 minutes of ‘splosions. Children will love the stories of Thor choking out the world serpent Jormungand or cracking a Stone Giant over the head with mjolnir even if trying to explain how Loki gave birth to Odin’s eight legged horse Sleipnir can be a little awkward.
50 Years Later, D’Aulaires’ ‘Book of Norse Myths’ Remains a Classic –
https://www.fatherly.com/play/books/daulaires-book-norse-myths-great-kids-books/
I have been publishing content on Google+ for several years, but my trust in Google is diminishing. As a result, I have decided to distance myself from their social network platform, Google+.
The majority of the content I share on Google+ consists of a personal collection of random thoughts and links to articles that I find interesting. While it wouldn’t be a significant loss if Google+ were to shut down one day, I still prefer to disassociate myself from the company before that happens. I would hate to discover one day that I’m locked out of my account, similar to what recently happened to Jordan Peterson and journalists who were writing articles in Google Docs. Incidents like these, along with YouTube demonetization, have eroded my confidence in the company. I fear that one day a Google algorithm might delete all of my content without any warning.
Therefore, after many years, I find myself returning to a WordPress blog as my platform of choice.
