Bath Abbey rises upwards from the heart of the ancient Roman city of Bath, in the southwest of England. The church is regarded as an English architectural treasure, famous for its late medieval architecture. Its rich history began around 1499, when Oliver King, the Bishop of Bath, had a vision of angels climbing a ladder…
When a Culture Loses Touch With Its Mythos
In her wonderful book, “The Battle for God,” Karen Armstrong, drawing on the work of other eminent scholars, introduces us to a central reason why there has been a resurgence of religious fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the modern world. Indeed, her book points out some intriguing and insightful parallels between all three…
Anna Mary Robertson Moses: America’s Grandma
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860–1961) witnessed the evolution of America. She was born two months before Abraham Lincoln was elected and died nearly a full year into the Kennedy administration. She grew up on a farm and remained on a farm. It was the farm life that she was most known for, but predominantly for…
Porto Velho to Iguazu Falls | Tough Rides Season 3 Episode 5
June 8, 2023
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When Ryan successfully reaches the end of the BR-319, his vehicle breaks down yet again but more Brazilian hospitality comes to the rescue in the form of a local rancher who tows the support vehicle to his ranch and cooks up a BBQ for the team. …
Painting Dante’s Epic Poem ‘The Divine Comedy’
Where are we heading—heaven or hell? Poet Dante Alighieri explores just that in his epic poem “The Divine Comedy,” which he completed around 1321, the year that he died. Dante wrote 100 cantos (sections), averaging 142 lines, for his poem that charts the journey of the pilgrim Dante through Hell to Purgatory and Paradise. The…
The Lure of Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain in Renaissance Paintings
Around the year 1500, the northern Italian artist Andrea Mantegna painted a scene of the “Adoration of the Magi.” This was a deeply familiar theme to every Christian in Renaissance Europe. Upon the birth of Christ, three wise men from the East came guided by a star to worship him, bringing the precious gifts of…
Cupid: Love Through the Ages
With his image seen most often during February and June (the Valentines’ month and the traditional wedding season), Cupid typically conjures up images of a cherubic infant wielding a bow and arrow, but this wasn’t always the case. The modern figure of Cupid is not exactly the one that Westerners have always known. Cupid has been…
Caravaggio’s ‘Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy’
Artists throughout the centuries have been inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi, including Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. One of the artist’s early masterpieces is “Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy,” held in the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Connecticut. This is the artist’s first known religious canvas and one of the…
Antonio Canova: Master of Marble, Lover of Clay
Many of us can imagine how an artist composes a picture on paper, but how a sculptor converts a lump of stone into a sculpture of beauty remains one of life’s enigmas. We can see or read the steps in the sculpting process, but the sculptor’s skill still enchants us. Sculptor Antonio Canova created the…
Book Review: ‘Norman Rockwell’s Models: In and Out of the Studio’
During the middle of the 20th century, Norman Rockwell became America’s artist. He captured the best of what America represented: freedom, friendship, and family, these typically encapsulated with a sense of patriotism. Yes, it was Rockwell who captured all that with his artistic realism, but the depth to which he captured that reality depended heavily…
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