Art was a comfort to the Greeks. Through wars, natural disasters, and the cruel fates of life, art has a way of saving people, and the Greeks recognized that and used it, particularly in their tragedies. #tragedy #art #europe #normandavies #greek #ancientgreece #europeanhistory #history #worldhistory #greekhistory #arthistory
pickWhat a funny and fabulous little book!
This book is filled with art featuring dogs alongside a short blurb offering commentary on the piece. The commentary was hilarious. I laughed out loud so many times.
Additionally, I loved the random fun facts that were incorporated into the blurbs. For example, I learned that the Olympics used to have art competitions.
Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/review-museum-of-dogs/
None of the books that I read wholly within March were noteworthy, so the tagged book is one of the favorites I finished in March. I need to get a copy so I have a reference of artists that I want to treasure hunt in museums.
I did also greatly enjoy Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey.
We're all enjoying a quiet morning of reading before I have to get ready for work. Almost finished with this #historicalfiction that I read for my LIS course this week.
#medici #arthistory #class #scandal #thievery #Italy #florence
This is my son‘s book-he is planning another 2 trips for us to NYC, one this month for an exhibit at the Center for the Book Arts & the Casper Friedrich the Soul of Nature exhibit at the MET in April. In the meantime I am going to read this article later today. I did see an exhibit on Artemisia Gentileschi here inHartford at the Wadsworth atheneum. https://centerforbookarts.org/exhibitions/the-best-kept-secret-200-years-of-bloo...
pickThis is basically a history about French chaos and Berthe Morisot with a bit of Manet. She's an icon and I'm glad I took a break from (paused) my fantasy trend to give her some of my headspace.
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Anyone who has ever seen goldfinches fluttering and chattering and alighting on seedheads in meadows, or watched them bumbling through the thistledown they love, will know why the word charm was chosen for their collective noun. A charm of goldfinches soars at dusk, swoops at dawn, sings upliftingly in summer trees. In flight, the yellow stripe spreads into a golden cape.
