Beauty Amid Destruction: Titanic’s Celtic Window
When the RMS Titanic slipped beneath the waves 106 years ago today, she was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world, and after all this time underwater, examples of her beauty…
Tag: Art
Why Do We Write?
“Beauty will save the world.”* -Dostoyevsky If we accept that art helps us reveal The hidden structures of the universe As beauty transcendent in color and form Harmonious truth in music, word, and dance Then…
Uncovering the Soul of an Engraving
There is a faded, badly kept engraving, dated 1782, by the great English engraver Valentine Green, after Joshua Reynolds’ oil portrait of Lady Charlotte Hill Talbot. It fairly broadcasts not only the classical traditions which…
The Death of General Wolfe and a Social Commentary on Identity
Here's a lesson in understanding people, one learned from Foreign Service days of long ago: more important than who people are is who they think they are. Years before the fall of the Berlin…
Portrait of an Invisible Girl
~ by Elizabeth Fust It’s like I’m part of the background. Their eyes just gloss over me. It’s like they can’t differentiate between me and the wallpaper. Is this what it is like to be…
The Best of Both Worlds: The Art and Animation of Disney’s "Tangled"
Perhaps you haven’t seen the film, but chances are, you’ve heard of it. Disney’s Tangled, officially their 10th “princess” movie, was released in 2010. A total of six years and roughly $260 million went into…