Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
2/6: an art historical moment
We're discussing various illustrations for Hawthorne's Wonder Book in my mythology & children's literature class tomorrow, and it's been fun to pull together some images to talk about. Rackham and Crane's pictures of Bellerophon and Pegasus defeating the Chimaera seem to echo traditional depictions of Saint George and Saint Michael. I enjoyed looking online for Renaissance Georges and Michaels to show the students for comparison and contrast.
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