26 June 2015

Giovanni's valetudinarian body

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Giovanni Dario between his friends, the Bellini brothers. Gentile Bellini, Procession at San Marco , 1496. Every week the New Y...
19 June 2015

Pierre Antony MacKay

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Pierre MacKay, my partner and ξυνεργὸς, died quietly on Sunday morning, June 14. Typically for him on Sunday, he was doing the New York...
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12 June 2015

In recovery: Glitter and be gay

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"Glitter and be gay!"  Natalie Dessay. “ In recovery”-- this is the third of these.  You may ask, recovery from w...
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05 June 2015

In recovery: The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millenium General Assembly

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The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nation's Millenium   General Assembly National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC ...
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29 May 2015

To the city

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 by Rowan Williams To the City 1. Bosphorus Once there were chains between the towers shackling the green-black forest wall...
22 May 2015

In recovery: The warriors

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General George Patton, Jr., 1885-1945,  National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC Here are portraits of warriors, dressed to bes...
15 May 2015

Two for Cyriaco

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Two documents for Cyriaco of Ancona, one new, one ignored, that contribute to his portrait. * * * * * * * * * * Cyriaco  is...
08 May 2015

The wunderkammer

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Wunderkammern fascinate me, so I have made my own small cabinet of small things that belong no place in particular. Small things attr...
03 May 2015

For Bartolomeo, with love and respect

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A book on which I have been working far too long – The Greek Correspondence of Bartolomeo Minio. Vol. 2:  Dispacci   from Candia, 1500-1...
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24 April 2015

Nauplion's Bavarian remnants

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This is the front door of Bettina Schinas' house, opposite. Ag. Giorgios. The door was imported from Trieste, probably just after 1...