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Dürer as Christ?
This is a link for a group of students, who are interested in whether Dürer’s 1500 self-portrait really has Christlike connotations…so there is no explanation here, just wanted a place to post some images! Obviously feel free to comment even … Continue reading
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The Tree House community secondhand bookshop
More soon about Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Dürer’s signature and the emotive power of art…but in the meantime, just want to highlight a new blog I’ve set up for a not-for-profit, community-focused secondhand bookshop I am planning to open in my … Continue reading
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What is truth?
St James sits solidly and ethereally against the wall and gazes faraway, faraway towards the window. He thinks both inside and outside himself at the same time. He is never cold – his voluminous cloak ensures that. The folds of … Continue reading
What is an artist?
I don’t intend to answer that question…perhaps there is not in any case a complete answer. I recently saw an advert for a job making sandwiches at Subway – the advert was for a ‘sandwich artist’. I laughed at the … Continue reading
A Foolish Virgin…we’ve all been there
For my first entry, I feel I should start with the image I have chosen as the header image for this blog – a copperplate engraving by the German painter-engraver Martin Schongauer, dating probably from the 1480s. We have no … Continue reading
The art of living
I am relaunching my blog – apologies to those who have commented on previous posts, which have now disappeared (the posts and the comments). I want to use this space differently, to explore my own ideas about the way works … Continue reading
