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Advent Reflection: Caravaggio’s Madonna of Loreto

Two pilgrims, an old man and an old woman, kneel on stone steps hands nearly clasped but more rightly said to be cupped, walking sticks resting on their shoulders.  They kneel in front of Mary and the baby Jesus, Mary … Continue reading

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Sometimes Art Comes From What We Walk Upon

This clip has been circulating all over the net, including two on my Google Reader, PeterRollins.net and Solar Crash.  I don’t think I have anything particularly insightful to add in addition to the “wows” and “OMGs!” I’ve seen elsewhere regarding … Continue reading

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Hieronymus Bosch

At Barnes and Noble the other day and picked up a copy of BBC History Magazine, (March) which had an amazing cover that I initially thought was Salvador Dali, but turned out to be an excerpt from Tondal’s Vision by … Continue reading

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