Saint Cecilia by John Melhuish Strudwick [British Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1849-1935]
Art
“I awoke one morning and found myself famous.”
“I awoke one morning and found myself famous.” Lord Byron was born on this day in 1788. See Thomas Phillips’ portrait of the pin-up poet, dressed in Albanian costume, on display in the National Portrait Gallery, London, Room 18. I intend to… Read More ›
Paris bookstore, 1904
Paris bookstore, 1904, Tavik František Šimon. Czech (1877 – 1942)
Head of a Damned Soul
William Blake’s Head of a Damned Soul. Picture: Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
O Lumen Ecclesiae, Magnificat
O Lumen Ecclesiae, Magnificat antiphon for St. Dominic, sung daily after Compline according to Dominican usage
Annunciation
Olexandr Melnyk. Annunciation, 1992