Category Archives: Art

Atlas of Antiquity

Posted on March 11, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

I don’t know how I missed the amazing site vici.org which offers an excellent interactive map of archeological sites. It’s easy to spend hours down the rabbit hole exploring the thousands of locations with significant ancient buildings or ruins. Most … Continue reading →

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It’s finally Caturday again

Posted on March 2, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

 

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On the Edge of Alchemy

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

I was intrigued by the wonderful collage animation (below) created by Stacey Steers. The 20 minute film presents a unique approach to collage animation by combining backgrounds, objects and creatures taken from engraved illustrations with characters lifted from early cinema. … Continue reading →

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How it was done

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Regular visitors to this blog will be well aware that the entire crew here at Travel Between The Pages world HQ have great admiration for Japanese woodblock printing. We especially enjoy the well known style called ukiyo-e. I recently stumbled … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time in L.A.

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Film director Quentin Tarantino has opened a coffee shop thematically based on the 1973 movie “Coffy” staring Pam Grier. True fans certainly remember that Grier played the lead role in the Tarantino movie Jackie Brown. The coffeeshop is attached to … Continue reading →

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Mainly Miscellany

Posted on February 23, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Who knew that Edward Gorey designed the sets for the U.S. revival of the 1924 stage play Dracula ? I certainly did not, but this fascinating article on the terrific CrimeReads blog does a deep dive into the story. Andy Weir’s The Martian was … Continue reading →

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Breakfast At Tiffany’s

Posted on February 22, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

If you were so inclined, you could pick up a signed first edition of Truman Capote’s novel Breakfast at Tiffany’s for $5000 or less. But why not spring for the artfully rebound version for $1.5 million. The new version sports more … Continue reading →

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Pangur Bán

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Over the years, I have seen a few different translations of this ninth century poem written by an unknown monk in Old Irish at or near Reichenau Abbey in what is now Germany. This version was translated by the Nobel … Continue reading →

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Protect Your Local Library

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

 

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art too bad to be ignored

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Over the years I have visited hundreds of art museums. Most of those institutions made sincere efforts to curate collections of quality art works. Sometimes there were fails and truly bad art was exhibited. But nothing compares to the extraordinary … Continue reading →

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