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After reading Mikhail Bulgakov‘s “The Heart of a Dog” I had high expectations for his “The Master and Margarita.” Those...
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Ludwig is a writer for Highlark with a strong interest in the classics.
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With Halloween just around the corner, I wanted to feature an image that was creepy but perhaps not quite “Halloween.”...
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Frederic Leighton’s “Greek Girls Playing at Ball” is a pretty awesome painting. While I love the back drop which is both peaceful and epic, the way that Leighton manages to capture “motion” in a still image is pretty striking. Though many of his paintings are satisfying, this one stood out. While trying to zero in...
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I wanted to feature Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks,” in part because it’s become an iconic image — but also because of...
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With unpleasant weather on the march this weekend and for the coming week, Vincent van Gogh’s “Avenue of Poplars at...
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For this week’s installment, and with Halloween lurking around the corner, it seemed like it might be fun to take a look at something that’s old and creepy, yet timeless and fun. With that in mind, I was reminded of Seymour Joseph Guy’s “Story of Golden Locks” on display at...
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In my art post “View of a Ripetta,” I mentioned I was inspired by Edward Gibbon‘s “The Decline and Fall...
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Mikhail Bulgakov‘s “Heart of a Dog” was my first introduction to the author. I was interested in reading “The Master...
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This week, we take a look at Gustave Courbet’s “The Desperate Man”… Courbet looks a little bit like Johnny Depp, or perhaps Johnny Depp looks a little bit like Courbet. The reason I chose this painting is that often times when you see an artist’s self portrait, the artist attempts...
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I recently completed Stephen King‘s “It” — it was pretty entertaining and a definite recommend for people that like there...
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For this week’s installment, we take a look at Hubert Robert’s “View of Ripetta”. Many of his works convey a...
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With school back in session, John William Waterhouse’s “Echo and Narcissus” seemed to be the perfect selection for this week’s post — not because college students are narcissistic, but because the painting seems a great metaphor to illustrate a “teaching point.” Recently, in discussion, the question of why some paintings are more...
