Last week I hosted my final Zoom lecture of 2021 – The Book of Kells. This was the third presentation in my current lecture series The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art. This lecture series will conclude in January 2022 with a Zoom presentation of epic proportions, so stay tuned for more […]
Read more "The Book of Kells (Lecture)"Last week I debuted the first lecture in my new series – The Artist as Alchemist: Spirituality, Science & Magic in Art – to a wonderfully engaging collection of Zoom participants. The first lecture in this series – Spirals & The Sun: The Art & Science of Newgrange – was devoted to learning more about […]
Read more "Spirals & The Sun: The Art & Science of Newgrange"I just finished The Lost Painting by Jonathan Harr and if you are at all interested in art historical research, the art restoration process or the artist Caravaggio, then you should probably read this book. Harr novelizes the sometimes frustrating and agonizing journey dozens of academics and scholars took to determine if the painting The […]
Read more "The Lost Painting"I discovered this mural while wandering through the Temple Bar district of Dublin, Ireland. Temple Bar is known for its numerous pubs, buskers and party-like atmosphere and is an iconic part of town that draws tourists looking for that perfect Instagram shot. I noticed this particular mural was tagged “SUBSET” and decided to do some […]
Read more "SUBSET"Spirals in art have fascinated me for quite a while now and while I’m not exactly sure why, I may have come a bit closer to discovering what draws me to them. Apparently, the Irish have been fascinated by spirals for thousands of years and it keeps showing up in their artwork. I started my […]
Read more "The Book of Kells – Part 3"While taking photos of The Book of Kells is forbidden (photos are not even allowed in the room where the book is displayed), it was an amazing experience, even if there is no photographic evidence, as is required for life in the 21st century. That said, this museum nerd confirms that the exhibition space was […]
Read more "The Book of Kells – Part 2"Not far from the Newgrange site is another passage tomb – Knowth. The Knowth site is interesting in that it is one large mound surrounded by a number of smaller mounds. We were allowed to go inside the large, central mound, but only so far as the innermost chambers and the passage itself is beginning […]
Read more "Knowth"I have returned from my travels to The Emerald Isle and I have so many wonderful things to share – the first being my visit to Newgrange. Visiting this ancient site was at the very top of my list of things I had to do while in Ireland and I can assure you, it did […]
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The Wandering Art Historian 