Sunday, April 9, 2017

For Palm Sunday: A Palm Sunday Donkey

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From the vaults: One of the most charming pieces of Easter religious sculpture is the depiction of Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey. ...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

Amherst College Picks Emily Dickinson as New Sports Mascot

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In Surprise Move, Amherst College Picks Emily Dickinson as New Sports Mascot Edged Out Leading Contender: “Fighting Poets” Image of Em...
Monday, January 2, 2017

Happy New Year, 2017 (and good riddance, 2016)!

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Wishing all my friends a very happy new year! A greeting from the vaults. This is a sentimental old favorite from my collection: n...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Christmas Decorating With the Nazis: Literary Tree Ornaments

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The Nazis were nothing if not culturally acquisitive. Although harshly critical of modernist art and literature, they portrayed themselves a...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Christmas Decorating With the Nazis: From the War Diary of a German Girl

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This is a document that my father acquired during his service with the US Occupation Government in Germany after World War II: confiscated, ...

An 18th-Century French Nativity

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Since we've been on the subject of Baroque Christmas art and depictions of the Nativity , I'll share this little piece from my colle...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

Merry Christmas, 2016

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Wishing a merry Christmas to all my readers who celebrate the holiday! Here, from a past post, are two images of the Nativity from southwe...

Happy Hanukkah, 5777

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Wishing a happy Hanukkah to those of my readers who celebrate that holiday. In lieu of writing a new piece, I'll just share this image...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Human Rights Day 2016

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This year, as every year, Amherst celebrated Human Rights Day, marking the anniversary of the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of H...

18 December 1916: Battle of Verdun Ends

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The Battle of Verdun, which had begun on 21 February 1916, at last came to an end on 18 December. The meat-grinder, as it came to be known, ...