Something about palimpsests teases the imagination, with artists and observers discovering and creating them in different media. Following are palimpsests created by artists and by…
In a remote mountain village above the town of Como, two powerful women secured the fame of the “Popess.” Read part 3/3 on Rainer Maria…
A holy woman and a soldier connect the poet Rainer Maria Rilke with the Popess of one of the earliest extant tarot decks. Read part…
A gleaming thread, gossamer yet firm, connects the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and an odd and enigmatic artwork from late medieval Northern Italy. Read part…
A gleaming thread, gossamer yet firm, connects the poet Rainer Maria Rilke with an odd and enigmatic artwork from late medieval Northern Italy. A three-part post…
In Chances Are…, by Richard Russo, three men in their mid-sixties get together at a cottage on Martha’s Vineyard. They’ve been friends since college, drifting…