French Masters

I'm off to Canberra for a few days to take in the Masterpieces from Paris. See you after Easter. Don't eat too many eggs. Speaking of which, I found out recently that my oldest daughter had been under the belief that Easter eggs symbolised the boulder that was at the entrance to Jesus' burial cave!

Garibaldi and the Risorgimento

Two scenes from the panorama:



A life and times of Garibaldi plus a fabulous panorama at Brown University. From the site:

'Moving' panoramas displayed one scene at a time. Attached to rollers, the paintings could be unrolled slowly as a narrator described each vignette to the audience. Markers attached to the paintings would serve as guides for the persons cranking the piece as well as the narrator. An interval would have been announced upon reaching the end of side one, in order for the staff to turn the panorama around for displaying the second side.

This sounds fabulous.

The Oneida Community

Ascending and descending fellowship. Link…

Travelling with Franciscus Caccia

To the Holy Land in 1706. Link…

Missionary Postcards

As well as the usual colonial fare there is an unexpected set of 'humorous' cards. Link…

Foxe’s martyrology

Woodcuts from John Foxe's Book of Martyrs. Link…

Russian Icons

A large collection (lots of broken links though). Link…