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The Song of Songs

We look, today, at an artwork created for #TheSongofSongs” (Song of Solomon) from the Old Testament. The image relates to chapter 4 and verse 16. Awake,O north wind,And come, O south!Blow upon my garden,That its spices may flow outLet my … Continue reading

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Art as Historical Perspective

Here is a lithograph which I picked up recently. No signature, no date, no identifying marks at all. So, why talk about this picture. Well. It could be up to 200 years old since lithography was developed in 1796 or … Continue reading

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