Tag: Art

Aslan Creating the World in The Magician’s Nephew

As I said I’m pretty excited about this book receiving an adaptation. I am especially curious about how Greta Gerwig will film one of its most spectacular yet problematic aspects: how Aslan creates the world of Narnia with his song. All this time the Lion’s song, and his stately prowl, to and fro, backwards and …

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Narnia Church Sculptures at St. Mary’s

This is a bit of old news, but in 2020 fifteen sculptures were created and then consecrated to decorate the interior of St. Mary’s Church in Beverley, Yorkshire in England. Before being hoisted into the clerestory, they were displayed at ground level so churchgoers could see them up close. Visit the church’s site for more …

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Passing Obsessions 5-25

Fluffy Summer supplement insert for The Chicago Times contains a list of books generated by ChatGPT, and only two of them are real! Among them, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s (writer of Daisy Jones and the Six) fake novel The Collector’s Piece, about “a reclusive art collector and the journalist determined to uncover the truth behind his …

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Worldbuilding Wednesday 10/2/24: Paintings by Velázquez

Diego Velázquez is regarded as one of the most prominent painters of the 17th century and a forerunner of realism. So said my art history professors. Los Meninas was considered by them to be the height of his innovation, as it depicts him, the artist, sitting and painting a portrait of the Spanish court life …

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