Tag Archives: Rabelais

Bracelli’s modern art – 1624

Posted on October 26, 2019 by anthonyhowelljournal

https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/bracellis-bizzarie-di-varie-figure-1624/ I have long maintained that art has its rivers that have been flowing through culture at all times, and my friend Roger Malbert just sent me the interesting link (above), posted by The Public Domain Review. This bears out … Continue reading →

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Grotesque: Ancient and Modern

Posted on August 8, 2014 by anthonyhowelljournal

“In the famous Kerch terracotta collection we find figurines of senile pregnant hags. Moreover, the old hags are laughing. This is a typical and very strongly expressed grotesque.  It is ambivalent.  It is pregnant death, a death that gives birth.  … Continue reading →

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