Subway
Stelle
Estela
Don Segundo Sombra
Connecticut
Hartford
Macondo
Et in Arcadia ego
Alhambra
Delaware
Cashmere
Casimir
Ps.91:1
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."
"The gale increases as we stem the main."~~~Philip Freneau
Et in Arcadia ego (also known as Les bergers d'Arcadie or The Arcadian Shepherds)[1] is a 1637–38 painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665). It depicts a pastoral scene with idealized shepherds from classical antiquity clustering around an austere tomb. It is held in the Louvre, Paris.
The most important difference between the two versions is that in the latter version, one of the two shepherds recognizes the shadow of his companion on the tomb and circumscribes the silhouette with his finger. According to an ancient tradition (see Pliny the Elder, nat. Hist. XXXV 5, 15), this is the moment in which the art of painting is first discovered. Thus, the shepherd's shadow is the first image in art history. But the shadow on the tomb is also a symbol of death (in the first version symbolized by a skull on the top of the tomb). The meaning of this highly intricate composition seems to be that, from prehistory onward, the discovery of art has been the creative response of humankind to the shocking fact of mortality. Thus, death’s claim to rule even Arcadia is challenged by art (symbolized by the beautifully dressed maiden), who must insist that she was discovered in Arcadia too, and that she is the legitimate ruler everywhere, whilst death only usurps its power. In the face of death, art's duty—indeed, her raison d’être—is to recall absent loved ones, console anxieties, evoke and reconcile conflicting emotions, surmount isolation, and facilitate the expression of the unutterable.
Coppertone
A large stone stela, facing forward, depicts a Maya deity decorated with myriad visual embellishments, its fists clenched upon its chest. The background depicts the small clearing in which the stela now stands, fading back into a thick forest.
Alhambra, Granada
Cashmere coat
Delaware's Blue Hen
The Delaware Blue Hen is a landrace variety of chicken that was adopted by the Delaware General Assembly on April 14, 1939, as the state bird of Delaware. It is one of only three U.S. state birds that is not a species native to the United States.
Chess: "Coppertone" "Subway" "Stelle" "Estela" "Don Segundo Sombra" "Connecticut " "Hartford" "Macondo" "Et in Arcadia ego" "Alhambra" "Delaware" "Cashmere" "Casimir"
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