Daily Archives: August 22, 2014

Mary, the mother of Jesus, was identified with the title of “Queen” at least as early as the 13th century. On October 11, 1954, during the Marian year that marked the centenary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope Pius XII established the feast of the Queenship of Mary on May 31. After the Second Vatican Council, the feast (classified as an obligatory memorial) was changed to August 22 so that it would follow the Feast of the Assumption on August 15. More… Discuss

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Tagged Assumption of Mary, Immaculate Conception, Jesus, Mary, Pope Pius XII, queen, Queen of Heaven, Queenship of Mary, Queenship of Mary Mary, Second Vatican Council, the mother of Jesus

quotation: O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Posted on August 22, 2014 | Leave a comment

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Discuss

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Tagged Cymbeline, green eyed monster, jealousy, mark antony, Mercutio, Merry Wives Of Windsor, Othello, William Shakespeare

today’s birthday: Leni Riefenstahl (1902)

Posted on August 22, 2014 | Leave a comment

Leni Riefenstahl (1902)

Riefenstahl was a German filmmaker whose most famous works are documentary propaganda films for the German Nazi Party. Her Triumph of the Will, a documentary of a huge Nazi rally glorifying Hitler, is widely regarded as one of the most effective pieces of propaganda ever produced. After the war, Riefenstahl was classified as a Nazi sympathizer and blacklisted. Later, she became interested in underwater photography and the Nuba tribe in the Sudan. What did she do on her 100th birthday? More… Discuss

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Tagged Adolf Hitler, Leni Riefenstahl, Nazi, Nazism, Nuba, Nuba People, Sudan, Triumph of the Will

this day in the yesteryear: Edvard Munch’s The Scream is Stolen at Gunpoint (2004)

Posted on August 22, 2014 | Leave a comment

Edvard Munch’s The Scream is Stolen at Gunpoint (2004)

Edvard Munch completed four versions of his most famous work, The Scream, an expressionist depiction of modern humanity’s spiritual anguish. In 1994, the version belonging to Norway’s National Gallery was stolen, but it was soon recovered in a sting operation. A decade later, thieves stole the version belonging to the Munch Museum. Despite rumors that the painting had been burned, the Oslo government offered a hefty reward for information leading to its recovery. What was its fate? More… Discuss

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Tagged Edvard Munch, Munch Museum, National Gallery, Norway, oslo, Oslo government, Paint, Scream, spiritual anguish, Stolen at Gunpoint, The Scream

Triumph of Death (El triunfo de la muerte) Psalter. Germany (S., Augsburg?), 1st half of the 16th century: Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) August 22, 2014

Posted on August 22, 2014 | Leave a comment

Triumph of Death (El triunfo de la muerte) Psalter. Germany (S., Augsburg?), 1st half of the 16th century. pic.twitter.com/4JJLWJWVej

(— ✍ Bibliophilia (@Libroantiguo) August 22, 2014)