The Partisans’ Home can be seen off in the distance on the right… Italians don’t often get much respect, but I do not believe that is entirely justified. After all, this is the culture that gave us the Roman Empire and then the Renaissance. How many countries can claim two turns at the top of … Continue reading
Looks like a relatively quiet – even quaint – Greenwich Village street scene, no? Well, this is what that street looked like on the morning of March 6, 1970: On that morning, the townhouse standing at 18 West 11th Street, which was being used as a hideout and bomb factory for the radical leftist Weather … Continue reading
Jules Coignet View of Beirut, 1844 Alberto Pasini A Mosque, 1886 Charles-Théodore Frère Jerusalem from the Environs, 1880 Frere began his career painting the French countryside, but exhibited only Middle Eastern scenes after a stay in Algeria in 1837. He returned to the eastern shores of the Mediterranean many times and eventually established … Continue reading
Taken outside of Rome in the summer of 2011: Continue reading
It may not be quite as tranquil anymore as the above poster would suggest… However, the impression below that most individuals have of the Palestinian Territories of Gaza and the West Bank is not entirely accurate either: I will certainly get into that side of the Palestinian Territories in the future. However, before launching into … Continue reading
Thousands of years old, home to events such as the crucifixion of Jesus and locations such as the Dome of the Rock which is holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, conquered by everyone from Nebuchadnezzar to Alexander the Great to the Romans to the Persians to Saladin to the Turks to the British – I … Continue reading
Mark Tansey The Innocent Eye Test, 1981 Chuck Close Lucas, 1986-87 Chuck Close Mark, 1978-79 Andy Warhol Skull, 1977 Andy Warhol Still Life, 1976 Malcolm Morley On Deck, 1966 Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 