Nativity by Taddeo Gaddi

Nativity
by Taddeo Gaddi (1290–1366)
Medieval Painter from Florence
Circa 1325
Tempera on Panel
14.2" x 14.6"
 

Literature Pick #39

The Secret of Kralitz
by Henry Kuttner
From the October 1936 issue of Weird Tales, this is a macabre story set in the Cthulhu Mythos world created by H. P. Lovecraft.

Foothills of the Alps by Wolf Huber

Foothills of the Alps
by Wolf Huber (1485-1553)
1532
Watercolor
8.3" × 14.6"

Huber was born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg (in modern-day Austria) and later moved to Passau in Lower Bavaria. He was an artist of the Danube School and his work shows the influence of Albrecht Dürer - he was also an architect, although none of his architectural work survives. In 1517 he became court painter to the Duke of Bavaria.

Literature Pick #38

Lost in the Future
by John Victor Peterson
A excellent science fiction short story about the perils of space travel from the January 1954 issue of Fantastic Universe.

Kao K'o-ming painting

Enlightenment After The Snowfall on the River
by Kao K'o-ming
Chinese artist
1035
Indian ink and color on silk

Literature Pick #37

The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall
by John Kendrick Bangs
A superb ghost story first published in Harper's Weekly Magazine on June 27, 1891 and then republished in the 1892 short story collection The Water Ghost and Others.

Gherardo Starnina painting

Two Seated Angels Making Music
by Gherardo Starnina
Artist born in Florence
 
Fragment of an alterpiece,  painted between 1400 and 1410

tempera on panel
18.8" × 28.3" 
 

Paintings of Thomas Girtin

The Abbey Mill, Knaresborough (1809)

Tolleshunt-Beckingham, Essex (circa 1795)

Near Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire

Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland
(1797-1799)

Literature Pick #36

The Vampyre; a Tale
by John William Polidori
Inspired by Lord Byron's Fragment of a Novel, this classic work from 1819 is among the most influential vampire stories in literary history.

Landscape with a Water Mill

Landscape with a Water Mill
by François Boucher (1703–1770)
French Rococo artist from Paris
1740

oil on canvas
51.31" x 64.25"

Literature Pick #35

Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
by William Hope Hodgson
Collection of tales from 1910 and 1912 about Carnacki - the detective of the supernatural.

The Expulsion of Hagar by Claude Lorrain

The Expulsion of Hagar
by Claude Lorrain
1668
oil on canvas
42.1" x 55.1"

Lorrain was born in Chamagne in the Duchy of Lorraine (now part of France) and was a master of landscape art.

Literature Pick #34

Larson's Luck
by William P. McGivern (as Gerald Vance)
An exciting, lighthearted sci-fi short story from the January 1943 issue of Amazing Stories.

Landscape with Knights and Figures

Landscape with Knights and Figures
17th century Flemish painting
circa 1670-1675
oil on canvas
9.8" × 13.8"

Favorite Actress Showcase #8: Emmy Rossum

Emmy rose to fame playing Christine in the 2004 movie version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera and in 2004's The Day After Tomorrow. She's currently starring in the TV show Shameless and she's in the upcoming movie Beautiful Creatures. Emmy is not just a talented actress, she's also a beautiful singer.