Literature Pick #29

The Story of Mimi-nashi Hōichi
From Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, Lafcadio Hearn's collection of Japanese ghost stories.

Willem van de Velde the Younger painting

A Dutch Ship Scudding Before a Storm

by Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707)
Dutch maritime painter
circa 1690
oil on canvas
22.5 × 29 in.

Francesco di Giorgio painting

Architectural View
by Francesco di Giorgio (1439–1501)
circa 1477
poplar wood
48.8 x 92.1 in.
Di Giorgio was a Sienese School painter, a sculptor, and an architect.

Literature Pick #28

The Mermaid of Druid Lake

by Charles Weathers Bump

This is a delightful, lighthearted tale from the 1906 short story collection The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories.

Woodland Pond

Woodland Pond

by John Olson Hammerstad

circa latter half of 19th Century 

oil on canvas

13-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches

Hammerstad (1842-1925) was born in Kristiansund, Norway and he moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1869. He was known for his landscape paintings.

Favorite Actress Showcase #7: Anneliese van der Pol

The beautiful Anneliese van der Pol is a talented actress and singer, she's most famous for playing Chelsea on That's So Raven. She has also acted in a number of theatrical productions and played roles in other movies and TV shows. Anneliese is a simply stunning and awesome!

Literature Pick #27

A Flash in the Night

by William Nelson Taft

From On Secret Service, a 1921 collection of detective short stories which are based on real cases.

Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld

View of the Cascade of the Gorge near Allevard

by Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld (1758-1846) from Carpentras, France

1803

oil on paper

14.2 in. x 18.9 in.

Literature Pick #26

Omega, the Man

by Lowell Howard Morrow

A science fiction story from the January 1933 issue of Amazing Stories.

A tale set in the far future detailing man's struggle to survive on a dying Earth.

 

Joos de Momper painting

A mountainous landscape with horsemen and travellers crossing a bridge.

by Joos de Momper the Younger

oil on panel

22.5 x 36.1 inches

Momper (1564-1635) was born in Antwerp, he was from a family of painters and was taught by his father Bartholomeus de Momper, he was heavily influenced by Pieter Brueghel the Elder. In 1581 he became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke (The Guild of St. Luke being the common name at the time for artist guilds).  Momper specialized in landscapes.

Literature Pick #25

From the Earth to the Moon

by Jules Verne

A masterpiece of science fiction from one of the foundational authors of the genre.

St. Nicholas Rescues The Shipwrecked

St. Nicholas Rescues The Shipwrecked

by Lorenzo Monaco (c. 1370-c. 1425)

Circa 1st quarter of the 15th century

Tempera on Wood

7.48 inches by 20.47 inches

Lorenzo Monaco, born in Siena, was a painter and manuscript illuminator - as well as a monk, joining the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in 1390. He was influenced by Giotto early on and later by the art of the International Gothic style.

Quotable

"Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty." - John Adams

Thomas Chambers Paintings

Niagara Falls viewed from Goat Island

The Connecticut Valley

Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian by 
U.S. Frigate United States, October 25, 1812

Mount Auburn Cemetery

Paintings of Thomas Hill

Yosemite Valley

Royal Arches and Half Dome Yosemite

Mount St. Helena, Napa Valley

The Davidson Glacier

Thomas Hill (September 11, 1829 – June 30, 1908) was a brilliant Hudson River School painter.