Literature Pick #98

Christmas Eve at Swamp's End
by Norman Duncan
A selection from the 1911 novel The Measure of a Man: A Tale of the Big Woods.

Paintings of Julius Caesar Ibbetson

George Biggins' Ascent in Lunardi's Balloon
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
1785, oil on canvas, 19.9" x 24"
Ibbetson was born in Leeds, England 



Langdale Pikes from Lowood
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
between 1800 and 1806, oil on canvas, 14.02" x 19.02"

 

Lake Windermere
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
between 1801 and 1805, oil on canvas, 19.76" x 25.51"

 

A Beached Collier Unloading into Carts
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
circa 1790, oil on canvas, 12.4" x 16.8"

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky paintings

The Great Pyramid at Giza
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1871, oil on canvas, 17.4" × 25.7"

Night at Gurzof
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1891, oil on canvas, 24" × 32"

Inspection of the Black Sea Fleet in 1849
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1886

Mountain Village Gunib in Daghestan. View from the East.
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1869

Maarten van Heemskerck painting

Bullfight in Ancient Coliseum in Ruins 
by Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574)
1552
Dutch painter from North Holland

Josef von Schlögl painting

Tyrolean Mountain Pasture Overlooking The Hintertux Glacier
by Josef von Schlögl (1851–1918)
1870, oil on canvas, 20.5 × 18.1" 

Remember Me by Ana Free

Here is a beautiful and emotional song by the wonderful musician, Ana Free.

Literature Pick #97

The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales, to the World in the Moon
by Bishop Francis Godwin (1562–1633)
First published in 1638 with the title The Man in the Moone: or the Discovrse of a Voyage thither by Domingo Gonsales, this brilliant story is one of the earliest works of science fiction in the English language.

Ludolf Bakhuizen paintings

The Shipwreck
by Ludolf Bakhuizen (1631-1708)
Oil on Panel, 35.4" x 48"
The artist was born in Emden, East Frisia, Germany

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
1695, oil on canvas, 23" x 28.5"

Seascape with Dutch flagged three masted ship
oil on canvas, 29.5" x 35.4"

Marine

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painting

Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld
by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
1861, oil on canvas, 44.2" x 54"
French artist, born in Paris

Literature Pick #96

Joseph: A Story
by Katherine Rickford
A magnificent short story from Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories.

Edmund von Wörndle painting

Romantic Landscape in the Evening Light
by Edmund von Wörndle (1827-1906)
1859, oil on canvas, 25" x 37.6"
Austrian Romantic landscape painter, born in Vienna.

Aelbert Cuyp painting

River Scene
by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)
mid-17th century, oil on panel, 15.9" x 21.7"
Dutch landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, born in Dordrecht.

Lucas van Uden paintings

Alpine Landscape
by Lucas van Uden
oil on oak panel, 16.5" x 28"
Van Uden (1595-1672) was a Flemish artist, born in Antwerp.

River Landscape
by Lucas van Uden
oil on copper, 10.6" x 15.7"

Winter Landscape with Hunters
by Lucas van Uden
oil on canvas, 16.1" x 26"

Literature Pick #95

The Story of Ming-Y
by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)

From the 1887 short story collection Some Chinese Ghosts, this is a beautiful and haunting tale, based on a story from the 13th century book, Kin-Kou-Ki-Koan.

Ceramano painting

A Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau
by Charles-Ferdinand Sermain (1831-1909), better known as Ceramano
circa 1879, 78.7" x 65.1"
Belgian painter of the Barbizon school. He was born in Tielt in the province of West Flanders.