Book Reviews ๐Ÿ“š

“Abraham Lincoln”: by Benjamin Thomas. A Luxurious Odyssey of Detail in One Solid Work ๐Ÿ“šโœ๐Ÿป

  I have often, over many years in my book reading, been asked what โ€˜biographyโ€™ I would recommend whose concern is the study of Abraham Lincoln. My response is always the same: โ€˜How much do you really know about Abraham Lincoln?โ€™ If you donโ€™t know much, this is THE BOOK to start with. Author Benjamin …

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Art Reviews ๐ŸŽจ

Baltasar de Echave Ibia, “The Immaculate Conception”: A MAYAN TAPESTRY OF ETERNITY&WONDER๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŽจ๐ŸŽจ

  In the art world, the colour blue was highly sought after; however, in the Mayan world, it served quite a distinct purpose. As one can see in this portrait, the Virgin Mary has a Mayan quality, if one has studied the works and has categorized the process that the Mayan involved themselves in, in …

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Les Fleurs du Mal “Flowers of Evil”: A Poetic Carnival of Erotic Mysticism โœ๐Ÿป

  The setting for this essay is living in France. The symbolist movement has captured the imagination of the French people. Creativity is measured by creativity itself. Poetry, art, sculpture, and even journalism will be ravaged by a movement that is obsessed with imposing transfiguration and delicacy into worlds of mysticism and supposition. Romanticism and …

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Movie Reviews ๐ŸŽฌ

The Conjuring: A Quiet Family’s Battle Of Evil and Faith ๐Ÿ‘ป๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ˜จ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ“ฝ

  When the Perron Family moved into their idyllic farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971, they would have never envisioned it being such a test of strength and fortitude for their faith, each other, or to question their existence in the world. This film is a sinister adaptation of the true events of a house …

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