Monthly Archives: November 2021

Another Ambivalent Aura

Posted on November 6, 2021 by Brian Human

Hermaphoditus was the intersex deity of the ancient world.  In one version of the myth, she/he was intersex at birth. Ovid, however, has the nymph Salamacis fall in love with the male Hermaphoditus and wish that they might become one.  … Continue reading →

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Five Facets of Photography: Photographic Controversy – Leni Riefenstahl

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Brian Human

The University of Cambridge Museum of Classical archaeology has on display a cast of the Roman marble copy of a Greek bronze sculpture of a discus thrower, Diskobolus.  In a project called ‘Beyond the Pale’, the Museum records how sculpture … Continue reading →

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Reading Women 6

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Brian Human

Yesterday we looked at women during the ‘mania for reading’ engendered by the birth of the novel in the 18th Century.  They are shown in both portrait and genre paintings, when the act of reading ideally reflects learning and status.  … Continue reading →

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Five Facets of Photography: Travellers, Exploration and Photography – Robert Peary

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Brian Human

I’m putting together material for my U3AC course ‘Five Facets of Photography’ and discovering fascinating photographic byways.  I’ll share some of these in occasional posts. In 1891 Robert Peary lived with the world’s northernmost people, a community of Greenland Inuit … Continue reading →

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