The Screaming Pope
Rants and reactions to contemporary politics, art and culture.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Barcelona Journal IV: Picasso
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Watercolor by Hallie Cohen Picasso was born in Malaga in 1881 and in l895 arrived in Barcelona, as a young art student. If...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Barcelona Journal III: Placa d'Espanya
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Catedral de Barcelona Just a few steps from the Catedral de Barcelona an English couple are fighting. He has tattooed ar...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Barcelona Journal II: Up on the Roof
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watercolor by Hallie Cohen “Up on the Roof” was the title of a Drifters song, but it’s where you want to be in Barcelo...
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Barcelona Journal 1: Paris Was Yesterday
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photo of Janet Flanner (c.1020) by Berenice Abbott The New Yorker writer Janet Flanner (aka “Genet”) published a collec...
Friday, July 18, 2014
The Two Francois: An Essay in Criticism
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Here’s a quote from a TLS review of Philip Short’s Mitterand: A Study in Ambiguity , ( TLS , “Skilled at Distance,” 5/30/...
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