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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Generations of art historians owe him for laying a foundation that has made all our work possible. “Pondering over this matter many a time in my own mind, and recognizing, from the example not only of the ancients but of the moderns as well, that the names of very many architects, sculptors, and painters, both old and modern, together with innumerable most beautiful works wrought by them, are going on being forgotten and destroyed little by little, and in such wise, in truth, that nothing can be foretold for them but a certain and wellnigh immediate death and wishing to defend them as much as in me lies from this second death, and to preserve them as long as may be possible in the memory of the living.” - Lives of the Artists: Prologue to the Work He embraced a mission of memory, to save the great artists from the horror of ‘second death’ saying: In 155o he published his volume “The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects,” an exhaustive (and imaginative) record of the artists of his day, and those who came before. But Giorgio was more than an artist, he was the father of Art History. Giorgio Vasari was a painter and architect during the Italian Renaissance, a contemporary of Raphael and Michelangelo. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story moves along at a rate of knots and our hero, the endearing Twig, falls from frying pans into fires with alarming regularity. Written by Paul Stewart and illustrated by Chris Riddell, it forms part of the Edge Chronicles, a series that has sold almost one and half million copies worldwide.īeyond the Deepwoods is an all-action fantasy adventure. So begins an adventure that will take Twig through a nightmare world of goblins and trogs, bloodthirsty beasts and flesh-eating trees.īeyond the Deepwoods is the first book in The Twig Trilogy, a fantasy series for older children / young adults. ![]() One cold night, Twig does what no woodtroll has ever done before – he strays from the path. Abandoned at birth in the Deepwoods, Twig is brought up by a family of woodtrolls. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The short readings are handy for getting a small dose of spiritual growth to ponder throughout the day, and there are great reminders throughout (like the repeated principal of waiting on God). I was really thrown for a loop when the author claimed that Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son was a mistake, which I'll reflect upon to see if I agree with, but my understanding of that story has always been basically not what the author is saying about it. The overall way in which the book is put together makes each day feel like being dropped into the middle of a conversation, rather than starting from a beginning I guess it's that, to me, the verses don't always seem to tie in well with the elaboration provided by the author. This is hard to review because some of the readings have great insight, but some have points so trivial that they came across almost as patronizing. ![]() ![]() ![]() So the scene is set: the writer knows the area intimately and describes it well she has a murder in mind and has conceived a plausible, if complicated, motive. Domestic worries, the care of Downs syndrome sufferers, the ripples generated by the same-sex marriage of the local police officer, the gentler pace of life where people live at a distance from one another - all these make the intrusion of violent crime even more dramatic. The contrast is emphasized by the characters who people the novel and the nature of their day-to-day concerns. Its wide horizons and the sense of space and light instil a feeling of awe and peace described by our hero, Matthew Venn, as almost akin to " a religious experience." It is against the timeless tranquillity of this natural background that murder raises its ugly, disruptive head. The Long Call is that of the herring gull, and the writer summons up a lonely landscape washed by the sea close to the River Taw, and complete with cliffs, marshes and sandy beaches. We have yet another evocative title from Ann Cleeves. ![]() Matthew Venn makes his debut in this detective story set in a rural community along the coast of North Devon. ![]() Here are several reviews of The Long Call from members of Elgin Library Reading Group. ![]() |