Day: May 24, 2017

Eve Tempted — John Roddam Spencer Stanhope

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Eve Tempted  by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829–1908)

The Achievements of Capitalism (Donald Barthelme)

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The Achievements of Capitalism:

  1. The curtain wall
  2. Artificial rain
  3. Rockefeller Center
  4. Canals
  5. Mystification

From “The Rise of Capitalism” by Donald Barthelme, which you can read in full here. (Or in Sixty Stories, a perfect book).

Falsehood — Giovanni Bellini

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Falsehood (or Wisdom) from Four Allegories, c. 1490 by Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430-1516)