Posts by R.T.M. Sullivan
Love For Many Wrong Reasons: Three Years After The Cathedral’s Fire, A Look Back At Victor Hugo’s Passion For Notre Dame
Love For Many Wrong Reasons: Three Years After The Cathedral’s Fire, A Look Back At Victor Hugo’s Passion For Notre Dame

(ANALYSIS) “Hunchback of Notre Dame” and its popularization in films and cartoons have greatly shaped our perceptions of the famous cathedral and the story of Quasimodo and Notre Dame is one of many stories that have become part of our collective worldview. For that reason alone, how and why Victor Hugo portrayed the cathedral are worth a close look.

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News, North America, Europe, Art and MusicR.T.M. SullivanR. T. M. Sullivan, notre dame, notre dame fire, Primary Feature, Victor Hugo, Notre dame of paris, ParisComment
Getty Museum's Christian Manuscripts Exhibit Sees Antisemitism Where There Is None
Getty Museum's Christian Manuscripts Exhibit Sees Antisemitism Where There Is None

(REVIEW) Images from 31 unique ancient objects, including Christian manuscripts in Latin, the Getty’s treasured Rothschild Pentateuch in Hebrew and two printed Hebrew books — from between 1040 to 1592 — are on display until May 29 at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. But the Getty’s text descriptions seem intended to push a misinterpretation of the Christian images as works of antisemitism and misogyny, based on little or no evidence.

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Analysis, News, North America, Art and Music, Arts & CultureR.T.M. SullivanR.T.M. Sullivan, The Getty Museum, antisemitism, Hebrew Bible, Painted Prophecy exhibit, Primary Feature Comments