Saturday, February 25, 2012
New posting schedule
Starting with the week beginning Feb 27, I will be posting in this blog at least twice a week, but sometimes no more than that.
However, rest assured that there will be at least 2 posts a week.
Monday, January 23, 2012
My Scrabble Books Took Precedence
Hello, all my faithful readers out there in computer land.
I've missed several days of posting and I apologize for it. I've been working on two Scrabble books (Eve Le QiNu's Flashwords) which help people to learn the 2 and 3 letter Scrabble words.
I won't provide links here since this is an apology not a sales pitch - but if you do like to play Scrabble, go to the Kindle Store (or the Nook Store) and type in Eve Le QiNu and my two books will be brought up. (Eve Le QiNu is an anagram.... see if you can unscramble it. Bear in mind my publishing name is Magic Mirror Press)
Anyway, I finished volume 2 yesterday, and today I'm chilling out...so regular posting resumes tomorrow.
Thanks again for your patience.
I've missed several days of posting and I apologize for it. I've been working on two Scrabble books (Eve Le QiNu's Flashwords) which help people to learn the 2 and 3 letter Scrabble words.
I won't provide links here since this is an apology not a sales pitch - but if you do like to play Scrabble, go to the Kindle Store (or the Nook Store) and type in Eve Le QiNu and my two books will be brought up. (Eve Le QiNu is an anagram.... see if you can unscramble it. Bear in mind my publishing name is Magic Mirror Press)
Anyway, I finished volume 2 yesterday, and today I'm chilling out...so regular posting resumes tomorrow.
Thanks again for your patience.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
16 December: This Day in Mystery
The second Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey opens in the United States.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Art Terminology: Acanthus and Altarpiece
Because a lot of mystery novels have charcters who talk about art...
Acanthus
Architecture: A prickly plant of the Mediterranean region with large, deeply cleft and scalloped leaves which are freely imitated on the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders and often used, in varying degrees of abstraction, to ornament moldings, brackets, friezes and so on.
Altarpiece
Architecture: A painted or sculpted panel or shrine placed behind and above an altar, also called a "reredos" or "retable." 14th and 15th century altarpieces are often very complicated, consisting of several panels or separate groups of sculpture.
An altarpiece consisting of three panels is called a tryptych, when it has more than three panels it is called a "poylptych". Some altarpieces have a decorated base, or pedella, and have "shutters" or "wings" which can be opened to reveal a series of "transformations" or "stages" to reveal other paintings or sculptures. The shutters are usually painted in rather subdued colors on the outside - monochrome imitations of sculpture ("grisailles") being common in northern Europe - but when opened up for the feast days of the Church, they offer a brilliant and sumptuous display pf color.
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Bibliography
From Abacus to Zeus, A Handbook of Art History
James Smith Pierce, 1977
Acanthus
Architecture: A prickly plant of the Mediterranean region with large, deeply cleft and scalloped leaves which are freely imitated on the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders and often used, in varying degrees of abstraction, to ornament moldings, brackets, friezes and so on.
Altarpiece
Architecture: A painted or sculpted panel or shrine placed behind and above an altar, also called a "reredos" or "retable." 14th and 15th century altarpieces are often very complicated, consisting of several panels or separate groups of sculpture.
An altarpiece consisting of three panels is called a tryptych, when it has more than three panels it is called a "poylptych". Some altarpieces have a decorated base, or pedella, and have "shutters" or "wings" which can be opened to reveal a series of "transformations" or "stages" to reveal other paintings or sculptures. The shutters are usually painted in rather subdued colors on the outside - monochrome imitations of sculpture ("grisailles") being common in northern Europe - but when opened up for the feast days of the Church, they offer a brilliant and sumptuous display pf color.
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Bibliography
From Abacus to Zeus, A Handbook of Art History
James Smith Pierce, 1977
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Art Terminology: Abacus and Abbey
Because many mystery books feature descriptions of artwork - from architecture to sculpture.
Abacus
Architecture: The uppermost part of a capital, forming a slab on which the architrave rests.
Abbey
Architecture: A monastery governed by an abbot. The church of an abbey is called an "abbey church" and is usually planned to allow for the special requirements of the monks such as a deep choir or many altars.
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Bibliography
From Abacus to Zeus, A Handbook of Art History
James Smith Pierce, 1977
Abacus
Architecture: The uppermost part of a capital, forming a slab on which the architrave rests.
Abbey
Architecture: A monastery governed by an abbot. The church of an abbey is called an "abbey church" and is usually planned to allow for the special requirements of the monks such as a deep choir or many altars.
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Bibliography
From Abacus to Zeus, A Handbook of Art History
James Smith Pierce, 1977
Friday, November 25, 2011
25 November: This Day in Mystery
25 November 1899
W.R. Burnett is born in Springfield, Ohio.
Burnett is the author of Little Caesar (1929), High Sierra (1940), and The Asphalt Jungle (1949).
25 November 1947
Out of the Past, the "definitive existential noir film" starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas is released.
25 November 1952
Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassador Theatre in London, with Richard Attenborough and Shela Sim. The Mousetrap is still running today!
W.R. Burnett is born in Springfield, Ohio.
Burnett is the author of Little Caesar (1929), High Sierra (1940), and The Asphalt Jungle (1949).
25 November 1947
Out of the Past, the "definitive existential noir film" starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas is released.
25 November 1952
Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassador Theatre in London, with Richard Attenborough and Shela Sim. The Mousetrap is still running today!
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