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| My postcard for the exibithion of SPICELAPIS in december |
18/12/16
07/12/16
04/12/16
Merry DIY!
Make the Merry Christmas card by yourself.
it's a funny & loving way to bring your wishes to the world!
03/11/16
Laika's day!
The 3th of november 1957 Laika was the first animal in space...
to remeber that incredible story I have made a workshop for a primary school:
we have seen some historical photos, we have read the wonderful book
of Owen Davey "LAIKA-astronaut dog", and we have spoken a lot about Laika.
In the end we have written a postcard to Laika: every children has created an happy end to Laika's story and they have written a tender message to this special space-dog... to Laika, with love.
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| ... some of the postcards made by children (age:10) |
21/10/16
28/09/16
04/09/16
Pre-level of butterfly
Look around and get a fingertip search in your garden... there are wonderful creatures that living in!
03/07/16
"La bellezza in codice" ...an unusual exhibition
I take part of a special exhibition about illuminated manuscripts "La bellezza in codice", with the Collettivo Spicelapis at San Daniele del Friuli. This is my illustration and some details:
it's a personal reinterpretation of the miniature below "WHORE OF BABYLON" Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Silos Apocalypse’), Santo Domingo de Silos 1091-1109"
Babylon is a very strange and mysterious figure:
The Whore of Babylon or Babylon the Great is a Christian figure and also place of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. Her full title is given as "Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and Abominations of the Earth."
Many Biblical scholars believe that "Babylon" is a metaphor for the pagan Roman Empire (the seven mountains= the seven hills of Rome) at the time it persecuted Christians, historicist interpreters commonly used the phrase "Whore of Babylon" to refer to the Roman Catholic Church, other to refer to the corrupt church or false doctrines (read more on wikipedia:Whore of Babylon).
Many Biblical scholars believe that "Babylon" is a metaphor for the pagan Roman Empire (the seven mountains= the seven hills of Rome) at the time it persecuted Christians, historicist interpreters commonly used the phrase "Whore of Babylon" to refer to the Roman Catholic Church, other to refer to the corrupt church or false doctrines (read more on wikipedia:Whore of Babylon).
The "great whore", of the biblical Book of Revelation is featured in chapters 17 and 18:
" ...I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked
with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her
hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And
I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great
admiration.
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."
In the Oxford Dictionaries this figure is an archaic, derogatory of the Roman Catholic Church.
In the Oxford Dictionaries this figure is an archaic, derogatory of the Roman Catholic Church.
23/05/16
01/05/16
Children drawing: anser anser!
Ancora oche! Anser anser... o OCA SELVATICA:
È talora chiamata "oca cenerina" proprio per la caratteristica
sfumatura grigio-cenere del suo piumaggio. È considerata l'antenata
dell'oca domestica europea, le cui penne venivano usate come calamo, volano o dardo per frecce.
L'oca selvatica è diventata molto famosa grazie all'etologo Konrad Lorenz; con essa ha infatti studiato il fenomeno dell'imprinting.È una specie molto gregaria, durante gli spostamenti gli stormi formano le classiche "V" nel cielo.
Questo meccanismo, spostando continuamente l'elemento in testa permette
di diminuire la resistenza dell'aria e quindi la fatica. (Info:wikipedia Anser Anser)
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| Here an Anser anser drawing by a kid, on my little "CreativeLab:Birds" for children |
The GREYLAG GOOSE (Anser anser):
Anser anser, the greylag goose, is a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It was first described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 as Anas anser, but was transferred two years later to the new genus Anser, erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson, where it is the type species. The greylag goose was one of the first animals to be domesticated; this
happened at least 3000 years ago in Ancient Egypt, the domestic breed
being known as A. a. domesticus. In Ancient Egypt, geese symbolised the sun god Ra. In Ancient Greece and Rome, they were associated with the goddess of love, Aphrodite, and goose fat was used as an aphrodisiac. Since they were sacred birds, they were kept on Rome's Capitoline Hill, from where they raised the alarm when the Gauls attacked in 390 B.C. (Info on: wiki Anser anser).
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