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Honestly, a bit of a let down. Lots of people struggling to believe how much various religious leaders are motivated by money, power and/or fame.

I finished it!!! I finally finished it. :)

Unsurprisingly, Melville builds the suspense forever. I am ready for this whale to arrive!

It is also not very clear why these particular pieces were chosen. There does not seem to be a connecting theme. We are not doing a general survey of art, not even Euro art. Most of these paintings are not famous. We are tightly focused, mostly, on a specific timeframe. Some of the history behind the paintings interacts, but not directly and it isn't pointed out. The same history lesson is repeated in both pieces.

The authors are also not particularly great at identifying what questions readers might actually have. Like with The Knight, The Maiden and Death, how common were portrayals of heroic non-white knights? Why is it called the Feast of the Bean king? Sometimes they make seemingly wild leaps in interpretation, like in The Burgher of Delft and His Daughter. Are, are we sure a vase of flowers mean the mom died? 100%?

Be prepared for European attitudes. For example, after we have learned about how the Durer work (p.178 in my edition) is vaguely anti-semitic and how violently anti-semitic Durer's time and place was violently anti-semitic and how his work has been taken up by anti-semitic groups, the author confidently states that there is no evidence that Durer himself was anti-semitic. Well.

Not actually what the title says. This is not art interpretation or understanding, at least not much. It is an explanation of the history that surfaces in paintings (most of them less than famous). Which is fine. While we start off with a global selection, prepare to settle into the 1500s-1600s in Europe. Paintings are in chron. order. Hilariously, the Bayeux Tapestry is included. Which, to be fair, is not a tapestry

Over halfway through!

Still magnificent. I'm reading the paperback copy I got at the library because I fear that it hasn't ever been read and I feel bad for it.

Random number. On chapter 36. Bout to get real! lol

And now flooding. Ponyo

The Goonies). Despite their differences, our two boys come to be friends n such (every other movie ever), Shadowy creature under the bridge (look it's No Face), Helpful forest animal (Totoro!), Moving through the sky on a cable car (My Ghibli could use a refresher course but Castle in the sky? Howl's MC?), Old woman who values work and won't help lost children, It's Spirited Away! She even has Ghost.

Goodreads author strikes again! Grrrr Somewhere I read that this was *Japanese inspired* mm-hm. Shout out to that first review here on GD that suggests Studio Ghibli acquire the rights to this. I think they'd just say that they already have those stories lol. Not close enough to be anywhere near illegal but so many recycled material here: kids on bikes in dramatically lighted landscape (Spielberg), Going on a quest (

Interesting, if a bit (or a lot) of a stretch. Paul is still declaring gender roles. And perhaps he is speaking to general audiences while Aristotle spoke to a specific one.

Now we're talking! A little too fast but fascinatingly. I always thought kings were anointed due to the Bible and not the other way around. But I guess with translation, etc.

So does anyone cite any evidence of Adam being in a headship before the fall? Because there isn't any.

An old slippery sloap argument! And again, nicely written. What are we to make of headscarves though I wonder? Where do these things end? The eternal question.

As ever, I wish for more historical stuff. Right now we are getting some boilerplate feminism. Well told though.

Worried author won't realize religions up date all the time and in every conceivable way to fit in and survive.

The idea that the OG Adam is used as an example of men's divine power over women is beyond hilarious to me. This guy ****** up, therefore our gender should be in charge. The fall of man is rougher on women but it doesn't make a case for men either.

I don't know if this less than 300 page book will be enough for me to prove anything but I am excited to learn something.

Why do I keep doing this to myself? Barr is pretty dramatic. Her husband was fired from youth ministry (a full time job?) for speaking up for women. Ok, bad. A couple other people left or made bad decisions. Ok, bad. But then we go all the way to rape and cover ups and Christian identity and oh good we're starting now

London is also the easiest town to sleuth in because the friendly local manual laborers are happy to tell you everything you need to know. I also am not impressed by Maisie's emphatic powers. And the descriptions of London could be more. Interesting enough premise, if not exactly high stakes.

This also might be the most depressing mystery ever. Sneaking out to mourn the dead. Also author is adorable thinking an entire graveyard would be located for a train theme. People want to visit and get out.

Si far, like her benefactors?, not impressed. Maisie makes bring a detective/pi look easy: you get to boss around the rare person who pays you (who is a referrel) and juat follow peo. In the same outfit each time. If I were the man I'd just do that myself.

E -yuck! what an ending. I mean, seriously? Should not have been published in this state.