On November 12th, 1840, Auguste Rodin was born. I have several interesting books that mention Rodin.The first is “Captions Courageous” or “Comments from the Gallery” by Bob Reisner and Hal Kapplow, published 1958. It is a comedic book that takes paintings and sculptures and gives them weird quotes. Rodin did many sculptures of people stillContinue reading “November 12 “I invent nothing, I rediscover” *”
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October 22 “Showing one’s true colors”
October 22nd is National Color Day. Color can affect our moods and happiness. I have a few books about color. First is a college book from my days in Journalism and printing color. It is “Pocket Pal-A Graphic Arts Production Handbook” Twelfth Edition 1979. Bought this at the College Bookstore on 8/27/79 for $2.25 andContinue reading “October 22 “Showing one’s true colors””
July 27 “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” – V.vG.
On July 27, 1890, in a field at Auvers France, Vincent van Gogh shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He died two days later. I have several art books about Van Gogh, I will show them both. I have other books that have a few paintings, or a chapter on Van Gogh. IContinue reading “July 27 “Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” – V.vG.”
June 15 “Duizelig worden”-(‘Giddy up’ in Hollish)
July 15th is National I Love Horses Day. I have several books that may interest horse lovers. “Edle Pferde” is a Book of “Noble Horses”. These are illustrations of horses by Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) famous in Austria and Germany. This book was published in 1977, and is in German. Mein Deutsch is nicht sehrContinue reading “June 15 “Duizelig worden”-(‘Giddy up’ in Hollish)”
January 22 … ‘dot, dot, dot’
While we have celebrated Polkadot Day, why not a day for Dots. I have put together a wide selection of books that all have one thing in common. Dots. I hope you enjoy this collection of unusual books. First book is “Put Me In the Zoo’ by Robert Lopshire. I first read this book at the dentist. Our dentist inContinue reading “January 22 … ‘dot, dot, dot’”
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