Symbolism

The Haunted House

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St. Anthony Tortured by Demons

One of the oldest images in human thought is that of the house as a symbol of the human person. Long before psychologists spoke of the conscious and unconscious mind, poets, philosophers, and theologians imagined the self as a dwelling composed of many rooms, some brightly illuminated and others hidden in darkness. Continue Reading →

Loie Fuller: Magician of Light

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Jules Chéret, La Loïe Fuller (Folies-Bergère), 1893. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. CC0.

They worshipped her, they painted her, they imitated her, and then they forgot her. Loie Fuller, the 19th-century dancer who inspired an extraordinary body of sculpture, drawings, photographs, and color lithographs, was captured by artists in almost every conceivable position and creation.Continue Reading →