“Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta”
Sweet pages of calligraphy and illustration from the 16th Century!
Rolling in the Deep with Moby-Dick
This month at The Cultural Gutter is Switcheroo Month. Traditionally the editors write something outside of their usual domains. This time, though, we are faced with a domainless Gutter. And so this Switcheroo Month, we write about reputable art. ~~~ “I shall ere long paint to you as […]
Some Things I Liked in 2020
In normal times, I’d be writing about ten comics I read that I liked this year and haven’t written about yet. But it is, as is so often said, not normal times and I am not entirely sure what the new normal will be both here at the […]
Gabriel Hardman’s Cinematic Graveyard
Artist Gabriel Hardman has created a Halloween graveyard occupied by his favorite characters from film–especially Val Lewton’s atmospheric horror movies. Gaze at photos of them… IF YOU DARE!
Letter Locks
Atlas Obscura looks into the world of letter locks, twists, folds and tears that kept letters secure before envelopes. It’s pretty cool. You should click through and see for yourself. (Thanks, Polly!)
Cats!
Look at all the cats you can in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection!
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