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#aesthetics — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #aesthetics, aggregated by home.social.

  1. It is no coincidence that the mandorla — the almond-shaped halo around Christ or the Virgin Mary — mirrors the vulva’s form. Named after the Italian for “almond,” it symbolises the threshold between worlds, the sacred gateway through which divine light and incarnation enter the human realm.

    #catholicism #ArtHistory #iconography
    #symbolism #ReligiousArt #medievalArt
    #ChristianArt #aesthetics

  2. Having already written about aesthetics and hair color in Days With My Stepsister, I figured that I may as well review the whole season.

    https://thenewleafjournal.com/days-with-my-stepsister-anime-review/

  3. Aesthetics and Hair Color in Gimai Seikatsu

    thenewleafjournal.com/aestheti

    In a two-part article, I first discuss how the superlative aesthetics in Days with My Stepsister elevate an otherwise mediocre anime before examining how the show handles the topic of anime character hair color in its world.

  4. Sources On Ai Ai Gasa (Love Umbrella)

    thenewleafjournal.com/sources-

    I consult original English sources to get to the bottom of the meaning and history of Japan’s ai ai gasa (“love umbrella”).

  5. #introduction 🧵 3/6

    I’m dabbling in #aesthetics, but I’m neither a know-it-all arts buff nor a dubbing critic showing off his high brows. I’m happy liking #GiacomoLeopardi just as well as #DoctorWho; quite fond of #Bach but fond of #ELO too. 🤷‍♂️

    📚 Current stack of spear time reads:
    #JoeMoran: If You Should Fail
    #StephenJeffreys: Playwriting
    #RenéPollesch: Kill your darlings

  6. #introduction 🧵 3/6

    I’m dabbling in #aesthetics, but I’m neither a know-it-all arts buff nor a dubbing critic showing off his high brows. I’m happy liking #GiacomoLeopardi just as well as #DoctorWho; quite fond of #Bach but fond of #ELO too. 🤷‍♂️

    📚 Current stack of spear time reads:
    #JoeMoran: If You Should Fail
    #StephenJeffreys: Playwriting
    #RenéPollesch: Kill your darlings

  7. #introduction 🧵 3/6

    I’m dabbling in #aesthetics, but I’m neither a know-it-all arts buff nor a dubbing critic showing off his high brows. I’m happy liking #GiacomoLeopardi just as well as #DoctorWho; quite fond of #Bach but fond of #ELO too. 🤷‍♂️

    📚 Current stack of spear time reads:
    #JoeMoran: If You Should Fail
    #StephenJeffreys: Playwriting
    #RenéPollesch: Kill your darlings

  8. #introduction 🧵 3/6

    I’m dabbling in #aesthetics, but I’m neither a know-it-all arts buff nor a dubbing critic showing off his high brows. I’m happy liking #GiacomoLeopardi just as well as #DoctorWho; quite fond of #Bach but fond of #ELO too. 🤷‍♂️

    📚 Current stack of spear time reads:
    #JoeMoran: If You Should Fail
    #StephenJeffreys: Playwriting
    #RenéPollesch: Kill your darlings