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I just sent my last research assistant-related email.

Ever.

And I'm kind of sad.

I haven't posted in like two months.

Oops.

But anyways, I just finished organizing all the images I found last spring into a slideshow last week and I sent it to my supervising professor and he emailed me back saying, "This is wonderful."

And my first reaction was, "no, you're wonderful!" because that email made my entire week.

#glimpses into the madness #grinning like a dork as I think about it #obvioulsy I didn't write that though becuase I'm a big chicken

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#friendly reminder that I am alive #Venice

I feel like all I have been doing all week is looking at pictures of Mary and baby Jesus.

Which is frustrating, as that's not at all relevant to the research I'm doing.

#glimpses into the madness #also hello I am back #(I've been back for like a month but yeah)

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after reading the first paragraphs of all of my museum/artifact readings, i am of the firm belief that objects are an important part of history, contrary to the belief of the readings.

you don’t NEED to take kids to a museum and show them a sarcophagus but you SHOULD. the difference between reading, seeing, and involving is HUGE. A kid can see that sarcophagus, which may not really provide any new information to a formal historian, but it is still an important part of history. It is enriching an education.If one kid out of 5000 sees that sarcophagus and goes “dude…that’s cool,” then, as a historian/curator/ whatever, you have done your job. You have made history, an intangible concept, REAL for someone.

Artifacts are important.

#this is kind of the point of this entire blog #thank you Veronica #art history

FIVE HOURS

#glimpses into the madness #I did a dumb thing and am currently cursing out loud at myself

So I've been looking up this Tintoretto painting that, until recently, was mistakenly attributed to Schiavone, and some of the articles stated that the painting, which currently is in London, is part of a "trilogy," with the other two paintings being in the U.S.

One of them is at the Art Institute of Chicago.

It's so close to me. And I have to go see it.

#glimpses into the madness #tintoretto #maybe I'll go this weekend #or tomorrow #I'll have to plan though #but I really do want to see it #because how often will I get the chance to see this??

Ladies and gents, I am proud to announce that I am BACK!

#glimpses into the madness #goodness I missed this blog

I really miss looking at Venetian Renaissance art. So much. Earlier this week, I was with my sister at a college visit and someone mentioned art history and it made me think of all the work I did this semester. And I realized that I really missed it and remembered how much I loved looking at the paintings from last semester. Even though I'll be doing something different this upcoming semester, I'm excited to get back into it and feel this kind of healthy pride and attachment again.

#glimpses into the madness #sigh I miss it a lot #also I bought a book on Venetian art #I've looked at it before #and it wasn't expensive #which is a plus #because have you seen art history books?#they are HUGE

SOMEONE (specifically, an editor) IS INTERESTED IN THE CRUSADES SOURCEBOOK. EEP TODAY IS EXCITING.

#glimpses into the madness #it wasn't approved before #so yeah #YESSSS

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So Professor Perry (the professor in charge of my research assistantship, who also happens to be my history advisor and my Catholic Studies advisor) loaned me this book as a a starting place for my research and OH MY GOSH I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO TERRIFIED OF HURTING OR LOSING A THING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

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LOOK IT'S MY FACE.

Also, I have never been this intimidated by a book. Not even the one-volume Italian edition of LotR. Not even that really old book of Venetian art that I couldn't take out of the library because it was probably close to 200 years old.

#glimpses into the madness

Except I remembered that they chased a goose...drat...and that was such a great url...

#glimpses into the madness #well darn

Also, I may or may not have saved "crusaderschasechickens" for when I change...

#glimpses into the madness #that's the most random piece of Crusade information I know #if I find something better I might change it #but for now this is good

Make way for changes!

So as much as I've loved working with Venetian art, it's time for me to move on. I had my final meeting with my professor on Monday and this summer and next fall, I'll be helping him compose a Crusades sourcebook with longer excerpts of sources from the first through fifth Crusades in order to give a broader perspective and context.

What I'll be doing is 1) reading the sources 2) picking the most important 20 pages or so from each source and 3) editing the selected bits. Eventually, this'll be made into a sorucebook that will be used for said professor's Crusades class in the spring (which I'll be in). If it does actually get published, my name gets to be on it, which is great for starting to make a name for myself in academia. Plus, if there's any money, I'll get half of it.

So yeah. Wow. I'll be posting Venetian art for the next couple weeks, but then the blog and URL are going to totally change.

#glimpses into the madness #I'm totally keeping venetiansmarrythesea #just in case

I'll make a full post on this later, but basically, I'm not going to be researching Venetian art this summer/next fall, so once I'm done with the semester, I'm going to totally revamp this blog, URL and all.

#glimpses into the madness #sigh I'll miss being venetiansmarrythesea #but I have to think of something about Crusades so yeah

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THIS IS THE BEST PAINTING I’VE EVER SEEN BECAUSE THIS GUY IS JUST STARING LONGINGLY INTO THE SKY AS JESUS BLASTS AWAY ON HIS FUCKING ROCKET CROSS I DON’T KNOW WHAT THIS ARTIST WAS TRYING TO CONVEY BUT THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT SUCCEED BECAUSE ALL I CAN SEE JESUS FLYING AWAY WHILE ELTON JOHN’S “ROCKET MAN” PLAYS AND THE GUY IS WHISPERING “fly away jesus you beautiful son of a bitch”

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I have become almost depressingly desensitized to such works of beauty. Weird stuff like this happens allllll the time in the paintings I see.

#art #it's just normal for me now

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that shocking moment when you find out a renaissance artist was straight

#relevant post is relevant #though I know little about the actual artists

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