Category Archives: Orientalism
Else Lasker-Schüler, 1920
The writer and artist appears at the Bauhaus in Weimar, 100 years ago today
Else Lasker-Schüler, 1920
The writer and artist appears at the Bauhaus in Weimar, 100 years ago today
Secret Satan, 2019 translation edition
“We are both monarch and victim in a gothic simulation illuminated by sombre flashes of sardonic rhetoric.” Which is nice.
Secret Satan, 2019 translation edition
“We are both monarch and victim in a gothic simulation illuminated by sombre flashes of sardonic rhetoric.” Which is nice.
The Son of Lîlame
The latest Rixdorf Editions title is out, but you can’t buy it. Ever. But you can get it for free!
The Son of Lîlame
The latest Rixdorf Editions title is out, but you can’t buy it. Ever. But you can get it for free!
18 books for 2018
Three Marcels, two Nutters and a Sissi: imaginary lives and lives beyond imagining.
18 books for 2018
Three Marcels, two Nutters and a Sissi: imaginary lives and lives beyond imagining.
Dress-down Friday: Oriental Costumes
Illustrations from Max Tilke’s book ‘Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colors’, published in 1922
Dress-down Friday: Oriental Costumes
Illustrations from Max Tilke’s book ‘Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colors’, published in 1922
Pierre Loti | drawings
The Frenchman’s journeys and preoccupations can be read just as readily in these images as in his books.
Pierre Loti | drawings
The Frenchman’s journeys and preoccupations can be read just as readily in these images as in his books.
Dress-down Friday: Else Lasker-Schüler
Five stages in the sartorial self-actualisation of writer Else Lasker-Schüler as she moves through Germany, Switzerland and Palestine.
Dress-down Friday: Else Lasker-Schüler
Five stages in the sartorial self-actualisation of writer Else Lasker-Schüler as she moves through Germany, Switzerland and Palestine.
Hester’s last ride
“The young missionary took a wrong turn in the dim light…The first thing he saw was a pile of bones with a skull on top, a lighted taper flickering through each eye socket, grinning at him amidst the shadows of plants and trees…”
Hester’s last ride
“The young missionary took a wrong turn in the dim light…The first thing he saw was a pile of bones with a skull on top, a lighted taper flickering through each eye socket, grinning at him amidst the shadows of plants and trees…”
Else Lasker-Schüler | Theben
Lasker-Schüler’s images present a romanticised Near East where stars of David nestle harmoniously with crescent moons.
Else Lasker-Schüler | Theben
Lasker-Schüler’s images present a romanticised Near East where stars of David nestle harmoniously with crescent moons.
Dress-down Friday: Pierre Loti
“My costume comes straight from Milan, chez Carolo Lorenzi, who makes for all the fashionable acrobats…but the tights are a problem. I don’t know how to get into them. Two clowns come to my help…”
Dress-down Friday: Pierre Loti
“My costume comes straight from Milan, chez Carolo Lorenzi, who makes for all the fashionable acrobats…but the tights are a problem. I don’t know how to get into them. Two clowns come to my help…”
Dress-down Friday: Lady Jane Digby
Even if you knew nothing of their sitter, looking at these two paintings together you would probably assume she was rarely at home to Mr Boring. And you’d be right.
Dress-down Friday: Lady Jane Digby
Even if you knew nothing of their sitter, looking at these two paintings together you would probably assume she was rarely at home to Mr Boring. And you’d be right.
Strange Flowers 