Brace yourselves! The “Happy Holidays” versus “Merry Christmas” argument is coming! :) Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, which, in Western Christian Churches, is held annually on 25 December. For centuries, it has been the subject of several reformations, both religious and secular…
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Modern parallels to “Liberty Leading the People”
We live at a time when the idea of democracy and people’s liberty is every day destroyed by laws made by the powerfuls who govern us. And I see a very good parallel in this XIXth century painting with our time. This Delacroix master piece is a demonstration of the anger of the people in … Continue Reading