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This blog contains articles on culture as well as a database of Realist and Social Realist art from around the world by Irish artist Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin. These paintings can be viewed country by country by clicking on the list of countries and themes down the right-hand side of the blog. The artwork of Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, consisting of cityscapes of Dublin, images based on Irish history and other work with social/political themes, can be seen at www.gaelart.net.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Routine Myth Maintenance: Tarantino and American Exceptionalism

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(Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) Quentin Tarantino’s new film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , is a 2019 comedy-drama set in 1969 Lo...
Monday, December 23, 2019

Christmas Visions: Children and the Importance of Redemption

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 The Factory “And such should childhood ever be, The fairy well; to bring To life’s worn, weary memory The freshness of its spring. ...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Popular Theatre as Cultural Resistance: Engaging Audiences Worldwide

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  Theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy. Mosaic , Roman artwork, 2nd century CE. Capitoline Museums, Rome When the play ends, wha...

Poetry and Political Struggle: The Dialectics of Rhyme

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  Fist with pen illustration by CHema Skandal! When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. Whe...
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