Author Archives: Uncomely and Broken

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About Uncomely and Broken

I am a classicist in Sewanee, Tennessee.

The Backstory to the SAS Reredos

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

Earlier this year, I wondered about the reredos in the St. Andrew’s-Sewanee school chapel, discovering that it was a copy of the Demidoff Altarpiece, now in National Gallery, London, but originally made by Carlo Crivelli for the church of San Domenico in … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Family, Italy, Saints, Sewanee, Statues & Monuments, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

This is the last

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

“It is very happily and kindly provided,” writes Dr. Johnson, “that in every life there are certain pauses and interruptions, which force consideration upon the careless, and seriousness upon the light; points of time where one course of action ends … Continue reading →

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Protected: Telly Savalas’ cuirass

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

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Regrets of Romulus

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

The Daily Mail, among other news outlets, is reporting this week that “A man raised by wolves for 12 years says his life in human society was a failure and he wishes he could go live among the animals again.” Marcos Rodríguez … Continue reading →

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Protected: Career of Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

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Willingness with Happiness

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

This weekend, I went with my friend Thomas to Louisville and, while there were other things on our itinerary about which I’ll write later, we went to the city’ famous Cave Hill Cemetery. Among the many remarkable gravestones we saw … Continue reading →

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Scorsese on Bowie as Pilate

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

Excerpt from interview with Martin Scorsese, from Dylan Jones, David Bowie: A Life I’m sitting in my director’s chair and there are some chairs behind me and suddenly I feel a tap on my shoulder and I turn around and there I … Continue reading →

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Sewanee Memoire: Projections for the Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

Below are remarks I gave for a forum organized by Prof. Woody Register and the Sewanee Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation on about Art, Commemoration, and Sewanee’s Campus, held at Otey Parish on February 19, 2017. Also on the panel … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Boston, Classics, Education, Emblems, Florence, Music, Poetry, Pontius Pilate, Race, Saints, Sewanee, Slavery, Statues & Monuments, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Protected: Trump an ironic Perseus

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: The very bottle …

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Uncomely and Broken

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