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| Pietro Testa Study for Massacre of the Innocents before 1650 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Giacinto Calandrucci Studies for St John the Evangelist and St Matthew late 17th century drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| attributed to Giovanni Battista della Rovere Study for Angels in Pendentives before 1630 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Luca Giordano Sketch for The Abduction of Europa ca. 1686 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
from On the Hours in the Night Garden
III.
The body is only at home on this earth, finally tied
As it is to all matter: the currents of the arteries
Wild as water coursing the river's embankment,
Pulse constant as the globe in its spheric weight,
The planisphere of the body moving among all
Forms – wishing to be held fast in love's gravity;
IV.
The cell's honeycomb fragile as that of wasps',
Which hangs down midday under a branch of
Fresh laurel; Yes, only at home on this earth –
And as such makes as best it can its place in it;
And love, as it does, the things of the flesh.
V.
Love: the heart's arch resistance against the
Arbitrary – bulwark against the siege of time,
Love seeking to build, braid, knit together
Two breaths, preciously hewn twin desires,
To hoard in Love's heat a last few minutes
Saved from the deep, timeless hour of after –
– Ellen Hinsey (The White Fire of Time, Wesleyan University Press, 2002)
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| Cherubino Alberti Studies for a Fountain of Neptune early 17th century drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Guercino Jacob blessing the Sons of Joseph ca. 1620 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Jacopo Ligozzi Tobias with the Angel Raphael ca. 1605 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Pier Francesco Mola Hermione and the Shepherds before 1666 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| attributed to Ventura Salimbeni Bishop Saint exorcising Demons from a Woman early 17th century drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Raffaello Vanni Battle Scene (study for fresco - Clovis defeating Alaric II at the Battle of Vouillé) 1653 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| attributed to Camillo Procaccini Mercury and Argus before 1629 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Donato Creti Rinaldo and Armida ca. 1693 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Domenico Piola Agony in the Garden late 17th century drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Lorenzo Garbieri Christ stripped of his Garments ca. 1654 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |