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Assoc for Scottish Literature

Ossian: The world’s greatest literary hoax?
10 April, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh – free

Poet & playwright Martin O’Connor & historian Dr Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart delve into literary hoaxes, tartan-trimmed myths, & the interplay between authenticity & Scottish identity

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EventbriteOssian: The world’s greatest literary hoax?Playwright and performer Martin O'Connor and historian Dr. Stiùbhart explore how a work of fiction has shaped Scotland’s cultural identity.
#Scottish#literature#culture
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Assoc for Scottish Literature

“As a patterned textile, [tartan] features straight lines, right angles, bright colours, and no ambiguity; as a symbol, its lines become fuzzy, its angles circular, its colours muddied, and its meaning polysemic.”

—Ellen R. Beard, “When Tartan Was Not Fake: The Disclothing Act in Gaelic Song”

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The Bottle Imp · When Tartan Was Not Fake: The Disclothing Act in Gaelic Song - The Bottle ImpTartan is simultaneously a material object, a design template, and a symbol with multiple referents. As a patterned textile, it features straight lines, right angles, bright colours, and no ambiguity; as a symbol, its lines become fuzzy, its angles circular, its colours muddied, and its meaning polysemic (Brown, 9). While this paper addresses the significance […]
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Amsterdam_XXX
An almost perfect looking marble angel… 🪽

In 2018, the “Hermitage Amsterdam” hosted ‘Classic Beauties’, an exhibition on neoclassicism. Featuring over 60 works by 25 leading artists, it explored the influence of antiquity on 18th-century art. 😍

Until 2022 it hosted exhibitions featuring art from the “Hermitage” in Saint Petersburg but eventually, the ties with Russia were severed, due to the Russian aggression in Ukraine. By fall 2023, the museum was renamed to “H’ART Museum” ♥️ 🇺🇦 🕊️

#Amsterdam #classicism #18thcentury #classicbeauties #hanspetersom #amstelhof #exhibition #photo #urbanart #mokum #noir #xxx #art #history #stopthewar #bnw #photography #concretejungle #hartmuseum #heart #hart #neoclassicism #artiseverywhere #streetphotography #marmer # #beeld #wings #museum #museo #hermitage #arte #artwork #angel #blackandwhite #marble #18thcenturyart #stonecarving #escultura #sculpture
Sculpture at an expo in the former “Hermitage”, Amsterdam (2018).
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