Gatti Ninja

Project Gutenberg

Armenia Is About To Put Its Ancient Manuscripts Online For Free

For many Armenians survivors, the easily hidden manuscripts were the only remnant of their nation that they were able to smuggle to safety.

By Amos Chapple

https://www.rferl.org/a/armenia-manuscripts-online-database-matenadaran-project-scans/33482728.html

Armenia at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=armenia

#Books #History #OldManuscript

Carved ivory binding, front cover in five sections of Echmiadzin Gospel, Virgin and Child with scenes from her life, 6th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matenadaran#/media/File:Echgospfrontcov.jpeg

Project Gutenberg

Who Was J.M.W. Turner and Why Was He So Important?

The son of a barber, Turner (1775–1851) entered London’s Royal Academy Schools in 1789, where he spent his time copying plaster casts of classical sculptures before moving on to life studies of male nudes.

By Kelly Presutti

https://www.artnews.com/feature/who-was-j-m-w-turner-why-so-important-british-artist-1234745218/

J.M.W. Turner at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/24796

#Art #Books #Painting

Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (c. 1842). Oil on canvas. Tate Britain, London.

The painting depicts a paddle steamer caught in a snow storm. This marine painting is showing a Romantic era's painter's depiction of a snowstorm on water at its best, fully developing the bold, daring Romantic fantasy of Turner. Turner was unrivaled in depicting the natural world unmastered by mankind and exploring the effects of the elements and the battle of the forces of the nature. Turner worked first as a watercolorist, and he started to work much later with oils. He later applied the techniques he learned in watercolour onto oil paintings.

It is typical of the late style of Turner. Turner's tints and shades of colours are painted in different layers of colour, the brushstrokes adding texture to the painting. The colours are monochromatic, only a few shades of grey, green, and brown are present, having the same tone of colours. The silvery pale light that surrounds the boat creates a focal point, drawing the viewer into the painting. The smoke from the steamboat spreads out over the sky, creating abstract shapes of the same quality as the waves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Storm:_Steam-Boat_off_a_Harbour%27s_Mouth

Mattia Pelli

Trovato in una cabina telefonica a Portoferraio. La prima volta che ho letto Van Vogt è stato più o meno 40 anni fa, in piena adolescenza, quando ho divorato tutti i volumi dell'Editrice Nord. Non ricordavo che la fantascienza USA (lui era canadese...) degli anni '50 potesse essere così innovativa e originale. E le edizioni Libra hanno sempre queste copertine deliziosamente vintage. Perfetto per il mare.
#libri #books #fantascienza #sciencefiction

Copertina libro A.E Van Vogt "Le armi di Isher"

Resolviendo la incógnita

A las palabras se las lleva el viento, pero luego hay que recogerlas. 📖 BnF, Latin 1156B, fol. 135r #libros #books #edadmedia #middleages

Ilustración en el margen donde, entre dos ramos de flores, hay muchas letras desperdigadas. Una pareja las recoge como si fuera la cosecha.

Jessie (they/she) 🍓 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉

Fuck DRM. I will never buy another eBook again. Just accidentally authorised my laptop without an Adobe account for Adobe Digital Editions, forgetting that i wouldnt be able to upload it to my eReader.

I erased my authorisation thinking I could just sign in with my shitty adobe account, and now its locked me out of my book entirely.

I'm pirating every single book I read from now on, and I'll buy a physical fucking copy from a local book store as compensation. FUCK. #books #reading #ereader

Project Gutenberg

Sweet-Smelling Lies

We are discreet sheep, says Mark Twain.

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/freedom/sweet-smelling-lies

The Autobiography of Mark Twain at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The+Autobiography+of+Mark+Twain

#Books #Literature

A portrait of the American writer Mark Twain taken by A. F. Bradley in New York, 1907.

Twain sits in a three-quarter view, gazing slightly off-camera with a thoughtful, almost pensive look. His trademark bushy white hair and sweeping mustache give him a leonine, distinguished appearance.

He is dressed in his characteristic light-colored white suit, paired with a waistcoat and tie, which became his signature attire in the final decades of his life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain#/media/File:Mark_Twain_by_AF_Bradley.jpg

Mary Austin

From author Carl Hiaasen on Ig:

#books #protests #florida #ice #immigration #fascism #trump

On his Ig account, author Carl Hiassen has posted a picture from a Florida protest against "Alligator Alcatraz"

In the picture, a woman is holding up a sign that says "IS THIS A CARL HIAASEN NOVEL?"

The author responds, "Thanks for the shout-out, but even I'm not warped enough to dream up Alligator Alcatraz."

Project Gutenberg

Read the Original 32-Page Program for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927)

https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis.html

The book "Metropolis" by Thea von Harbou (wife of Fritz Lang) at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73727

#sciencefiction #film #books

Movie poster of Metropolis showing the head of the robot. The poster says:

Metropolis
Wardour Films Limited
Premier Presentation
Marble Arch Pavilion W.I.
Monday, March 21[*unclear]
Special Season

Book dedications bot

The Striker by Ana Huang #books #literature #dedication

To loving every version of yourself,
even the ones you want to leave behind.

dianea 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱

The perfect book does not ex....

#caturday #caturdayeveryday #meow #books

A book, titled "Meow" held up for display, as it is the ultimate book of knowledge we have yet, 4 panels displaying photos of a book held in someone's hand. The 1st shows the cover with the title "Meow: A Novel" and a tabby cat in black and white. The other three panels show the open book, displaying its pages, which consists only of the word "meow" repeated over and over in the table of contents, the chapter titles and every paragraph

Deutschland

https://www.europesays.com/de/135525/ Pippi Langstrumpf wird 80: Was uns Lindgrens Bücher heute noch sagen – Kultur #Books #Bücher #Deutschland #Entertainment #Germany #KinderUndJugendliteratur #Kinderbücher #Kultur #Literatur #Schweden #Skandinavien #SüddeutscheZeitung #Unterhaltung

Project Gutenberg

Comparing Austen & Ibsen: Women & Finance in 19th-Century Literature

"While Jane Austen’s romance often distracts us from her heroines’ realities, Henrik Ibsen stares financial oppression dead in the face and offers his heroines hope."

by Rachel Benham

https://www.thecollector.com/austen-ibsen-women-finance-19th-literature/

Books by Jane Austen at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68

Books by Henrik Ibsen at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/861

#books #literatures #drama