The Corcoran Gallery of Art presents Joan of Arc

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On Behalf Of Bill Barber
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:54 PM

This just in...
http://www.huliq.com/4064/the-corcoran-gallery-of-art-presents-joan-of-a
rc

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And I just finished reading a newish Joan of Arc book that focuses on
her public images throughout the last few hundred years:

http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Arc-Maid-Myth-History/dp/0750943416/sr=1-2/qi
d=1167578810/ref=sr_1_2/105-3930646-7562830?ie=UTF8&s=books

Monvel gets a nice long mention in this book. I have to say I was
little disappointed in the general organization of the book and in the
lack of in-depth examination of both the developers of the various
images and in the author's own take on Joan and these people. The best
non-Pernoud book on Joan I've read so far is still Frances Gies, who
takes a no-nonsense, critical yet sympathetic view of Joan and brings
out her human side. She also bring out poor old Charles VII in more
than one dimension, and makes the championing of this dauphin more
understandable.

Maria
Elena@...

Before going to teacher's college in 1974, I taught for one year
under what was known as a 'letter of permission'. That year was my
baptism by fire, since I was given the worst classes in the school.
I had no teaching psychology under my belt, so I just gulped and
jumped in. In order to survive, I had to pick up some street smarts.

While in teacher's college, I undertook about five practica . I made
the mistake of telling my teaching mentors that I had already taught
for a year. Needless to say, they threw every stunt in the book at
me to see if I would move off game. One time, I was assigned to
teach Shaw's /*St. Joan*/. I decided to start off by showing the
class various images of Joan of Arc to initiate a disussion on the
ways Joan has been seen over the centuries. I divided the kids into
small discussion groups, and my supervising teacher placed himself
with one of the groups at the back of the room. One of the images I
used was Craig's picture in which Joan charges into the English
ranks while the soldiers melt away in awe. I asked the kids to
describe the look on Joan's face. One really sleepy looking kid, who
was sitting in the group with my supervising teacher raised his
hand, and I acknowledged him. "Beatific", he said. Realizing that my
supervisor had prompted the kid, I paused, and then said, "What a
wonderful word. Could you please tell the class what it means?". The
kid got all flummoxed and sat down. I then said to the kid, "You
really shouldn't listen to Mr. Atkinson. He'll only get you into
trouble."

We all had a good laugh. Luckily, the kid was a good sport. So was
Atkinson.

Maria T wrote:
>
> On Behalf Of Bill Barber
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:54 PM
>
> This just in...
> http://www.huliq.com/4064/the-corcoran-gallery-of-art-presents-joan-of-a
> <http://www.huliq.com/4064/the-corcoran-gallery-of-art-presents-joan-of-a>
> rc
>
> ========================
>
> And I just finished reading a newish Joan of Arc book that focuses on
> her public images throughout the last few hundred years:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Arc-Maid-Myth-History/dp/0750943416/sr=1-2/qi
> <http://www.amazon.com/Joan-Arc-Maid-Myth-History/dp/0750943416/sr=1-2/qi>
> d=1167578810/ref=sr_1_2/105-3930646-7562830?ie=UTF8&s=books
>
> Monvel gets a nice long mention in this book. I have to say I was
> little disappointed in the general organization of the book and in the
> lack of in-depth examination of both the developers of the various
> images and in the author's own take on Joan and these people. The best
> non-Pernoud book on Joan I've read so far is still Frances Gies, who
> takes a no-nonsense, critical yet sympathetic view of Joan and brings
> out her human side. She also bring out poor old Charles VII in more
> than one dimension, and makes the championing of this dauphin more
> understandable.
>
> Maria
> Elena@... <mailto:Elena%40pipeline.com>
>
>

oh COOL!
Thanks for posting the link. At last, something local
to me.
:P
Happy New Year!
Mishka

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