{"id":35,"date":"2012-04-13T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2014-11-04T22:11:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T22:11:46","slug":"art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/resources\/art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lighter Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-299\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/Veronese-Bathsheba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/Veronese-Bathsheba.jpg 650w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/Veronese-Bathsheba-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>In this 1575 painting by Veronese, supposedly of David and Bathsheba (II Samuel 11), <\/em><br \/>\n<em> the gentleman in the red and gold outfit bears an uncanny resemblance to me. I don&#8217;t<br \/>\nrecall posing for it, but&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/moses-in-ct1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-349\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/moses-in-ct1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/moses-in-ct1.jpg 473w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/moses-in-ct1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>This 1989 New Yorker drawing by Mick Stevens is at<br \/>\nthe top of my long list of Great Bible Cartoons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/flood-cartoon-dinos2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-389\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/flood-cartoon-dinos2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/flood-cartoon-dinos2.jpg 442w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/flood-cartoon-dinos2-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>With the exception of Adam and Eve, the Flood seems to be<br \/>\nthe favorite topic for visual Bible humor. Dan Regan&#8217;s take is<br \/>\na classic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/Grading-Method1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-425\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/Grading-Method1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/Grading-Method1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/Grading-Method1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>My Grading Method: I used to grade my exams with the able assistance of Nachamu,<br \/>\npictured here, who roomed with artists Nancy Katz and Mark Liebowitz of Shelburne<br \/>\nFalls, MA. Since his untimely demise some years ago, I&#8217;m forced to do it all myself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PHONETIC PUNCTUATION<br \/>\n<\/strong>Elsewhere on this site, I have provided examples of the importance of reading the biblical text aloud. I am not quite prepared, however, to adopt Victor Borge&#8217;s approach to reading literature, as shown (and heard) in the link below<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lF4qii8S3gw <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/thurber-memory5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/161\/2012\/04\/thurber-memory5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From James Thurber, master of the understated and the absurd.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this 1575 painting by Veronese, supposedly of David and Bathsheba (II Samuel 11), the gentleman in the red and gold outfit bears an uncanny resemblance to me. I don&#8217;t recall posing for it, but&#8230;. &nbsp; This 1989 New Yorker &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/resources\/art\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Lighter Side<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/efox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}