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Walvisvangst in de Poolzee
“Three ships hove to, three whales flayed on ice.” A poem about a painting of the early modern Dutch Arctic fishery in the Svalbard archipelago, by Abraham Storck (1654–1708). Three mountain peaks there are named for the Norse Fates — the Norns who determine the past, present, and future.
Tag: ekphrasis
Ekphrasis is a vivid, detailed description of a piece of visual art — often paintings but also decorative objects, like Achilles’ shield in the Illiad.