AtD Cover

[Ya Sam]

Talking of the cover. Nobody yet discovered what kind of a seal is there? 
The quality of the picture doesn't allow one to see it clearly.


>From: Steven <mcquaryq at comcast.net>
>To: David Casseres <david.casseres at gmail.com>
>CC: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>, pynchon-l-digest at waste.org
>Subject: Re: AtD Cover
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:08:53 -0400
>
>	I'm awestruck -- great ref.
>
>	Steve
>
>On Sep 15, 2006, at 1:24 PM, David Casseres wrote:
>
>>Contra-jour: art history term. literally means 'against the day'. It's
>>usually applied to the figures who appear with their back to the
>>viewer in the German Romantic landscapist Caspar David Friedrich's
>>paintings. The impression given is an unity between the viewer and the
>>figure in the painting looking out to the same scenery.
>

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