History, Horoscope, and Hearsay “All my griefs to this are jolly, Naught so damned as melancholy.” — Robert Burton from The Anatomy of Melancholy var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-12674153-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Tumblr (3.0; @theanatomyofmelancholy)http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln1rjcG8lu1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fellow Dadaist John Heartfield was born June 19, 1891.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6692749487http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6692749487Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:06:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln1qzvoPOo1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Petit désert,</em> by Dadaist writer and artist Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, born June 19, 1884.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6692410312http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6692410312Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:55:08 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmool9ZECy1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmool9ZECy1qalfpvo2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.ballerinagallery.com/semyonov.htm" target="_blank">Russian ballerina Marina Semyonova,</a> born June 12, 1908.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454808969http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454808969Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:34:22 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmoofz3D8O1qalfpvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Illustration by Djuna Barnes of a scene from J. M. Synge’s <em>Well of the Saints, 1917.<br/></em></p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454723266http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454723266Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:31:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmoob6E1iT1qalfpvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Writer and artist Djuna Barnes, born June 12, 1892.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454642649http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454642649Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:28:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmoo7bLLYq1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Self Portrait with Violet Shirt,</em> by Austrian painter Egon Schiele, born June 12, 1890.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454580424http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454580424Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:25:59 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmoo2iDVG21qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Physicist and inventor Oliver Joseph Lodge, born June 12, 1851.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454503759http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454503759Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:23:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmonzsuyNz1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Swiss writer Johanna Spyri was born June 12, 1827.  She wrote <em>Heidi, </em>as well as a number of other beloved children’s books.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454461493http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454461493Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:21:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmonwbuoqn1qalfpvo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Writer and professor Charles Kingsley was born June 12, 1819.  He coined the term <a title="Pteridomania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteridomania" target="_blank">pteridomania</a> (fern fever), describing the Victorian frenzy for ferns, in his 1855 book <em>Glaucus.</em></p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454406223http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454406223Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:19:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmonp05EiZ1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Illustration from the 1807 book <em>A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery </em>by Phillip Gass, sergeant on the Lewis and Clark expedition, born June 12, 1771.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454288495http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454288495Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:15:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmonamYZf71qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Swiss mathematician and astronomer Paul Guldin, born June 12, 1577.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454063984http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6454063984Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:06:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6ou2EyTX1qalfpvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Painter Frank Runacres, born June 2, 1904, photographed with wife Lily.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6120061176http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6120061176Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:22:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="328" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/a2S9uEz3lNA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119914593http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119914593Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:18:44 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6olfMHuw1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lotte Reiniger’s <em>Thumbelina</em>.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119877490http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119877490Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:17:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6ojdIWRX1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Silhouette animator Lotte Reiniger was born June 2, 1899.  Click on the photo to see multiple plates from <em>The Adventures of Prince Achmed.</em></p> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading"></h1>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119834805http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119834805Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:16:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6o9jBfaL1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16337.html" target="_blank">Regarded as one of the best bowlers of all time</a>, cricketer George Lohmann, born June 2, 1865.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119624254http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119624254Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:10:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6o1fxQ7y1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>British composer Edward Elgar, born June 2, 1857.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119445076http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119445076Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:05:39 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6nx4TNNr1qalfpvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Poet and novelist Thomas Hardy, born June 2, 1840.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119356124http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119356124Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:03:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6npyQ8rr1qalfpvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alexandra Petrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, born June 2, 1838, though eventually retiring from court to become a nun in 1889, known as Sister Anastasia.</p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119201278http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/6119201278Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:58:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llxf2weFwA1qalfpvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/" target="_blank">Horoscopes </a></p>http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/5943636744http://theanatomyofmelancholy.tumblr.com/post/5943636744Sat, 28 May 2011 18:13:45 -0400