I personally have no use for equating some "blogosphere" with a "renaissance" in any field but bloviation.
T. Foster's use in regards to illustration, which I quoted earlier, is much more in line with what it means to me -- and that reference to "this old school renaissance" precedes by two years JohnRTroy's putative sudden proliferation of punditry.
Is some trade dress definitely nostalgic, possibly even "just nostalgic"? Maybe so! I am sure it is no coincidence that The Dangerous Book for Boys (and its companion The Daring Book for Girls) looks like an artifact from a century or more ago -- before even its intended readers' grandparents were born. The aesthetic suggests an ethos perhaps at odds with some lately considered "modern". (It avers that "Dungeons & Dragons" is still the best role-playing game, as I recall.)
T. Foster's use in regards to illustration, which I quoted earlier, is much more in line with what it means to me -- and that reference to "this old school renaissance" precedes by two years JohnRTroy's putative sudden proliferation of punditry.
Is some trade dress definitely nostalgic, possibly even "just nostalgic"? Maybe so! I am sure it is no coincidence that The Dangerous Book for Boys (and its companion The Daring Book for Girls) looks like an artifact from a century or more ago -- before even its intended readers' grandparents were born. The aesthetic suggests an ethos perhaps at odds with some lately considered "modern". (It avers that "Dungeons & Dragons" is still the best role-playing game, as I recall.)