Tag Archives: Anton Raphael Mengs

somewhere between 2 B.C. and 6 A.D.

There was the Year One. In the sixth century, Dionysius Exiguus presented a  calculation of the “first year of our Lord”; it was slightly inaccurate, given the scant and conflicting evidence in the Gospels, and on neither of those accounts … Continue reading

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GUILTLESS PLEASURE: IMMORTALIZED FOR THE NAUGHTY BITS

Casanova: “I had women, I played, I joined in the fun, I bawled, I scorned and was never slave to my passions, but they gave me pleasure. Of not hiding myself, I made my profession…”The same principle which forbids me … Continue reading

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