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hazards of the classics
Even though holocausts, hatreds, and forgetfulness have obliterated vast treasures of past cultures, occasional good luck, later circumspection, and modern recovery have helped rescue a priceless part of our written legacy from oblivion. An eloquent instance of the chances and … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Apeleius Golden Ass, Armadillo Systems, Bishop Eadfrith, British Library, Cupid and Psyche, Didymus Alexandrinus, Didymus Alexandrinus De Spiritu Sancto, Dr Michelle Brown, Jacques-Louis David, Jean de la Fontaine, Jean-Baptiste Lully, King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, Kish Tablet, Lindisfarne Gospels, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Moliere Psyche, Pierpont Morgan Library
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KNIGHTY-NIGHT TO THE ART-RISTOCRATS
The latter years of the fourteenth-century and the early years of the fifteenth were the grimmest period in French history. Between the Black Death, the everlasting war with England, plundering raids, taxies and levies; circumstances conspired to reduce the voice … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Angers Apocalypse Tapestries, Angers tapestries, Bible Apocalypse, Book of Revelation, Charles the Bold, Claus de Werve, Duc de Berry, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Burgundy, Gothic Sculpture, Hieronymous Bosch, International Style, Jean Duc de Berry, Larry Solomon, Limbourg Brothers, Limbourg Brothers The Book of Hours, Louis Duke of Anjou, Medieval Illuminated manuscripts, Nicolas Bataille, Northern Renaissance Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, S. Agnes, Sean Martinfield, The Royal Gold Cup, The Royal Gold Cup of England and France
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GOING OUT IN STYLE & FOOLING THE ALMIGHTY
The first duty of a prince is magnificence. A royal prerogative to go forth and accumulate; especially on the backs of the disenfranchised poor, of which there seemed an unlimited supply. The four sons of King John took up their … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc.
Tagged Asteria in Europe, Claus de Werve, Claus Sluter, Duke John the Fearless, Erwin Panofsky, Gothic Sculpture, Hennequin of Bruges, Irwin Panofsky, Jean de Vaudetar, Limbourg Brothers, Nicolas Bataille, Northern Renaissance Art, Pierpont Morgan Library, Pierre Quarre, Richard Vaughan, Sculptor Claus Sluter, Sean Martinfield
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