“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
OK. Confusion reigns here. I’m starting to wonder if MainStream History has DELIBERATELY given The House of Medici a Bad Reputation (?!) I’ve studied the family quite a bit. But mainly Marie de Medici – mother of Louis XIII. She was very close to Peter Paul Rubens, whom she commissioned to paint the Palais de […]
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I’m questioning a “fact.” Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, a Spanish Christian poet wrote a text around the end of the 4th/beginning of the 5th century AD which survived – not only 1,000 to enlighten the Master Painters of the Cinqucento but – to be readily available for you and/or I to read today. I’ve had trouble […]
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Read Jane Eyre? It’s a story of abandonment, abuse, secrets and lies!
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The Renaissance was a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Generally described as taking place from the 14th century to the 17th century, the Renaissance promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, literature and art. Renaissance means re-birth. I’ve just taken down one of my books and the Introduction says… The title […]
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Oh, dear. I seem to have got myself in a right old pickle here! After days of being trapped in Florence with the Medici, I’ve suddenly found out why. “Our explanation of the dispute between Florence and Rome. As we already understand, the “ancient dispute” between the Italian Rome and the Etruscans must be the […]
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Again – I’ve known about this story for ages. And we Adore/Bow/Curtsy to/Kiss the a88e of/adulate/are Con-trolled by……….this FAM? M’eh! Watch and weep at how our “rulers” treat their own flesh and blood. D’ya still think they give a single thought to us millions of minions?
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Nothing to see here. Apart from the fact that I seem to be stuck in Italy with a load of Renaissance artists…..Woohooo :o) The image above is by Giotto. It’s called Stultitia. And is in a fresco painted in about 1303 in the Chapel above. What do YOU see? This image is represented in the […]
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I’ve known about this story for a very long time. Watching the video about Kaiser Wilhelm reminded me of “The Family” and what they do to hide their own flesh and blood! Check out : JBL And Betty’s cousins. What a #lovely Fam THEY are. NOT!
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Tell me……… What links them both? It’s a portrait of…….? See previous posts! Oh and the author of The Scarlet Letter also shared the same vibe. And I quote…. It is very singular, the sad embrace with which Rome takes possession of the soul.
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I seem to be having one of those everything-coming-together-kinda days. I was living in Ireland when I first started watching the Ruth Rendell Mysteries on TV. FACT! I fell in love with Inspector Wexford (Irish County) immediately and started reading the books. This one freaked me a bit. But today I understand why :o) Percy […]
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And here is why I NEED to go to Florence. A feast for all my senses. Aaaah :o)
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This is another MUST SEE place on my list! Palazzo della Ragione, Padua Those frescoes – Schwoon :o) One of the frescoes is the image below. Who is she? LOOK AGAIN! Yup. She looks very much like Mary and the Holy Child but she’s NOT! In a Catholic country, in the 15th century, Venus and […]
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