Category Archives: Renaissance

Giddy-up, Aristotle

Posted on August 17, 2014 by 100swallows

This looks like a medieval version of Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly singing “True Love.” But it isn’t anything like that. Those aren’t earphones or the man’s microphone but a…bridle. The woman is riding him. She is Phyllis the Courtesan … Continue reading →

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Cómo pintó Miguel Ángel la Capilla Sixtina

Posted on August 4, 2014 by 100swallows

Las manos de Dios y Adán (foto Wikipedia archivo) El Papa ordena un milagro El Papa Julio II creía que Miguel Ángel era capaz de hacer cualquier trabajo y le ordenó pintar el techo de la capilla. “Pero yo no … Continue reading →

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Hawkwood the Soldier of Fortune

Posted on February 23, 2012 by 100swallows

This man, painted on the wall of an Italian cathedral way back in 1436,  is an Englishman. The great fresco painting of Giovanni Acuto by Paolo Uccello (1436) (publlic domain photo) What were the Italians doing painting an Englishman in … Continue reading →

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