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Giddy-up, Aristotle
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
Posted in 1, Alexander the Great, Aristotle, art, Basel, France, history, Humanism, Lai d' Aristot, middle ages, philosophy, Phyllis, Renaissance, Toledo
Tagged Aristotle, Aristotle the Philosopher, Bing Crosby, femme fatale, Germany, Grace Kelly, history, misericords, philosophy, Phyllis, Renaissance, revenge, sculpture, Spain, Switzerland, tapestry
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The Valley of the Fallen
At Appomattox, at the end of the American Civil War, the surrender of the Southern armies was unconditional. The parlor of the (reconstructed) McLean House, Appomattox Court House, Virginia, site of the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the … Continue reading
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Tagged dictator, Madrid, mausoleum, monument, pharoah, sculpture, soldiers' grave, Spanish Civil War, tomb
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Great Names in History 