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Alyssa Monks

berrinsun wrote 3 days ago: Alyssa’s paintings are of a representational narrative genre. She portrays a specific place an … more →

Tags: Illustrator, Art, gallery, School, Painting, Academy, new, Alyssa, York

Things done lately

alcoholicfroggy wrote 1 week ago: Am racit. E tare urat. Oricat de mult am incercat saptamanile trecute sa racesc, n-am reusit, dar ac … more →

Tags: Bullshit, nuditate, Pastile, Hi5!, mentalitate, raceala

Florence -- The art of the city

galan05 wrote 1 week ago: When you’re in Italy’s Tuscan capital, it’s hard to tell if you’re in a city … more →

Tags: Europe, General, Independent Travel, Tips & Tactics, Eurostar Italia, Firenze, Florence, Il duomo, Italy

War & Taxes48 comments

Jon Taplin wrote 1 week ago: Two stories on the front page of the New York Times this morning reminded me of a historical precede … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Business, corruption, defense policy, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, military spending, 15th century

Mentally Retarded, Steroids, Arsonists...It's A Good Family5 comments

Alex wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday was Dani’s 18th birthday! I remember last year I think I told people to go to her bl … more →

Tags: Friends and Love, Personal, social life, Stuff that happened, 18th birthday, Birthday, Chinese Whispers, Dinner, docklands

Old Man Reilly's Florence Museum Screed1 comment

Tyler wrote 3 weeks ago: First, let me say this: Florence is undoubtedly a beautiful city, perhaps one of the loveliest in Eu … more →

Tags: frustrations, Academia, David, Florence, Food, London, Michelangelo, Money, Museums

"Measuring Time" gallery features oldest painting with a watch

eideard wrote 1 month ago: Art experts think they may have found the world’s oldest painting to feature an image of a wat … more →

Tags: Geek, technology, History, Watch, Florence, Golden, 1560, Measuring Time

The abuse of Louis XIII2 comments

Jackie wrote 1 month ago: Louis XIII is an intriguing and very complex character. Accused of coldness, melancholy and homosexu … more →

Tags: 17thC, Henri IV, 17th Century, louis xiii, marie de medici, physical abuse, Sexual abuse, héroard, doctors

Chinese Art Critic Li Xianting: Collecting Chinese Contemporary Art Is A Kind Of "Cultural Creation"1 comment

chinaluxculturebiz wrote 1 month ago: “Godfather Of Chinese Contemporary Art” Advocates Collections Develop To Ensure Art Can … more →

Tags: China, chinese art, Art, Investment, Culture, Museums, Auction, Contemporary Art, contemporary Chinese art

The Medici Effect1 comment

fathalyon wrote 1 month ago: The Medici Effect is an amazing and inspiring book that I read over last weekend. I usually dislike … more →

Tags: Game design, Creating, Design, Designing, Effect, Fran, Ideas!, innovate, innovating

Topics: Italian Renaissance

etiona wrote 1 month ago: As noted while reading: Cox-Rearick, Janet Dynasty and Destiny in Medici Art: Pontormo, Leo X, and t … more →

Tags: Art History, Italian renaissance, Florence, History

Jarv's Schlock Vault: Sharks in Venice

Jarv wrote 1 month ago: Sharks in Venice “We don’t have sharks in Venice.” I don’t know what it is about f … more →

Tags: Jarv's Schlock Vault, Low Budget, Shark, Venice, William Baldwin, Fat Bastard, Johanssen, Mafia, Fish

To Draw from a Thousand Hearts a Thousand Sighs

Warren Stewart wrote 1 month ago: In the late Spring of 1608, a tragedy brought together the worlds of comedy and opera in Mantua for … more →

Tags: Music, Culture, 17th Century, Caccini Puppet Opera, monteverdi, Florence, commedia, Virginia Ramponi-Andreini, Mantua

More Minnesotans!5 comments

vagueperson wrote 1 month ago: This past weekend we were happy to receive Kath and Richard into our house to meet little Basil.  Du … more →

Tags: Family, Food, hyde park, Little Cap, ann sather, Basil, Kath and Richard, lou malnatis, Macnamara's

Florence jewels. A walk in Villa Petraia

pegappp wrote 2 months ago: La Villa La Petraia di Firenze è una delle più affascinanti e belle ville medicee, collocata in una … more →

Tags: Architecture, People, Firenze, Florence, Italy, Italia, villa petraia, cortile, Art

What is Francesca Caccini's La Liberazione di Ruggiero About?

Suzanne G. Cusick wrote 2 months ago: (This is the second of a three part essay on Francesca Caccini and La Liberzione di Ruggiero, which … more →

Tags: Music, Culture, 17th Century, Caccini Puppet Opera, caccini, cusick, Florence, Maria Magdalena, Francesca

Unexpected Interactions

uptownnorm wrote 2 months ago: There have been many new faces in Normal during the uptown renewal process. One of these new faces m … more →

Tags: About Town, Drinks, Entertainment, Food, Fun, Illinois, normal, Steffan Block, Uptown

PJTV: Terreno di Obama contro i medici

cristinasiun wrote 2 months ago: Roger L. Simon sui pericoli di politicizzazione del dibattito la riforma sanitaria – www.pjtv. … more →

Tags: Health Videos, terreno, CONTRO !!!

A blog post from 1605: under an earlier Tuscan sun8 comments

Do Bianchi wrote 2 months ago: Above: “37 Uve” (“37 Grape Varieties”) by Tuscan naturalist painter Bartolom … more →

Tags: de nominibus, de vino, de rebus italicis, de vinographia, De Pictura, De Natura, Trebbiano, Robert Dallington, Karl Josef Holtge


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