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Eminent Biography: André Vauchez on Francis of Assisi
Last month, as it became clear that Cardinal Bergoglio would likely be elected Pope, his friend Brazilian Cardinal Claudio hugged him and gave him a message. “He said don’t forget about the poor… more →
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Eminent Biography: André Vauchez on Francis of Assisi
wrote 2 months ago: Last month, as it became clear that Cardinal Bergoglio would likely be elected Pope, his friend Braz … more →
Building the Cloisters
wrote 5 months ago: Follow @yaleARTbooks At first glance The Cloisters might be seen as an anachronism to its northern M … more →
Celebrating St. Francis of Assisi through the Art of Biography
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wrote 8 months ago: Today, October 4, is the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, the Catholic Church’s patron saint of a … more →
The Venetian Book Tour
wrote 11 months ago: Are you spending your holiday in the romantic city of Venice this summer? We’re not, either. We ha … more →
Marc Michael Epstein on the Rylands Haggadah
wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this year, Marc Michael Epstein, author of The Medieval Haggadah: Art, Narrative, and Religi … more →
Lest We Forget: How to Declare Our Beliefs
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wrote 1 year ago: Sarah Underwood— Recent events have reminded us how difficult it was in the past, and often still is … more →
Curator Helen Evans Tours the Objects of Byzantium and Islam
wrote 1 year ago: Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th – 9th Century), the revelatory exhibition now on view at … more →
Eminent Biography: Michael Hirst on Michelangelo
wrote 1 year ago: Born March 6, 1475 not far outside of Florence, Italy, Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarroti Simoni se … more →
Painting the Face of Martin Luther
wrote 1 year ago: At first glance, being a sixteenth-century lord doesn’t sound half bad—live in a castle, commission … more →
Eminent Biography: Donald Weinstein on Savonarola
wrote 1 year ago: What does it mean to be a prophet? In his new biography Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissan … more →
John Edwards on His Life with Mary I
wrote 1 year ago: Following his “Eminent Biography” post on his new book, Mary I: England’s Catholic Queen, presenting … more →
Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan
wrote 1 year ago: The National Gallery’s “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan” opened this fall, and is t … more →
Notes from a Native New Yorker: Changing Christianity
wrote 1 year ago: Michelle Stein— I am familiar with the conflicting images and identities of shifting or presu … more →
Garry Wills on the Ides of March, Rhetorically Speaking
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wrote 1 year ago: The Ides of March, George Clooney’s latest directorial turn, stars Ryan Gosling as a campaign manage … more →
An Imperfect World
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wrote 1 year ago: Follow @yaleSCIbooks The early days of scientific investigation resulted in extraordinary collaborat … more →
Too Much to Know
wrote 1 year ago: Google “information,” and you will be presented with over 10 billion results. Try another search eng … more →
Images of Space: Then and Now
wrote 1 year ago: Follow @yaleSCIbooks Astronaut Ron Garan, Jr., as well as the rest of the crew of Expedition 27, wat … more →
Postcard from Rome
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wrote 1 year ago: Anyone who has been to Rome knows how vital water is to the city’s landscape: among the must-see tou … more →
Rembrandt’s Revolutionary Jesus
wrote 1 year ago: How could a man who lived a millennium and a half after Jesus have drawn him from life? Translators … more →
