Tag Archives: Italy

1754: Il Disinganno

Posted on August 20, 2017 by

Francesco Queirolo: Release from Deception [detail] (1754)

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1494: The Poisoning of Pico della Mirandola

Posted on August 12, 2017 by

     The brilliant and audacious Humanist philosopher Pico della Mirandola died under mysterious circumstances at the age of 31. His life had been exceptional. A child prodigy who had left home at fourteen to study church law, Pico turned to … Continue reading →

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1650: Horse

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Illustration from Il cavallo da maneggio [The Arena Horse] by Giovanni Battista di Galiberto (1650), showing the anatomy of the horse and sites of common ailments and wounds. The full title of the work is Il cavallo da maneggio. : Libro. Dove … Continue reading →

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1756: Allegory

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Allegorical Frontispiece of Rome and its history from Le Antichita Romane (1756)

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1805: Cenotaph

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Antonio Canova: Cenotaph for Marie Christine of Austria [detail] (1805)

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1968: Danger: Diabolik

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1806: Blessed Among the Blessed

Posted on July 29, 2017 by

In the third canto of the Paradiso, Dante has arrived in the lowest sphere of Heaven with his guide Beatrice, who has just given him a long lecture about the origin of spots on the moon. There, he sees just … Continue reading →

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