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Tag Archives: Italy
1559: Not Man, Not Woman, Not Androgyne
This mysterious Latin inscription appears to be an epitaph composed in the 16th century by someone named or calling himself Lucio Agatho Priscius; the deceased was named Aelia Laelia Crispis. DM Aelia Laelia Crispis Nec vir nec mulier nec androgyna … Continue reading
1900: Landscape
Giuseppe Pelizza da Volpedo: Landscape (1900)
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Tagged 1900's, 20th Century, Art, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Italy, Landscapes, Painting
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1673: Life Being So Short and Books So Plentiful
In 1673, Antonio Magliabechi became librarian to Cosimo III de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was an eruidite scholar, fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew, and—according to his contemporary and biographer Giacinto Gimma—versed in physics, mathematics, rhetoric, grammar, history, … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 18th Century, Antonio Magliabechi, Antonio Montauti, Books, Italy, Libraries, Memory, Portraits, Sculpture
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1828: Sala Dante
Joseph Anton Koch’s frescos of Dante’s Inferno (1825-28) decorate the Sala Dante in the Casino Massimo, a Roman Villa. Several scenes from the poem are illustrated here, including Dante and Virgil’s ride on the monster Geryon (upper right) and Count … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th Century, 1820's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Austria, Christianity, Dante, Demons, Italy, Joseph Anton Koch, Mammals, Painting, Poetry, Religion
1665: Pyrophylaciorum
Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum Suberraneorum, quorum montes Vulcanii, veluti spiracula quaedam existant, an illustration from Athanasius Kircher’s 1665 Mundus Subterranous.
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Tagged 17th Century, Athanasius Kircher, Books, Fire, Geology, Italy, Volcanoes
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1720: Women Working
Giacomo Ceruti: Women Working on Pillow Lace (c. 1720)
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Tagged 18th Century, Art, Giacomo Ceruti, Italy, Labor, Painting, Textiles, Women
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1964: Oh, My Mangled Head!
In his book Alice in Many Tongues (1964), Warren Weaver spends the last chapter using a curious method to evaluate various translations of Alice in Wonderland. He takes the same passage from each translation—a portion of the Mad Tea-Party—and asks … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Africa, Alice, Books, Children, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Language, Poetry, Poland, Russia, South America, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Translation, USA, Warren Weaver
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1969: Icarus Complex
Stanislao Lepri: The Icarus Complex (1969)
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Art, Italy, Mythology, Painting, Stanislao Lepri
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1529: Fortifications
In 1527, a republican government was established in the city-state of Florence after residents ousted the ruling Medici family. The pope at the time, Clement VII, was himself a Medici—and he took affront at the rebellion and resolved to capture … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th Century, Architecture, Art, Drawing, Emperor Charles V, Italy, LGBTQ, Michelangelo, Pope Clement VII, War
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340 AD: Patron Saint of Beekeepers
According to tradition, a swarm of bees settled on the face of the infant St. Ambrose, leaving a drop of honey and thus foretelling the saint’s eloquence—his honeyed tongue. He is the patron saint of bees and beekeepers. A certain … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 4th Century, Ambrose, Animals, Art, Bees, Books, Charles Butler, Christianity, France, Insects, Italy, Jacques I Laudin, Painting, Portraits, Religion, Saints
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