Tag Archives: Italy

1754: Il Disinganno

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

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

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1494: The Poisoning of Pico della Mirandola

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

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

Posted on August 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

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

Posted on August 7, 2017 by corvusfugit

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

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1805: Cenotaph

Posted on August 2, 2017 by corvusfugit

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

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1968: Danger: Diabolik

Posted on July 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

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1806: Blessed Among the Blessed

Posted on July 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

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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1850: The Veil

Posted on July 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Giovanni Strazza: The Veiled Virgin (c. 1850)

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1642: An Undignified Pursuit

Posted on July 22, 2017 by corvusfugit

In 1642, the Italian diplomat Cardinal Jules Mazarin succeded Cardinal Richelieu as the Chief Minister to the King of France. Following the Thirty Years’ War, he played a major role in developing the notion of Westphalian sovereignty, the principle of … Continue reading →

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15th Century: The Ideal City

Posted on June 29, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Ideal City is the title given to three different paintings. The are generally referred to as The Ideal City of Urbino, The Ideal City of Baltimore, and The Ideal City of Berlin, according to where they are located—although all … Continue reading →

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