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Tag Archives: renaissance
Juxtaposin’: Boom
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:
Posted in Art, Movies
Tagged Film, Juxtaposin', Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo Antonioni, movies, renaissance, Zabriskie Point
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Juxtaposin’: The Erotic David
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’ve always preferred Donatello’s twink David to Michelangelo’s angry, rough-trade interpretation.
Posted in Art, Sex
Tagged Andrea de Verrocchio, David, Donatello, Florence, Michelangelo, renaissance, sculpture
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“The Classical Language of Architecture” by John Summerson
Blowhard, Esq. writes: PR recommended this one to me and I found it to be a great little intro to classical building. The book is actually the transcript of six talks that Summerson, an architectural historian, gave on the BBC in … Continue reading
Plus Ça Change…
Eddie Pensier writes: It would be unfair to suggest that all universities in the Renaissance were sterile, conformist places; they often hosted vigorous discussion and dissent. But verbal sparring matches (“disputations”) could amount to point-scoring contests decided by nimble rhetoric, … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Education, History, Science
Tagged books, Paracelsus, renaissance, universities
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