Renaissance Utterances

A blog to explore the interests of an original renaissance woman; arts, sciences, poetry, librarianship and everything in between.

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Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Saturday, 26 July 2014

Marquetry decoration on August I's wiredrawing bench

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Wood; the material out of which which the bulk of the bench is made and decorated. It is essential to look more closely at it, especially ...
Thursday, 7 November 2013

Kemp on Leonardo: 'Space Time and Form'

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Almost exactly a year ago I was at a University of London lecture listening to John Onians and in my blog  I touched on the nature of conn...
Sunday, 28 April 2013

Pestles and Mortalities: Pompeii and Herculaneum at the British Musem

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This post came to me in the aftermath of a host of sensory experiences; the scent of fresh garlicky flavours being pounded out by a granite ...
Monday, 11 June 2012

Bomarzo and Ariosto: Moon, Madness and Hippogriffs

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It  occurred  to me the other day that there was no renaissance material on this blog, which given my background, is a travesty! So I was ...
Sunday, 22 January 2012

La Musica

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Vibrating deep within the hall With the thrilling stirring Swirling notes The musician sits in our centre; Circles of light rippling out...
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