Tag Archives: Charlemagne

rolling out paradise

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Dave

Portable paradise carpets. Carrying around divine inspiration for a utopian empire on earth.After a tough day battling the Infidel, they could roll out, in the tranquility of their tent, the garden of Fidelity. The Persians so loved their flowery gardens … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged babur the tiger, baron hatvany, buddhist gardens, Charlemagne, ctesiphon palace, cyrus of babylon, emperor babur, garden of fidelity, hanging gardens of babylon, islamic gardens, mehdi khansari, mogul emperor babur, mughal baburnama, persian carpets, persian gardens, sassanian king khosrow I, winter carpet king chosroes | Leave a comment

WHO SPIKED THE PUNCH

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Dave

When discussing the fall of Rome, there is a desire to latch onto the shortest, the most accessible, and the most direct and dramatic answer to the question lurking in many minds: mind: what does it actually mean for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Alboin, Alec Guinness, Anthony Mann The fall of the Roman Empire, Arianism, Bryan Ward Perkins, Charlemagne, Chomsky, Conversion of Clovis, David Frum, Dom Deluise, Dr. Peter Heather, Edward Gibbon, frumforum.com, John Belushi, Jordanes, Julius Nepos, Justinian, lawrence Alma-Tadema, Mel Brooks, Mel Brooks History of the World Part I, National Lampoon Animal House, Noam Chomsky, Orestes, Pepin the Short, Peter Paul Rubens, Rubens, Sam Bronston, Skull cups, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd | Leave a comment

TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Dave

Somehow once the idea got around, started circulating,it became an axiom of faith that a prince’s duty is magnificence. The four sons of King John took up their noble burdens with a tasteful zeal.It was buy cheap and sell high, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Charlemagne, Donald Maddox, Girard d'Orleans, Jean Froissart, Jean Froissart Chronicles, Jonathan Jones Guardian, King Charles V, Louvre museum, Peter Paul Rubens, Shelley Williams, The Hundred Years War, Titian, William Robertson | Leave a comment

LET HE WHO CASTS THE FIRST BRONZE

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Dave

The long history of bronze has had many dark ages spaced through it, and the lost sculptures overwhelmingly outnumber the survivals. Among them the bronze Colossus of Rhodes, a wonder of the world, stood a hundred and twenty feet high … Continue reading →